Quick bright things come to ruin That's why I never loved you You can't light my heart like a fuse And expect it to fall down red, white and blue Quick bright things come to ruin That's why I never watched you In the sky I never joined you Cause the light was inside me and it was shared with someone else I never chose you because I don't think that love should spit and flicker and die away For the sake of another quick bright day with you Quick bright things come to ruin That's why I never watched you But you, you kept comin' down like lightning But the light was inside me and it was shared