Burn To Shine Lyrics

Lyric discussion by TiggerLily 

Cover art for Burn To Shine lyrics by Ben Harper

To me it seems that the girl (or significant other) is a bit...self destructive and depressed.

"Funny things you learn from your mama, like the way to throw your head back when your swallowing pills Funny things you learn from your papa, like when you're talking you just can't keep your hands still"

Obviously she pops pills and is either a bit nervous or hits (the hand still bit)

"I'd like to spend the time that you would like to spend with me So that you could help me out with my dependancy 'Cause I'm hoplessly addicted, addicted to your sorrow Makes me never wanna work, beg or borrow"

He wants to spend all his time with her to 'fix her' and make her feel better, make her feel loved

And he knows to do that they're gonna have to go through some baggage and hard time but they're gonna burn to shine. They're gonna go through hell and back to be ok.

Yeah.

Sap.