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She Burned Me Down Lyrics
She burned me down, down to the ground
Blood though thicker than water is harder to clean up
You’ll get it in the end boy if the weapon of choice is love
Expecting it from a stranger or maybe an acquaintance
Never from family or friends though
A simple mistake and expanse
She burned me down, down to the ground
Pissed and disappointed I pray to learn to forgive
If I can’t find it in my heart then I have no reason to live
Here is an education the lesson professed is quite cruel
There are some things worse than death
And one of them is you
Every time I see her start a fire I get higher
Blood though thicker than water is harder to clean up
You’ll get it in the end boy if the weapon of choice is love
Expecting it from a stranger or maybe an acquaintance
Never from family or friends though
A simple mistake and expanse
She burned me down, down to the ground
If I can’t find it in my heart then I have no reason to live
There are some things worse than death
And one of them is you
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Submitted by
lorddionysius On Mar 13, 2007
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I'm pretty sure this song is about his family making him go to rehab. He talks about it in a recent interview (early 2007), that his sisters decided that it was best for him that he go to rehab, and until he did, he wasn't part of their family.
Great song!!!Guess its about some femme fatal in his life.
yea i like the lyrics a lot...a hell of a lot...
The last bit reminds me Light My Fire by The Doors.
This song really helps right now. It hurts.
So...does anyone know what the hell he's saying towards the middle of the song in between repeating 'every time I see her start a fire...'?
@Into_the_Nihil It's lyrics sung in Vinnish - so basically gibberish made to sound like a Slavic/Nordic language. It was Peter's made up language, heard in other songs like "September Sun" and his guest appearance track "Enemy of the State" off the Roadrunner United album. I've always wondered what the purpose of having the lyrics be in that "language" for a passage was though, and whether there was some kind of meaning behind any of it.
@Into_the_Nihil It's lyrics sung in Vinnish - so basically gibberish made to sound like a Slavic/Nordic language. It was Peter's made up language, heard in other songs like "September Sun" and his guest appearance track "Enemy of the State" off the Roadrunner United album. I've always wondered what the purpose of having the lyrics be in that "language" for a passage was though, and whether there was some kind of meaning behind any of it.
Reminds me of Creed a bit. The guitar solo and Mark Tremonti just fit..
Creed? You should be taken out and shot.
Creed? You should be taken out and shot.
I thought of the same as vashts80, but what does "every time I see her start a fire I get higher" mean?
She - The Death. This song is about The Death. Every time he sees the Death (someone dying) he gets higher... means probably that when he sees someone dying, he feels encouraged- he also wants to die... To see The Death starting a fire- burning someons body- is to see The Death just taking someone away... ¨There are some things worse than death¨ Peter says, that is why he don't afraid her, because there are worse things like not to be loved by your family and friends. And I can perfectly hear the music form the song Bloody Kisses between the words: ¨Every time I see her start a fire I get higher¨. And Bloody Kisses is about the death. Everything fits... it is about the death, I am sure... and Peter finally gone away with her...and I can't really stand it...
@karolina10 I always noticed the "Bloody Kisses" riff in the middle section too. However, I'm not sure I agree with this analysis personally - from what I understand, it's a song about Peter's sister forcing him to go to rehab (as mentioned in one of the comments above), and his feelings of betrayal over that. It was clearly something he was working through a LOT of anger about, considering how common of a lyrical theme it was on this album - see also "Tripping a Blind Man", "Some Stupid Tomorrow", and "Hail and Farewell to Britain"....
@karolina10 I always noticed the "Bloody Kisses" riff in the middle section too. However, I'm not sure I agree with this analysis personally - from what I understand, it's a song about Peter's sister forcing him to go to rehab (as mentioned in one of the comments above), and his feelings of betrayal over that. It was clearly something he was working through a LOT of anger about, considering how common of a lyrical theme it was on this album - see also "Tripping a Blind Man", "Some Stupid Tomorrow", and "Hail and Farewell to Britain".