Burn Me Out
Embers of Desire: Brian Fuller's 'Burn Me Out' Unveiled
Lyrics
We dont come to together sometimes we leave alone
We often don't come together; sometimes, we leave alone.
Barley know each other but we know how Fridays go
We barely know each other, but we understand how Fridays unfold.
Says she had a boyfriend shes drinking to forget
She claims to have a boyfriend and is drinking to forget.
Still got a couple habits she aint quit just yet
She still has a couple of habits she hasn't quit yet.
Me and the cigarettes
Referring to the narrator and cigarettes as a metaphorical connection.
Yeah she lights me up
The girl ignites a spark in the narrator.
and she pulls me in
She draws the narrator in.
In that smoke filled room
Describing a scene in a smoke-filled room.
For a midnight kiss
Setting the stage for a midnight kiss.
That shes bumming when she's lonely and shes needing me right now
She turns to the narrator when lonely and in need.
I guess Ill let her light me up and breathe me in
The narrator allows her to engage and consume him.
Then burn me out
The inevitable result of being consumed by her - getting burned out.
Shes touching up her lipstick in the mirror behind the bar
She's fixing her lipstick, possibly preparing for interaction.
She lets me call her baby
She allows the narrator to call her "baby."
She lets us go to far
They push boundaries, but it's not genuine love they seek.
But it aint love were chasing
Clarifying that their pursuit is not love but something else.
Im just another thing
The narrator is just another thing she craves when under the influence.
Thats shes craving when shes had a couple drinks
Describing the narrator as something she desires after a few drinks.
Yeah she lights me up
Reiteration of the connection, where she lights up the narrator.
and she pulls me in
She continues to draw the narrator in within the smoke-filled room.
In that smoke filled room
Reiterating the scene in the smoke-filled room leading to a midnight kiss.
For a midnight kiss
They share a midnight kiss in the described setting.
That shes bumming when shes lonely and shes needing me right now
She turns to the narrator when lonely and in need once more.
I guess Ill let her light me up and breathe me in
The narrator accepts being consumed and burned out by her.
Then burn me out
Reiteration of the inevitable outcome of being with her.
We didnt come together but we wont leave alone
Despite not arriving together, they won't leave the situation alone.
Yeah she lights me up
She continues to ignite a spark in the narrator.
and she pulls me in
She pulls the narrator in once again.
In that smoke filled room
Reiterating the scene in the smoke-filled room with the narrator.
For a midnight kiss
Reiterating the midnight kiss within the described setting.
That shes bumming when shes lonely and shes needing me right now
She turns to the narrator again when lonely and in need.
I guess Ill let her light me up and breathe me in
The narrator accepts being consumed and burned out by her once more.
Then burn me out
Reiteration of the inevitable outcome of being consumed and burned out.
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