I wish that I could be
In the cellars of the sea
And disappear in them
Never to be seen again
Live this life
Its unrelenting appetite
For feeding off the weak
Who never had their time to speak
The sky will be my shroud
A monumental cloud
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
Give me your hand
Cut the skin, let me in
The molecules of us
Bleeding into one again
The sky will be my shroud
The cenotaph of cloud
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start, and it burns my heart
I know
Everything you said was right, and I suppose
Everything is here forever, till it goes
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on the shelf
Burning up now
And I'm racing down a road I don't recognize
I realize I've
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start, and it burns my heart
Turn black
In the cellars of the sea
And disappear in them
Never to be seen again
Live this life
Its unrelenting appetite
For feeding off the weak
Who never had their time to speak
The sky will be my shroud
A monumental cloud
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
Give me your hand
Cut the skin, let me in
The molecules of us
Bleeding into one again
The sky will be my shroud
The cenotaph of cloud
If we could turn back, you can't paper over the crack
But it will return now, and your heart will burn black
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start, and it burns my heart
I know
Everything you said was right, and I suppose
Everything is here forever, till it goes
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on the shelf
Burning up now
And I'm racing down a road I don't recognize
I realize I've
Forgotten my way home, forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start, and it burns my heart
Turn black
Lyrics submitted by MLBfreek35, edited by Mellow_Harsher
Black Burning Heart Lyrics as written by Timothy James Rice-oxley Richard David Hughes
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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In the first and second verse there is a feeling of wanting to escape the world and the need to hide away from everything, perhaps because they are weak and cannot survive without a numbness to reality.
The user realises though that what they are doing is not right and attempts to quit and turn back but doesn't know how to (forgetting their way home and everything they know) and eventually they turn back to drugs.
A complicated song, but simply brilliant.
I wish that I could be
In the cellars of the sea
I'd disappear and I'm
Never to be seen again
(it will be better if we could just disapear into a cell on the sea)
If we could turn back
You can paper over the crack
But it will return now
And your heart will burn black
(when we die we wish we could go back, but we just couldnt, we'll see ourselves on a big screen, we'll be returned to the past from the day we're born, watch ourselves making so many mistakes.. we could only regret them.)
Dunno what it mean, I think it mean a lot of things, it's so mystical and beatiful that I prefer the meaning untouched for now =D
Dunno what it mean, I think it mean a lot of things, it's so mystical and beatiful that I prefer the meaning untouched for now =D
"Je souhaiterais m'immerger dans les profondeurs des mers
Et disparaître pour ne plus jamais être vu"
It is in fact the translation of the first verse (I wish that I could be in the cellars of the sea and disappear and I'm never to be seen again)
I wonder who says that part? It's well pronounced, sounds like a french speaker.
Don't have the time to really think about the lyrics. Any idea?
"I know
Everything you said was right and I suppose
Everything is here FOREVER TILL IT GOES
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on a shelf"
And
"Forgotten my way home
Forgotten everything that i know
Every day a FALSE start
And it burns my heart"
as for the meaning.. dunno..
I wish that I could be
In the cellars of the sea
And disappear in them
Never to be seen again
Leave this life
It's unrelenting appetite
For feeding off the weak
Who never had their turn to speak
The sky will be my shroud
A monument of cloud
If we could turn back
You can paper over the crack
But it will return now
And your heart will burn black
Give me your hand
Cut the skin, let me in
The molecules of us
Bleeding into one again
The sky will be my shroud
A cenotaph of cloud
If we could turn back
You can paper over the crack
But it will return now
And your heart will burn black
Forgotten my way home
Forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start
And it burns my heart
I know everything you said was right and I suppose
Everything is here forever till it goes
You gave it all away, kept nothing for yourself
Just a picture on the shelf
Je souhaiterai m'immerger dans les profondeurs des mers
Y disparaître pour ne plus jamais être vu
Burning up
Now I'm racing down a road I don't recognise
I realise I've forgotten my way home
Forgotten everything that I know
Every day a false start
And it burns my heart
Turn back
mmm .. i will wait until someone do ..
:D great song
Anyways, a lovely song. I just can't figure out what it means...