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We are the desperate ones looking for the mark
We are the lonely ones left out here in the dark
We bought our tickets but we don't have a seat
And now we are just slaves to the beat
We are the tired ones tired of too much sleep
Tired of searching for the words we cant repeat
Don't mean to scare you but its getting too warm
I think I'm gonna move to the door
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
Oh oh oh oh
Gather around my friends
Lets try not to pretend
There is a war between the cold out there and the fire with in
I know that were alive I know that we can die
Right into the thick of it
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
I don't wanna fill my body
With drugs I cant even name
I'm tired of feeling the same
I wanna feel something
We are burning
This is real
We on fire don't you feel
We where made to be more than inches away
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
We are the lonely ones left out here in the dark
We bought our tickets but we don't have a seat
And now we are just slaves to the beat
We are the tired ones tired of too much sleep
Tired of searching for the words we cant repeat
Don't mean to scare you but its getting too warm
I think I'm gonna move to the door
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
Oh oh oh oh
Gather around my friends
Lets try not to pretend
There is a war between the cold out there and the fire with in
I know that were alive I know that we can die
Right into the thick of it
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
I don't wanna fill my body
With drugs I cant even name
I'm tired of feeling the same
I wanna feel something
We are burning
This is real
We on fire don't you feel
We where made to be more than inches away
We are burning
This is real
We are on fire but we can not feel a thing
We where promised more than we can take
Everybody out the fire escape
Lyrics submitted by SamuelTorres, edited by SpotifyYAddict
Fire Escape Lyrics as written by Richard Wouters Andrew Mckellar
Lyrics © CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
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I'm not going to say what the song means, but what I think it means. And I only listened to it less than 20 times, read lyrics once and am non-native English - basically I am no expert. But to me now this song is clearly about the phase I now have in my life and it's pretty amazing. It's when you actually start living your life free of all that was stopping you before, fear mostly, or the feeling you are not worth it. It's about the fire, the passion inside you that just can't wait to get out. And I personally see the author winking at me when he says 'this is real', as what I'm now going through feels so overwhelming (in a good way!) that it actually does seem unreal - like a really fast drive. I could probably write a long essay explaining in detail which line represents what to me, but that would probably be boring as I was never good at poetry at school. And possibly I'm just stating the obvious here, but it's about breaking free.