Love is best at the edge of control

Verse 1

I lit a match on a windy night,

Didn’t care if the flames took flight,

Your eyes were the spark that I couldn’t hold,

Fire burns brighter when it won’t be controlled.

Verse 2

We kissed like thunder on a crooked road,

Hearts went racing, no way to slow,

Every mile a gamble, every turn a roll,

Love is best at the edge of control.

Verse 3

Whiskey poured, and the bottle shook,

You laughed so loud, the whole bar looked,

Truth and danger in the way you smiled,

I knew I’d be running with you all wild.

[Pre-Chorus]

Do you want a cage or a storm to ride

Which one leaves you truly alive

[Chorus]

If you can control it, it ain’t love,

It’s just a cage with a velvet glove.

Love’s a wildfire, out on parole,

It don’t bow down, it don’t pay no toll,

It’ll break your heart, BUT IT MAKES YOU WHOLE.

Verse 4

Chains won’t hold it, fences fall,

You can’t lock lightning in a jar at all,

If you tame the beast, it dies in a cage,

Love’s a storm breaking through the stage.

Verse 5

You danced on the table, boots and flame,

Every man whispered your outlaw name,

But you pulled me close like a midnight crime,

Risk is the rhythm, and we kept time.

Verse 6

I tried to steer, but you broke the wheel,

That reckless kiss was the only real,

No safe harbor, just a restless tide,

I learned that control kills love inside.

[Pre-Chorus]

Can you hold the sky when the lightning falls

Or does real love tear down the walls

[Chorus]

If you can control it, it ain’t love,

It’s just a cage with a velvet glove.

Love’s a wildfire, out on parole,

It don’t bow down, it don’t pay no toll,

It’ll break your heart, BUT IT MAKES YOU WHOLE.

Verse 7

Moonlight fractured on broken glass,

We swore forever, but forever passed,

Still the echoes call me back again,

To the wild place where we begin.

Verse 8

Love ain’t polite, it don’t ask “please,”

It rips the bark clean off the trees,

Leaves me raw, but God I’m whole,

Standing naked at the edge of control.

Verse 9

I’ve seen calm hands fold away,

Perfect lines in the light of day,

But the truth I carry, carved in bone,

If you can control it, you’re alone.

[Pre-Chorus]

What’s the point of safe when your soul’s on fire

Aren’t the broken hearts the ones that inspire

Can you measure love, can you fence the rain

Or must it break you to make you sane

[Chorus]

If you can control it, it ain’t love,

It’s just a cage with a velvet glove.

Love’s a wildfire, out on parole,

It don’t bow down, it don’t pay no toll,

It’ll break your heart, BUT IT MAKES YOU WHOLE.

Verse 10

So here I am, with the scars I own,

Writing verses in a rebel tone,

Your ghost still rides in my gasoline soul,

Burning fast at the edge of control.

Verse 11

No preacher’s prayer, no sheriff’s law,

Could slow the hunger I still saw,

We crashed like waves on a shattered shoal,

Love’s a wreck worth losing control.

Verse 12

Now I toast to the fire I can’t contain,

To the thrill, the chaos, the holy pain,

I’d rather break than play it cold,

Love’s only real at the edge of control.

[Chorus]

If you can control it, it ain’t love,

It’s just a cage with a velvet glove.

Love’s a wildfire, out on parole,

It don’t bow down, it don’t pay no toll,

It’ll break your heart, BUT IT MAKES YOU WHOLE.