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Felt Good to Burn Lyrics
I didn't care when that guy ripped us off
We borrowed a gun to get him
We were so pissed off
We shot his leg
He was a dick anyway
It felt good to burn
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
All summer long, we refused to die
We just sucked and fucked and got high
And all we'd steal
We lit up on the Ferris wheel
Felt good to burn
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
And all your dreams,
And oh, God blessed your soul
I saw you were holding your head
But we couldn't have been dead
Because you stood up and moaned and said,
"I wasn't waving goodbye, I was saying hello"
Felt good to burn
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
We borrowed a gun to get him
We were so pissed off
We shot his leg
He was a dick anyway
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
All summer long, we refused to die
We just sucked and fucked and got high
And all we'd steal
We lit up on the Ferris wheel
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
And oh, God blessed your soul
I saw you were holding your head
But we couldn't have been dead
Because you stood up and moaned and said,
"I wasn't waving goodbye, I was saying hello"
Felt like a movie star
When you hold my slippery brain
Kiss my forehead
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grumble why wasn't i listening to this in 1992 when it came out? oh, i hadn't tasted life yet.
Its interesting to listen to earlier stuff like this, and marvel at how different the Lips have become (not that they're bad now or before)
yeah, i'm about 10 years too late too
title comes from the opening line of fahrenhite 451
old but really good
Felt Good to Burn is a saying of someone coming to a conclusive breaking point in a relationship where it feels better to burn away the memories then to be reminded of it. Like “burning bridges” and not looking back. I don’t know if the Lips were talking about some weird relationship they had that went sour but, that’s how I usually used the phrase.