Shots Of Gasoline

Hello everyone. I hope this finds you all in great health, and even better spirits. And yes, I know it's been awhile. My apologies for that. Unfortunately, life has been getting in the way of my writing lately. My inspiration has been rather stagnant, and honestly, it has been a pretty disheartening feeling. But thankfully, I am finally back with a new piece. And, I must say, this one is pretty upbeat, lol. It's called, "Shots Of Gasoline." And the inspiration for it actually came from a conversation I was having with a friend of mine, who shall remain nameless. And once I got going, I started listening to a lot of music from Above & Beyond, which always puts me in a creative and almost euphoric state. But it was during this conversation, that my friend opened the proverbial Pandora's Box of my imagination. She asked me if I had ever wondered "what if" at any time in my life. Specifically, in regards to relationships. For instance, "What if you and so and so had dated? Where do you think you all would be now?" And more questions of this nature. So it was naturally, that I answered her questions as honestly as I could. But with the way my mind works, it was off to the races. So I started thinking about some of the women from my past. The plethora of amazing women filed away in memories, under the heading of "Ones Who Got Away." Because, again, being honest, I'd have to say 99.99999999% of them fit this description for me; but, anyway, I digress.  Once I began thinking of all of these women, I begin to get inspired to write. So instead of writing about one specific person, I imagined sort of an amalgamation of all of them, and wrote as if I was speaking to just one person, if that makes sense. And the overall theme of piece is written as if two people have gotten together after a period of time, over some drinks. And what starts out as harmless conversation, soon escalates in the mind of the narrator. And throughout the piece, he is basically saying to her, that they might as well have been sharing shots of gasoline, because seeing her again has ignited something inside of him that has been dormant for a very long time. And looking back at the piece now, it kind of has this unintentional Blurred Lines-esque feel to it, where it's meant to be playfully seductive, but at the same time, he means every word that he says. So there it is. I'll stop my rambling now and let you read the piece, lol. Thank you all for your patience. And thank you even more for reading all of this. It means more than you all will ever know.

"Shots Of Gasoline"
2013

Baby, I thought you'd like to know
Just how I spend my days
There's a fire inside of me
And I fight to put out the blaze
'Cause it was you that struck the match
And threw it inside my mind
And caused the flames to rise above
The darkness that they'd find
But girl, know that what you start
Will need to have an end
'Cause I've known you for so long
But I've only been just a friend
And that is not enough for me
You left a man needing more
So let us see what we could be
Won't you open up this door
Then you sat down and poured a glass
Might as well've been gasoline
'Cause I felt the thought of us
Needs to be more than just a dream
So fill me up and hear me out
Since you conjured up the spark
That'll light the way to you today
And bring a man out the dark
But there's a thing you need to learn
As you smile and let me burn
Gotta use your hands to take a turn
As you smile and let me burn
There's a fire inside of me
That you've caused so long ago
Oh, baby girl you've wound me up
But you better not let me go
Oooh baby, I thought you'd like to know
Just how I spend my nights
I imagine up a private show
Where you dance beneath the lights
And on this stage you're beautiful
And yes, you're barely dressed
Oh, you're teasing me so very well
Why don't you take off the rest
'Cause you gotta know what you start
Will need to have an end
And I've known you for so long
But I've only been just a friend
And that is not enough for me
You leave a man needing more
So let us see what we could be
When you open up that door
Then you sat down and poured a glass
Might as well've been gasoline
'Cause I felt the thought of us
Needs to be more than just a dream
So fill me up and hear me out
Since you conjured up the spark
That'll light the way to you today
And bring a man out the dark
But there's a thing you need to learn
As you smile and let me burn
Gotta use your hands to take a turn
As you smile and let me burn
There's a fire inside of me
That you've caused so long ago
Oh, baby girl you've wound me up
But you better not let me go
Oooh babe, I thought you'd like to know
I've repressed my waking thoughts
For what feels like centuries
So do you feel like venturing
Beneath my uncertainty
To a primal sort of land
Where your body's better parts
Will feel like Heaven in my hand
And yes, I'd go through hell
Just to feel your warm and tight
Girl, I bet it'd fit so well
That I wouldn't take it off tonight
And with our inhibitions gone
You can make a scene feel serene
So babe, let's cement our love
Over these shots of gasoline
'Cause I feel the thought of us
Needs to be more than just a dream
So fill me up and hear me out
Since you conjured up the spark
That'll light the way to you today
And bring a man out the dark
But there's a thing you need to learn
As you smile and let me burn
Gotta use your hands to take a turn
As you smile and let me burn
There's a fire inside of me
That you've caused so long ago
Oh, baby girl you've wound me up
But you better not let me go
Because it's slowly I've been learning
That this desire's now burning
And so, the truth is hard to miss
I have fallen for an arsonist
But now that I've accepted
I swear I don't regret it
Because her settling me alight
Is the kindest thing anyone has done for me,
Since I was a child
But now I am a man
That's heating up the night...