Man on Fire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by andrea1019 

Cover art for Man on Fire lyrics by Roger Taylor

So this is about someone who's frustrated with his lack of meaningful employment; he has anger issues, craves a better life for himself, but can't see a way out. I think these lyrics are a big hint:

"It's the power of your love keeps me under their thumb 'cause the beat of your heart is the beat of my drum;"

Hmm, a man feeling trapped by his need to earn money so that he can keep supporting a wife, a girlfriend, maybe a kid? His love for this other person traps him in his tedious job, and keeps him a slave to some unnamed corporate entity. It's tragic that this man is viewing love as his prison.

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