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Jump Into the Fire Lyrics
You can climb a mountain
You can swim the sea
You can jump into the fire
But you'll never be free
You can shake me up
Or I can break you down
Whoa-o-o-o-
Whoa-o-o-o-
We can make each other happy (4X)
{repeat entire twice more}
You can swim the sea
You can jump into the fire
But you'll never be free
Or I can break you down
Whoa-o-o-o-
Whoa-o-o-o-
We can make each other happy (4X)
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This song is just madness
However short the lyrics are, this song has a killer bass riff and always gets me going. I love this song for Nilsson's crazy singing and the wicked bass. With a subwoofer this song POUNDS. It was also in Goodfellas, and just fits the scene perfectly. Great song.
I feel this song is about how no matter what we do in life short of suicide we’re still stuck in this life predicament... not knowing the purpose, not knowing what happens at death, etc... so we might as well just get together and try to make each other happy. Or in a broader since try to make other people happy in general.
@gtg826y Yes it just popped into my head in terms of relationships. It shouldn't be too hard to make each other happy
@gtg826y Yes it just popped into my head in terms of relationships. It shouldn't be too hard to make each other happy
This song was used brilliantly in Netflix’s The Serpent.
TL;DR Talks about the endless loop of samsara. Death reincarnation, ♾.
We have no other path to escape the wheel (as Charles would say). We could try to seek earthly pursuits, climb a mountain, swim in the ocean, even suicide, as in jump into a fire. But we would just be born back on the wheel. The other path off the wheel, is to reach enlightenment, helping others. I.e. make each other happy.
Brilliant song.
I just heard this on Goodfellas again, and was always unsure who did this song. I always thought it was an INXS song! I dunno, it sounds like Michael Hutchence singing.
LOL !!!
This song is GREAT in the extended version when you can hear the bass really go down low. You need a great sound system, though, and it'll rattle your windows. My favorite Nilsson song and while I have the "best of", they used the short version on the CD - bummer.