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Indoor Fireworks Lyrics

We play these parlor games
We play at make-believe
When we get to the part where I say that
I’m gonna leave
Everybody loves a happy ending
But we don’t even try
We go straight past pretending
To the part where everybody loves to cry

Indoor fireworks
Can still burn your fingers
Indoor fireworks
We swore were safe as houses
They’re not so spectacular
They don’t burn up in the sky
But they can dazzle or delight
Or bring a tear when the smoke gets in your eye

You were the spice of life
The gin in my vermouth
And though the sparks would fly
I thought our love was fire-proof
Sometimes we’d fight in public, darling
With very little cause
But different kinds of sparks would fly
When we got on our own behind closed doors

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It’s time to tell the truth
These things have to be faced
My fuse is burning out
And all this bout has gone to waste
And don’t think for a moment, dear
That we’ll ever be through
I’ll build a bonfire of my dreams
And burn a broken effigy of me and you

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Cover art for Indoor Fireworks lyrics by Elvis Costello

I love this fucking song! BEAUTIFUUUUL!

Cover art for Indoor Fireworks lyrics by Elvis Costello

absolutely, except i think they made a mistake. isn't it "all this fire has gone to waste"?