I think its about him trying to cope with the pain while trying to save their relationship after she confessed cheating on him. The lyrics sum up exactly how I felt having dealt with this myself.
I look at you and then I see your fire
And I'm thinking 'bout desire
Yes I'm thinking 'bout desire
[Looking at her, he loves her and desires her]
Telling me things that you try to hide
And I'm burning up inside
Oh how I'm burning up inside
[She confesses she cheated on him but still wants to be with him and he finds himself burning with pain and anger]
When I think about the first time that I saw your face
I never felt this way
No I never felt this way
[He thinks back to when they first got together and remembers how it was only their love and he didn't feel this kind of pain with her]
And now I'm thinkin' that you feel the same
[He realizes that she too misses the time where things were better and all they felt was their love]
And I hope if there's anyway
I'll get down on my knees and pray
[He would do almost anything to get back the love they lost and rebuild their relationship]
You're like a burnin' flame
And I'll never be the same
No I'll never be the same
You're like a burnin' flame
And I'll never be the same
No I'll never be the same
[Dual Meaning: She lights his fire, shes hot, BUT she has also burned him badly with her infidelity, now he must carry the scars of this terrible event with him and it has changed him forever]
What kind of fool am I
To want your body next to mine?
I want your body next to mine
[He feels like a fool for continuing to want her after what she has done]
I need you anytime
And I'm breaking down inside
Oh lord I'm breaking down inside
[He feels he still needs her in his life and the pain is eating away at him, breaking him down inside]
You cover me with all your hopeless fantasies I never had before
No I never had before
[She shares fantasies of being with both him and her lover at the same time. He is turned on by the fantasies but also finds them agonizingly painful, leaving him conflicted on whether he wants to act them out or not]
And now I'm living in my own reality 'cause of the things you did to me
Oh the things you did to me
[After everything she has put him through its like his entire world has been turned on its side and its like he no longer knows up from down, right from left. Nothing makes sense anymore and he no longer knows whats real and whats not]
This is how I have interpreted the song and is also exactly what I myself have been through not long ago.
However we made it through and we are still together, and probably stronger for having survived that nightmare.
I think its about him trying to cope with the pain while trying to save their relationship after she confessed cheating on him. The lyrics sum up exactly how I felt having dealt with this myself.
I look at you and then I see your fire And I'm thinking 'bout desire Yes I'm thinking 'bout desire
[Looking at her, he loves her and desires her]
Telling me things that you try to hide And I'm burning up inside Oh how I'm burning up inside
[She confesses she cheated on him but still wants to be with him and he finds himself burning with pain and anger]
When I think about the first time that I saw your face I never felt this way No I never felt this way
[He thinks back to when they first got together and remembers how it was only their love and he didn't feel this kind of pain with her]
And now I'm thinkin' that you feel the same
[He realizes that she too misses the time where things were better and all they felt was their love]
And I hope if there's anyway I'll get down on my knees and pray
[He would do almost anything to get back the love they lost and rebuild their relationship]
You're like a burnin' flame And I'll never be the same No I'll never be the same You're like a burnin' flame And I'll never be the same No I'll never be the same
[Dual Meaning: She lights his fire, shes hot, BUT she has also burned him badly with her infidelity, now he must carry the scars of this terrible event with him and it has changed him forever]
What kind of fool am I To want your body next to mine? I want your body next to mine
[He feels like a fool for continuing to want her after what she has done]
I need you anytime And I'm breaking down inside Oh lord I'm breaking down inside
[He feels he still needs her in his life and the pain is eating away at him, breaking him down inside]
You cover me with all your hopeless fantasies I never had before No I never had before
[She shares fantasies of being with both him and her lover at the same time. He is turned on by the fantasies but also finds them agonizingly painful, leaving him conflicted on whether he wants to act them out or not]
And now I'm living in my own reality 'cause of the things you did to me Oh the things you did to me
[After everything she has put him through its like his entire world has been turned on its side and its like he no longer knows up from down, right from left. Nothing makes sense anymore and he no longer knows whats real and whats not]
This is how I have interpreted the song and is also exactly what I myself have been through not long ago.
However we made it through and we are still together, and probably stronger for having survived that nightmare.