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Burn, Don't Freeze! Lyrics
I’d set your heart on fire but arson is no way
to make a love burn brighter.
(When you saw me, on that first day
said I’d blossom under your care).
Always thought that the devil was the only one
who knew the ins and the outs of the ways of love,
so I sold off my heart to see how this would end,
now I can’t move an inch for fear it will begin.
(Wrap me up tight inside your wing
Is it safe now, is it safe to breathe?)
You come in between me and the darkness,
please don’t ever leave.
(I force my eyes open, and now who has changed?
You look different, so different today)
Holding your eyes in the hardest stare
running around like you wanted me there
Lookin’ at me like I’m the hottest in town
then turnin’ your back when you’re movin’ around
I ain’t gonna listen to you no more
breakin’ outta this place throwin’ open the door
Use me up just to fan the flame
but you’ll be sony as I’m walkin’ away
(Backwards, forwards going out of my mind,
spinning way off time
Fire to water baby’s putting me out)
You’re the truest light I’ve known,
but someday I’ll learn I don’t need your fuel to burn.
I’m the one who decides who I am
I’m the one who will shed this old skin)
Always thought that hell was the only place
hot enough to melt our hearts into a locked embrace
There’s something so safe about a lack of air
the only way to make sure that you’ll always be there
(I force my eyes open, and now who has changed?
I feel different, so different today)
to make a love burn brighter.
(When you saw me, on that first day
said I’d blossom under your care).
who knew the ins and the outs of the ways of love,
so I sold off my heart to see how this would end,
now I can’t move an inch for fear it will begin.
(Wrap me up tight inside your wing
Is it safe now, is it safe to breathe?)
please don’t ever leave.
(I force my eyes open, and now who has changed?
You look different, so different today)
running around like you wanted me there
Lookin’ at me like I’m the hottest in town
then turnin’ your back when you’re movin’ around
I ain’t gonna listen to you no more
breakin’ outta this place throwin’ open the door
Use me up just to fan the flame
but you’ll be sony as I’m walkin’ away
(Backwards, forwards going out of my mind,
spinning way off time
Fire to water baby’s putting me out)
but someday I’ll learn I don’t need your fuel to burn.
I’m the one who decides who I am
I’m the one who will shed this old skin)
hot enough to melt our hearts into a locked embrace
There’s something so safe about a lack of air
the only way to make sure that you’ll always be there
(I force my eyes open, and now who has changed?
I feel different, so different today)
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This is my favorite Sleater-Kinney song!! I know what she means... sometimes you just don't want to let go. You want to keep love going and getting better, but you can't force someone to love no matter how. You could wish on it all you want and such, but in the end there's somethin wrong with the person you're with and you can't change the way they feel. It's weird, like one day they're okay, and then they're changed, and there's no plausible explanation. And they hesitate to tell you why, they might give you a bullshit answer. So you get pissed, but at the same time you think of how gfeat it was w/that person, and you have different feelings all the time. In the end though, it's over. And then you're too scared to fall in love agian for you know what it can do to you. So yes, big reminder of a relationship, but it's what the song's about.
dont like the last few lines at all.
anyway songwriter's always so scared, always forcing his eyes open. whatever you think she is (or you are) open your eyes, wake up and try to improve things or add better to already good.
i love this song so much.
I think its perfect
I love the opening line to this song.
i love this band to death
Awesome song, awesome band. The overlay of lyrics is great & makes it so that you really have to listen to it a few times before you grasp both sets of lyrics. This whole album rocks, one of my top 5 for sure.
these lyrics are So damn good. I would pick out lines but there are too many.
I have only recently discovered this band. I know I like the song but I haven't even looked at the lyrics yet.
I tend to sing along if i know a song, and I can never decide who to sing along with. This is one of my favorites of their songs.