Lyric discussion by perksofbeingalie 

Cover art for Burn lyrics by Ray LaMontagne

This song perfectly balances the feelings of complete sadness and, yet, self-righteous anger someone who has been broken up with feels. and a lot of the anger is because the other person can move on and usually the one who has been left finds it harder to. and i love how he makes excuses for it. he's trying to undermine how completely heartbroken he is to make it seem like he doesn't care. just ignore the blood on the floor, it's just that heart that i keep on my sleeves for you bleeding. he feels like looking strong will make him feel better when all he really wants to do is catch fire and break down.

Oh so kiss him again just to prove to me that you can an I will stand here and burn in my skin

the way he says it so resignedly and simply. the candidness is startling and heartbreaking.... he sounds so destroyed and so harowed that it's tangible. it's palpable in sound of his voice. but ray writes beautiful songs and that's what a good song does. it engages you and makes you feel like you're a part of it until it becomes a part of you.