Album: Never Give Up
Music & Lyrics: Alexis Vear
Secret: This song is my all time favorite. As I watched the bombs blow up in Iraq, I knew that every fire meant if not a quick death, than a long and horrible death. As horrible as the fire was, I also had the image of the woman in the refugee camp making tea, and how that fire was going to keep her family warm that night, and how absolutely beautiful that fire was. It is amazing how one thing can have so many meanings and purposes in this world. There are so many parts to a whole. All of us are made up of this complicated equation.
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I see the fires burnin, There burnin oh so bright
If it weren’t for the smoke, They’d lighten up the night
I got my fires burnin, right hear in my home
And I know you got a couple, Burnin of your own
Some of the fires that burn are, oh so nice
Like the one that warms you on a chilly night
Some of the fires that burn mean, Theirs an ugly fight tonight
Just look around the world and you can see this ugly site
Chorus
I want to
Put out the flames that darken the night
Turn up the heat in my one and only life
Fan the flames that ignite my fire and yours
The flame of love can bring us peace and keep us warm
I like the fires that burn from deep within
I like the fires that burn with a smoke that is thin
Like the fire that simmers inside your head
Not the fire that smolders
From words left unsaid
I don’t like the flames that make me cry
I don’t like the flames that are filled with lies
The smoke is gonna clear
The night is gonna pass
And the sun is gonna rise
And the day will end fast
Chorus
Put out the flames that darken the night
Turn up the heat in my one and only life
Fan the flames that ignite my fire and yours
The flame of love can bring us and bring us peace and
keep us warm
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