As We Fall - Gunshot Lyrics

I'm the matchstick in the dark
The spark you begged to hold
Flickering just long enough
To make you wonder if the burn is worth it
What is it about destruction
That feels like freedom?

You call me a villain
But I never lied
I said, "This will hurt,"
And you leaned in anyway
What is it about destruction
That feels like freedom?
The way you crushed the flower
Just to smell it

I am not the gunshot
But the hollow echo afterward
The silence that makes you wonder
If the trigger ever mattered at all

You look at me like I wrote
The ending when all I did
Was hand you the pen
To make you wonder if the burn is worth it
What is it about destruction
That feels like freedom?

I am not the gunshot
But the hollow echo afterward
The silence that makes you wonder
If the trigger ever mattered at all

GUNSHOT!
GUNSHOT!
Mattered at all
GUNSHOT!
GUNSHOT!

You call me a villain
But I never lied
I said, "This will hurt,"
And you leaned in anyway
What is it about destruction
That feels like freedom?
The way you crushed the flower
Just to smell it