Fighting Fires

I'm afraid to light an ember
When everyone I love is fueling flames
So I stay cool just like the weather
So I can put 'em out
It feels like everyday and
Oh, I been so conditioned by a household that's always burnin' up
Oh, feeling like the only fireman in California

I'm fighting fires
While everybody else is striking matches everywhere
Their smoke climbs higher
So I keep mine inside until I'm running out of air
And I'm so damn tired
Don't they know it's easier if they just didn't care?
But I fight their fires cuz they won't
I'm fighting fires all alone now

Eh-eh-eh-eh
Eh-eh-eh-eh
Eh-eh-eh-eh-eh

Mama's angry, dad's confused
My sisters don't know who they wanna be
And my friends'll break their hearts in two
Then poor liquor on their problems, that's gasoline
And so, every time my temperature is rising I ignore it
Cuz I know the thing about a flame is it don't care about the forest

I'm fighting fires
While everybody else is striking matches everywhere
Their smoke climbs higher
So I keep mine inside until I'm running out of air
And I'm so damn tired
Don't they know it's easier if they just didn't care?
But I fight their fires cuz they won't
I'm fighting fires all alone now

Eh-eh-eh-eh
Eh-eh-eh-eh
Eh-eh-eh-eh-eh

So I tell myself the lie
That only I can prevent
Forest fires
Cuz if I ever
Let it out
I'm scared no one
Could put me down

I'm fighting fires
While everybody else is striking matches everywhere
Their smoke climbs higher
So I keep mine inside until I'm running out of air
And I'm so damn tired
Don't they know it's easier if they just didn't care?
But I fight their fires cuz they won't
I'm fighting fires all alone now