Play with Fire

from Looking Glass by Mason McDowell

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lyrics

The heat that melts a heart
Can also burn the skin
Her body sets the spark
And then the flames begin

Don’t say you weren’t warned
Of dangerous desire
You wanna love her
You’re gonna play with fire

Build a man a fire and he’ll be warm for one night
Set a man aflame and he’ll be warm ’till his soul is free
One girl can set my blaze, but it just feels right
‘Cause if I am TNT then she is a match for me
The lesser part of me can only feel the joy her laugh brings, while the wiser half sings:

The heat that melts a heart
Can also burn the skin
Her body sets the spark
And then the flames begin

Don’t say you weren’t warned
Of dangerous desire
You wanna love her
You’re gonna play with fire

I’ve been told to lock my heart when she comes knocking
The latch slips, the tumblers click, ‘cause she took the master key
A seamstress that seems to stress patterns interlocking
a thread of velvet in a weave of steel, so no one can pull me free
The lesser part of me can only feel the joy her laugh brings, while the wiser half sings:

The heat that melts a heart
Can also burn the skin
Her body sets the spark
And then the flames begin

Don’t say you weren’t warned
Of dangerous desire
You wanna love her
You’re gonna play with fire

The heat that melts a heart
Her body sets the spark
I have been warned, bring on the storm,
I wanna play with fire

The heat that melts a heart
Can also burn the skin

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from Looking Glass, track released August 3, 2019
Written/Arranged by Mason McDowell
Produced by Mason McDowell and Sam Starobin
Engineered by Sam Starobin
Mastered by Jeremy Kinney

Pno/Vocals: Mason McDowell
Bass: Colin Dooman
Drums: Brian Kenney
Lead Guitar: Mason McDowell
Rhythm Guitar: Sam Starobin

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Mason McDowell is equal parts storyteller and songwriter. He creates intricate stories from a theatrical perspective, and delivers them with a powerful voice and piano rock edge. ... more

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