VERSE 1

I’m the one out in the shadows, darlin’,

Waitin’ on your late-night ring.

You always call it somethin’ simple—

Just a favor or some little thing.

We talk like we’re only friends,

Actin’ cool, keepin’ it clean,

But every word between us burns

Like fire hidin’ in gasoline.

PRE-CHORUS

You’ve got a life you’re sworn to live,

And I’ve got lines I shouldn’t cross.

But love don’t care ’bout the rules we make—

It don’t deal in gain or loss.

CHORUS

When will the embers turn to fire?

When will the truth stop holdin’ back?

How long can we keep pretendin’

That our hearts ain’t tangled in the black?

We give our love to someone else,

But this ache just keeps gettin’ higher…

Tell me, darlin’, when can we turn on the fire?

When will the embers…

Turn into fire?

VERSE 2

You say you’ve got some plan or purpose,

Some reason just to hear my voice.

And I play along like it don’t cut deep,

Like I ever had a choice.

We keep our distance out of honor,

But temptation’s always near—

’Cause every time you call me “friend,”

I hear everything you’re not sayin’ clear.

PRE-CHORUS

We’re walkin’ lines that tremble thin,

Holdin’ tight to what’s right and true.

But the hardest promise in this whole damn world

Is pretendin’ I don’t want you.

CHORUS

When will the embers turn to fire?

When will the heat break through the cold?

How long can we keep hidin’

What our hearts already know?

We give our love to someone else,

But it’s our names hangin’ on that wire…

Tell me, darlin’, when can we turn on the fire?

When will the embers…

Turn into fire?

BRIDGE

Maybe time ain’t ever comin’,

Maybe fate’s too set in stone.

But God knows the nights get heavy

When you’re wantin’ someone you can’t own.

Still I stay here in the quiet,

Waitin’ for your voice again—

One more call with a thin excuse

So we can pretend…

FINAL CHORUS

When will the embers turn to fire?

When will the truth stop goin’ blind?

We keep livin’ in the shadows, baby,

But our hearts don’t toe that line.

Could there be a moment

When the world stops callin’ it a sin…

And we finally turn on the fire—

Let the embers…

Burn from within.