This song basically describes the pain of leaving a relationship that meant to much to you. She loved him so much and he saved her but then she realized he was two-faced and that their was a side to him that she never knew. And even though it's extremely hard (like setting fire to the rain is) she knows that it's what's best even though it isn't easy. This song is very symbolic and I find very meaningful - having to leave a relationship when deep down she doesn't want to.
She describes how much he meant to her - "..you kissed my lips and you saved me."
How her feeling are so hard to let go of -
"But I set fire to the rain,
Watch it pour as I touched your face
Let it burn while I cry.
Cause I heard it screaming at your name, your name."
The rain symobolises all the memories she had with him and how when she burns the memories she hears them screaming out his name. She cries because it's not easy letting go.
how much she loves him - "When laying with you, I could stay there.
Close my eyes, feel you here forever.
You and me together, nothing is better."
"Sometimes I wake up by the door
Now that you've gone, must be waiting for you
Even that when it's already over
I can't help myself from looking for you".
How the relationship changed as she got to know him better and that what she believed before had been a lie - "But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew.
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true.
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win." This is why she wants to end the relationship. SHhe believes doing what's right is never easy.
This song basically describes the pain of leaving a relationship that meant to much to you. She loved him so much and he saved her but then she realized he was two-faced and that their was a side to him that she never knew. And even though it's extremely hard (like setting fire to the rain is) she knows that it's what's best even though it isn't easy. This song is very symbolic and I find very meaningful - having to leave a relationship when deep down she doesn't want to.
She describes how much he meant to her - "..you kissed my lips and you saved me." How her feeling are so hard to let go of - "But I set fire to the rain, Watch it pour as I touched your face Let it burn while I cry. Cause I heard it screaming at your name, your name." The rain symobolises all the memories she had with him and how when she burns the memories she hears them screaming out his name. She cries because it's not easy letting go.
how much she loves him - "When laying with you, I could stay there. Close my eyes, feel you here forever. You and me together, nothing is better."
"Sometimes I wake up by the door Now that you've gone, must be waiting for you Even that when it's already over I can't help myself from looking for you".
How the relationship changed as she got to know him better and that what she believed before had been a lie - "But there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew. All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true. And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win." This is why she wants to end the relationship. SHhe believes doing what's right is never easy.