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Set Me On Fire Lyrics
I got a lot to say I just don’t know how to say it
I know all the rules I just can’t seem to play it
You can tick the boxes
follow the equations but the knife won’t budge until you learn patience
I got notes to sing I just can’t reach the words
they’re out on a ledge in the dark with the birds
but I’m trying to find them inside of you
Take my brain and break it in two
Melody you’re the only one who saves me
Out of the cold you take me (set me on fire)
You save me (set me on fire)
Melody, all I want is to remember
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
I got a rock between my heart and my mouth
I know how it got there but I can’t pull it out
and the bones that once moved my fingers over keys
are protesting in a fist on my knees
Gotta find a way to unzip my skin cos this is a stranger’s I’m living in
Melody, you’re the only one who saves me
Out of the cold you take me (set me on fire)
You save me (set me on fire)
Melody, all I want is to remember
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
What came before the winter?
Set me on fire
Melody, you’re the only one who saves me
Out of the cold you take me and set me on fire
You set me on fire
Melody, all I want is to remember
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
Melody, you’re the only one who saves me
You set me on fire…
I know all the rules I just can’t seem to play it
You can tick the boxes
follow the equations but the knife won’t budge until you learn patience
they’re out on a ledge in the dark with the birds
but I’m trying to find them inside of you
Take my brain and break it in two
Out of the cold you take me (set me on fire)
You save me (set me on fire)
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
I know how it got there but I can’t pull it out
and the bones that once moved my fingers over keys
are protesting in a fist on my knees
Gotta find a way to unzip my skin cos this is a stranger’s I’m living in
Out of the cold you take me (set me on fire)
You save me (set me on fire)
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
What came before the winter?
Set me on fire
Out of the cold you take me and set me on fire
You set me on fire
what came before this winter (set me on fire)
Save me, set me on fire
You set me on fire…
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Do you think Melody is referring just to the melody of a song etc or a girl as well?
It's the first song she wrote from her new album. She was experiencing huge writers block and found she couldn't write songs anymore. She eventually (thankfully) found her passion for music again and the song is about that time in her life where she knew that she wanted to write songs, she knew the mechanics of how to write a song but the words just weren't coming and she found the music she was straining just wasn't inspired or doing what she wanted to. She described this song as 'a love song to music'. She's saying that music is the thing that makes her happier than anything else and that all she wants is to go backs to the time 'before this winter', before this block and to the time where music came so naturally.
One of my favourite songs on the album. :)