The psychologist Carl Jung said that fire represents the process of psychological transformation so burning down the house is destroying one personality and creating another one, As you can see in the video one person takes over another. David Byrne said the song was about this in an interview for the BBC (but he looked high at the time).
Thanks. I have always enjoyed this song (and find DB to be MOST talented), but I never really understood the lyrics. Talking Heads put on a GREAT concert, but NO encores! That was just plain wrong :)
Thanks. I have always enjoyed this song (and find DB to be MOST talented), but I never really understood the lyrics. Talking Heads put on a GREAT concert, but NO encores! That was just plain wrong :)
The psychologist Carl Jung said that fire represents the process of psychological transformation so burning down the house is destroying one personality and creating another one, As you can see in the video one person takes over another. David Byrne said the song was about this in an interview for the BBC (but he looked high at the time).
Thanks. I have always enjoyed this song (and find DB to be MOST talented), but I never really understood the lyrics. Talking Heads put on a GREAT concert, but NO encores! That was just plain wrong :)
Thanks. I have always enjoyed this song (and find DB to be MOST talented), but I never really understood the lyrics. Talking Heads put on a GREAT concert, but NO encores! That was just plain wrong :)
thank you. man, so many of these "interpretations" are so off! but this was great and succinct.
thank you. man, so many of these "interpretations" are so off! but this was great and succinct.
That's a good possibility as well.
That's a good possibility as well.