Zimmermann, a Philadelphia native and Davis, from Atlanta, met when a professor at Belmont University paired them at random to play for a classroom full of guitar majors. The pair has been writing and performing ever since. Their influences range from Jerry Reed to the Beatles, John Mayer to Patsy Cline, and back again.
It becomes more obvious every day that they were born to play music together. Striking Matches’ debut self-titled EP was produced by Luke Wooten (Dierks Bentley, Dustin Lynch) with all four tracks co-written by the band. The EP released October 2012 was named among iTunes “Best of 2012″ and enabled the duo to score features with NPR and The Wall Street Journal. In December 2012, Striking Matches made their debut on the Grand Ole Opry where they have subsequently played more than twenty times.
Striking Matches has shared the stage with John Hiatt, Vince Gill, Hunter Hayes, Martina McBride, Matt Nathanson, The Fray, Billy Currington, Kip Moore, Ashley Monroe and many more. They were named a CMT Listen Up artist in September 2013 and became the first artist signed to the newly launched I.R.S. Records Nashville. They have just finished recording their debut CD, set for a fall 2014 release with T. Bone Burnett producing.
The duo has had six songs featured on ABC’s hit show “Nashville.” two of their songs, including “Like New” (written with Jonathan Singleton) and “I Ain’t Leavin’ Without Your Love” (written with Cary Barlowe) which feature in the current series.
Burning Down
Striking Matches Lyrics
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There’s nothing left to discuss
I know you feel it cause
Your eyes do the talkin for ya
I’m hanging on your words
Like I’m your prisoner
Don’t know if I’m the first
The way you move, the way do
Your kiss fills up my lungs with smoke
Every word you speak it chokes me
Can’t you see there ain’t no stopping us now
We’re steam up on the windows
If you come tomorrow
It’s too late to put us out we’re
Burnin down
Feels like the more we try
To keep it locked up tight
Temperature’s gonna rise
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya
Your lips are fire red
Tracing the shape of them
Don’t know if I’m the first to say
but there’s something bout
The way you move the way you do
Your kiss fills up my lungs with smoke
Every word you speak it chokes me
Can’t you see there ain’t no stopping us now
We’re steam up on the windows
Baby come tomorrow
It’s too late to put us out we’re
Burnin down
When the sun comes up in the morning
We’ll be Nothing but ashes on the ground
When the sun comes up in the morning
Burning down burning down burning down
When the sun comes up in the morning
We’ll be Nothing but ashes on the ground
When the sun comes up in the morning
Burning down burning down burning down
Burning down burning down burning down burning down burning down
Your kiss fills up my lungs with smoke
Every word you speak it chokes me
Can’t you see there ain’t no stopping us now
We’re steam up on the windows
Baby come tomorrow
It’s too late to put us out we’re
Burnin down
I like the tension with us
I enjoy the feeling of excitement and unease between us
There’s nothing left to discuss
We've talked about everything we need to talk about
I know you feel it cause
I can sense that you're feeling it too
Your eyes do the talkin for ya
I can read your emotions through your eyes without you having to speak
I’m hanging on your words
I'm listening intently to everything you say
Like I’m your prisoner
I feel trapped and captivated by your words
Don’t know if I’m the first
I'm not sure if I'm the first person to feel this way about you
To say but there’s something bout
There's something about you that's captivated me
The way you move, the way do
The way you move and act has me entranced
Your kiss fills up my lungs with smoke
Your kiss makes me feel like I'm inhaling smoke
Every word you speak it chokes me
Every word you say makes me feel breathless
Can’t you see there ain’t no stopping us now
Our passion is unstoppable
We’re steam up on the windows
The intensity of our passion is making the windows fog up
If you come tomorrow
If you try to end it tomorrow
It’s too late to put us out we’re
Our love cannot be extinguished
Burnin down
We're burning with passion
Feels like the more we try
It seems like our attempts to control our feelings are failing
To keep it locked up tight
We're trying to keep our passion under control
Temperature’s gonna rise
The intensity of our passion is going to increase
Don’t say I didn’t warn ya
I warned you about the intensity of our passion
Your lips are fire red
Your lips are incredibly attractive and alluring
Tracing the shape of them
I'm admiring and following the shape of your lips
Baby come tomorrow
If you try to end it tomorrow
When the sun comes up in the morning
Tomorrow morning
We’ll be Nothing but ashes on the ground
Our love will be over and gone
Burning down burning down burning down burning down burning down
Our passion is on fire, and nothing can extinguish it
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: BEN SIMONETTI, SARAH ELIZABETH ZIMMERMANN, WILLIAM JUSTIN DAVIS
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