The picture hurt like a thousand words
Each one read with pain
Spilling over in black and white
Just 13 letters, and then his name

I tore it up and I pieced it back
Then I tore it up again
Still it burned like a thousand flames
Consuming me, your love for him, it's like

Some raging fire out on an island in the sea
Some dying fire here on the dark side of your dream

I used to dream that your love was gone
And wake to find you here
Now it seems there's no waking from
Your night of love, our secrets shared

And though you claim it's a fantasy
And though you call my name
13 letters were real to me
I taste the smoke, I feel the flames, it's like

Some raging fire out on an island in the sea
Some dying fire here on the dark side of your dream

The picture hurt like a thousand words
Each one red with pain
Spilling over in black and white
"I want to see you"
And then his name, it's like

Some raging fire out on an island in the sea
Some dying fire here on the dark side of your dream