5 o' clock and a fire escape symphony,
Spilling out across the road and the square,
And the sky's the same. as you're alone, do you think of me?
Do the parks, and trees, and the leaves, reach you, there?
After the rain, in the lonely hour as
He haunts me, calling out,
Again and again.

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning.
It's a fire, it's a fire, I cannot put out,
Sophia, Sophia, I'm learning that some things,
I can't go without and one of them is him.

And now I walk these streets like a stranger in my home town,
Learn the language, form the words when I speak,
But he changed me, I'm his ghost since he came around,
And now I count the hours and the days in the weeks.

Passion and silence,
Every word, every line, a measure,
It's the science of the soul,
And his books, they breathe a reason and now I wanna know...

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning,
It's a fire, it's a fire, I cannot put out,
Sophia, Sophia, I'm learning that some things,
I can't go without and one of those is him.

You, with your new born eyes,
Have you ever loved a man like I love him?
Do you hurt but still feel alive, like never before?
Oh, Sophia, Sophia.

Sophia, Sophia, I'm burning, I'm burning,
It's a fire, it's a fire, I cannot put out,
Sophia, Sophia, I'm learning that some things,
I can't go without

I can't go without him


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Sophia Lyrics as written by Nerina Natasha Georgina Pallot

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    I listen to this song every day. We can all agree that it is amazing. But, c'mon people ; let's get down to it.

    What does it really mean? Several lines in the song escape me. For example,

    What do you think she means by "fire escape symphony" ?

    And, another thing; it sounds to me as though she says "every word, every line a measure" - not "every word every rhyme". Some lyrics sites say "every word every time" -- but I think that's just plain wrong.

    By the way, I find it fantastic that she makes "Sophia" and "It's a fire" sound almost indistinguishable.

    pikabooon January 25, 2007   Link
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    Sounds to me like shes trying to justify an abusive relationship to her child "He changed me Im his ghost since he came around" "Do you hurt but still feel alive like never before"

    Shes talking to her child and saying "I know its not healthy, I know hes destructive to me but I love him, Im obsessed with him. Youve never been in love like this so dont judge me"

    Thats always the feeling ive got from it anyway.

    kaos_princesson January 28, 2007   Link
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    I have to say I prefer the origninal version of this song, before she added the strings and stuff. It was much more powerful then. Still it's a great song that if you hear at the right (or wrong) moment can bring tears to your eyes

    dark_maiden101on September 01, 2006   Link
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    I have to say I prefer the origninal version of this song, before she added the strings and stuff. It was much more powerful then. Still it's a great song that if you hear at the right (or wrong) moment can bring tears to your eyes

    dark_maiden101on September 01, 2006   Link
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    I can't stop listening to this song. Very pretty.

    onemanguyon October 11, 2006   Link
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    Another amazing song by Nerina Pallot.

    wolf cubon October 22, 2006   Link
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    I think you are right kaos_princess the whole child thing really does make sense. sophia being her child, and she is explaining how she felt, and how she never stopped feeling like that.

    a lovely song ~ i do love the way she makes sopiha and its a fire sound oh so similar you have to hear it twice......magic x

    Izeon February 17, 2007   Link
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    I don't know what this song is about from the artist's perspective. I think it's one of those songs where you read into it what you want, because it becomes personal to everyone who hears it. It's very rare to hear something this beautiful.

    torrance21on February 18, 2007   Link
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    It's about a friend of Nerina's, called Sophia. Nerina is 'explaining' love to Sophia (in the most powerful and non-cliche way that i've ever heard).

    portalqeyon March 08, 2007   Link
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    I disagree with kaos_princess about it being an abusive relationship, it's more like an expression of the irresistable side of love. I'm not going to elaborate on that though, because my main point is to share what I think she means by "fire escape symphony".

    My impression is that it's a local thing, in the late afternoon at 5pm, with all the neighbours hanging out in their fire escapes, chatting to people from block to block, seeing their kids playing in the alley below, hanging clothes and just generally, a lazy afternoon scene that's cozy in a orange hue.

    Symphony referring to the cackle or anti-cacophony of the neighbourhood, the comfortable buzz in the air. All in all, a comforting, reassuring imagery pops up when she says "Fire escape symphony"

    jc32258on April 16, 2007   Link

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