In the 1980s, sunglasses were a common fashion for people who wanted to adopt a "tough guy" persona (note all the cop shows from that era -- Simon & Simon, Miami Vice, etc. -- where the lead characters wore shades). So I think this song is about a guy who wears shades as a way of hiding his insecurity after learning that his girlfriend is cheating on him. He's trying to pretend that he's a "tough guy" to hide the fact that his girlfriend's affair is disturbing him.
Superstition takes many forms
Bigotry takes even more
Standing at the pulpit of greed
Spreading this lovely hate
This lovely hate
With every word you say
You prove your ignorance
Your intolerance
With every lie you make
You prove your arrogance
Your indifference
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
With this first breath of air I am born
As the elements take form
With the count zero reset return
Like fire I will burn
As the water fills my lungs
As a symbol that life is done
And the earth my grave with no sound
As I'm buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
With this first breath of air I am born
As the elements take form
With the count zero reset return
Like fire I will burn
As the water fills my lungs
As a symbol that life is done
And the earth my grave with no sound
As I'm buried in this hallowed ground
With every word you say
You prove your ignorance
Your intolerance
With every lie you make
You prove your arrogance
Your indifference
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Birth life death eternity
Bigotry takes even more
Standing at the pulpit of greed
Spreading this lovely hate
This lovely hate
With every word you say
You prove your ignorance
Your intolerance
With every lie you make
You prove your arrogance
Your indifference
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
Like fire I will burn
With this first breath of air I am born
As the elements take form
With the count zero reset return
Like fire I will burn
As the water fills my lungs
As a symbol that life is done
And the earth my grave with no sound
As I'm buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
Buried in this hallowed ground
With this first breath of air I am born
As the elements take form
With the count zero reset return
Like fire I will burn
As the water fills my lungs
As a symbol that life is done
And the earth my grave with no sound
As I'm buried in this hallowed ground
With every word you say
You prove your ignorance
Your intolerance
With every lie you make
You prove your arrogance
Your indifference
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Air fire water earth
Birth life death eternity
Lyrics submitted by jt
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