I remember on Closer two tracks prior to this, the words "Things we Lost in the Fire" comes up. The album title of course, but I think that this song is placed at the end as something that wouldn't be desired to be lost in the fire.
The reason the narrator of this song wishes she could keep her baby in metal so the child doesn't lose their innocence, their childhood in the Fire like all the things narrator has lost. Metal doesn't burn in fire (unless it is very hot), which is why preserving the child in metal would keep all the joy that the child gives the narrator from being lost in the Fire.
Just discovered this album a few days ago, and while it is very soft, it is very beautiful. Still trying to figure out what the Fire is though.
I remember on Closer two tracks prior to this, the words "Things we Lost in the Fire" comes up. The album title of course, but I think that this song is placed at the end as something that wouldn't be desired to be lost in the fire. The reason the narrator of this song wishes she could keep her baby in metal so the child doesn't lose their innocence, their childhood in the Fire like all the things narrator has lost. Metal doesn't burn in fire (unless it is very hot), which is why preserving the child in metal would keep all the joy that the child gives the narrator from being lost in the Fire.
Just discovered this album a few days ago, and while it is very soft, it is very beautiful. Still trying to figure out what the Fire is though.