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Forest Fire Lyrics
She crossed herself as she put on her things
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don’t calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire, well doesn’t that make you smile
If you don’t slow down, I swear that I’ll come round
And mess up your place, let’s go for a spin
They say we shouldn’t even know each other
And that we’ll be undone
Don’t it make you smile like a forest fire
I believe in love, I’ll believe in anything
That’s gonna get me what I want and get me off my knees
Then we’ll burn your house down, don’t it feel so good
There’s a forest fire every time we get together
Hey pick you up, put you down
Rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
’cause we’re a forest fire
Believe you me, we’ll tear this place down
If we get caught in this wind, then we could burn the ocean
If we get caught in this scene, we’re gonna be undone
It’s just a simple metaphor
It’s for a burning love
Don’t it make you smile like a forest fire
She has promised once before not to live this way
If she don’t calm down she will burn herself out
Like a forest fire, well doesn’t that make you smile
And mess up your place, let’s go for a spin
They say we shouldn’t even know each other
And that we’ll be undone
Don’t it make you smile like a forest fire
That’s gonna get me what I want and get me off my knees
Then we’ll burn your house down, don’t it feel so good
There’s a forest fire every time we get together
Rip you up and spin you round
Just like we said we would
’cause we’re a forest fire
Believe you me, we’ll tear this place down
If we get caught in this scene, we’re gonna be undone
It’s just a simple metaphor
It’s for a burning love
Don’t it make you smile like a forest fire
Song Info
Submitted by
androgybunny On Apr 08, 2006
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As the song says: "It’s just a simple metaphor, it’s for a burning love". Two destructive personalities who fall giddily in love. It's fantastic how he describes a feeling that anything is possible:-
"cause we’re a forest fire believe you me, we’ll tear this place down. If we get caught in this wind, then we could burn the ocean".
A fantastic song!
whay aren't there more comments, this song fucking rocks!
I just realised that it was not only in lyrics that is the meaning but also in the music wich brought me today a deep and beautyfull orgasm. A bit like a fire inside, a forest fire indeed
Distinguished and tortured baritone, with irresistible and elegant tones. Cole has talent maybe though fell back to oblivion. Really? I recognize his voice is just jaded from smoking and alcohol... After his first solo album anyways, but yeah, that is quite obvious. I don't really like Cole but I listened to this single on the radio and it is God tier!
The singer's voice/look in the video, the forest fire in Greece last summer and the "your favourite song by..." remind me of a musician/singer/cartomancer friend, later nicknamed The Mystery Man, Théo, whom I met in 2002 : it is his favourite Cole song, and Greece is his favourite holiday destination. He is a baritone and plays guitar too, no doubt he jaded his voice from cigarettes and cocktails too (as a tourist, he said), though with enough ability to imitate other singers of this style (both of us like imitating singers but I'm more versatile vocally speaking). That's what I realised when Théo and I reconnected evenly in late 2014 after a few years of absence (he is now a father of one, a son). I can't remember the first time I listened to it, but I remember listening to it on the radio in 2004, which was also my last year of post-breakup depression. Though I'm much cleaner than my friend, I closely associate this song to Théo.