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Happy Birthday Lyrics
Happy happy birthday
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me bitch
You're messing with fire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher, yeah
Happy happy birthday
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me bitch
You're messing with fire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher yeah
Well I keep on runnin'
Well I never seem to get away from you
Well I can't escape the memories
That haunt me every night and day
Just you leave me alone
well I'm down to the wire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher yeah
Yeah
(You're burning higher)
(You're burning higher)
(You're burning higher)
(You're burning higher)
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me bitch
You're messing with fire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher, yeah
Two years dead today
You can't keep me from runnin'
You can't keep me from hiding from you
Don't mess around with me bitch
You're messing with fire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher yeah
Well I never seem to get away from you
Well I can't escape the memories
That haunt me every night and day
Just you leave me alone
well I'm down to the wire
And I am burnin' baby
I'm burnin' higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher and higher yeah
Yeah
(You're burning higher)
(You're burning higher)
(You're burning higher)
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This song is amazing...I'm curious to what other people think of it. Here it is 10 years if not more, and I'm just getting the hang of all of Kyuss's material. This site has the right lyrics for that intro, most don't. I love Garcia!
Actually, these aren't the right lyrics, I've got the original clear vinyl version with the lyrics insert it states: Happy, Happy Birthday, Two years dead today You can't keep me runnin' You can't keep me from hiding from you Don't mess around with me I'm down to the wire And I'm burnin' I'm burnin' higher & higher & higher I keep on runnin' I never seem to get away from you I can't escape the memories that haunt me every night and day Just you leave me alone I'm down to the wire and I am burnin' Higher & higher & higher...
Actually, these aren't the right lyrics, I've got the original clear vinyl version with the lyrics insert it states: Happy, Happy Birthday, Two years dead today You can't keep me runnin' You can't keep me from hiding from you Don't mess around with me I'm down to the wire And I'm burnin' I'm burnin' higher & higher & higher I keep on runnin' I never seem to get away from you I can't escape the memories that haunt me every night and day Just you leave me alone I'm down to the wire and I am burnin' Higher & higher & higher
this song just totally kick ass, just like the rest of this EP, it's so different from the other albums, but I really really like it
This means the world..actually! It's become the national anthem of 2008 for me!!!! I enjoy blasting this tune at high db's. I'm burnin' baby~~~~!
I think it's about trying to get over some traumatic life event. The birthday in question marks two years since the event happened. "Happy Birthday" is said with a scornful tone, since the birthday marks the day he was forced to run away from his old life - "two years dead today" - and become the metaphorical "burning baby" that was created in its place. No matter how much his new self is determined to run away from what happened, he is still haunted by it. And it makes him ANGRY! Anger at what happened is now what's driving him forward, so much so that he sees his new life not as living but as "burning higher and higher" into the future. One of my favourite songs to listen to at extreme volume levels when I am in a fuck everything mood.