[Verse 1]
Striking matches and I'm smoking cigarettes
Putting on and kettle and playing a cassette
Folding up the papers rubbing my eyes
Thinking of all that had happened last night
The passion, the feelings that soaked in her love
And the pools of silence when kisses were sprung
Her love levitates me, I'm walking on air
Two feet from the carpet, I'll always be there

[Chorus]
Oooh I'm striking matches, it's morning again
I look in the mirror, I still look the same

[Verse 2]
Striking matches, getting a flame on the stove
There's some of her hair in the teeth of my comb
Dirty clothes piled up on the bathroom floor
She's silently sleeping, I half-close the door
I see her beauty laying on my bed
I'm warm from within me with what she has said
Her love is my balloon, I won't let it down
Forever and ever I'll always be proud

[Chorus]
Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's morning again
I look in the mirror, I still look the same
Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's morning again
Ooh, I'm striking matches, I go up in flames
[Bridge]
I'm a director casting for a part
(Turn on the light)
It's for a soap set here right in my heart
(Leave her alone)
Shuffle to the window, shuffle to the door
(Don't wake her up)
She gets the part I don't want to see anymore
(Unplug the phone)

[Chorus]
Ooh, I'm striking matches, it's morning again
I look in the mirror, I still look the same

[Outro]
Ooh, I'm striking matches
Ooh, I'm striking matches, I go up in flames