Campfire Song

Gather 'round the fire
The crackle in your ears
You ever just admire
How it always reappears

The player strikes the chord
Everyone else just sings
I close my eyes and wonder
Of uncertain things

Like how my first desire
Is to just feel the flame
Is to just let the fire
Onto my flesh to stay

Gather 'round the fire
Nobody knows the tune
Everyone's cold and tired
They should've seen it through

The player starts again
This time it's on the nose
Everyone sings, I'm tired
My spinefluid just froze

An empty circle
The fire dwindles down
I wonder why I stayed
I bestow a clown

I watch the embers
The strife the strife the strife
I wonder why I didn't
Try to end my life

I wonder why I'm here
Why I'm still alive