You were a firebrand on my front porch I came running with a bucket of water You were the sweetest torch but I knew how to cool your ardor I cannot forgive how I came to carry that chill You had to dance, I had to keep you still My eyes averted, a prisoner to my own will-power Now you need a hand Now you need a hand And I still can't reach for you Firebrand Firebrand I can smell a storm Before the first clouds hit the sky I can feel it coming on Hear your feet as they walk by I cannot forgive the time I didn't burn as bright as you Even after that was no longer true And in my brightest hour, I still don't know how to give back to you Now you need a hand Now you need a hand And I still can't reach for you Firebrand Firebrand Can you forgive, can you forgive, can you forgive me?