This song is about a dying love.
The first verse juxtaposes the image of a fire burning out, to Greta not being able to hear someone's footsteps anymore anymore. This makes me think either someone is distancing themselves from her, or she feels like she is unable to communicate with them.
Then more specifically she says "we're burning out, we're burning down we're the ashes on the ground." This means they are barely what they once were, and soon, like ashes they will be nothing.
This song is about a dying love. The first verse juxtaposes the image of a fire burning out, to Greta not being able to hear someone's footsteps anymore anymore. This makes me think either someone is distancing themselves from her, or she feels like she is unable to communicate with them. Then more specifically she says "we're burning out, we're burning down we're the ashes on the ground." This means they are barely what they once were, and soon, like ashes they will be nothing.