Serafina

Sadie saw smoke curling up from the trees

Put on her coat and went outside to see

A girl was feeding leaves and branches

To a pile of burning debris and dancing

Sadie said, "Got a nice fire tonight

What's your name, if you don't mind?"

She said, "My name is Serafina

But people call me Sera to save some time"

"Well, I've got all the time in the world"

Sadie grabbed a stick and lit it while the girl

Said she'd been committed as a child

Discovered her love for fire, ran wild

In the asylum was a charming arson

Who broke out with his girl and started

Burning through Georgia like a moonstruck Sherman

Sera knew what she wanted for sure then

"People are who they are," she said

"And I want their kind of love

Where you're bad together and it's good"

Sadie said, "Let me grab some wood and booze

See if we can't keep this thing alive till noon"

Serafina

Shoots Roman candles all around

Serafina

Smiling with matches in her mouth

Serafina

Wears a bright blazing crown of flowers and down

Serafina

Smell of gasoline in her hair

Serafina

Cinders glow as she blows cool air

Serafina

In her stare burns a solar flare

Months went by and they were happy

Setting fire to trashed mattresses

Cars with tickets on their dashes

Mannequins scattered in tattered masses

Through the rundown mall

They'd take pictures for their book

Rubbing the ash and the soot

On each other's skin till it turned gray

And pose like dying lovers from Pompeii

In an overgrown lot

They fucked till it got too hot

Lying on top of a burning blanket

They hopped up and stood there naked

Smoking cigarettes and coughing

Sera threw her lighter in, heard it popping

"We gotta keep it up, Sadie, no stopping

We gotta keep it up, Sadie, we're not stopping"

They watched as the wind caught

The fire spread a little further and died off

Sadie said, "I'm gonna buy us an old house in a big town

Where we can start a life and burn it all to the ground"

Serafina

Shoots Roman candles all around

Serafina

Smiling with matches in her mouth

Serafina

Wears a bright blazing crown of flowers and down

Serafina

Throws firecrackers at their feet

Serafina

They start dancing, dancing while they sing

Serafina

Throws her dress in the flames

Serafina

Black sequins writhing, black sequins shine

Serafina

They sing, "We'll never die"

Serafina

"We'll burn and cry, we'll never die"