Lyrics
Look around, the fire is getting closer
Warning about the imminent danger as the fire approaches.
Look around, they aren't coming to save you
Recognition that external help or salvation is not coming.
Look around, you only see their panic
Observation of others' panic in the face of the approaching threat.
Look around, you only see despair
Observation of the prevailing feeling of hopelessness and misery.
The work of a lifetime
Reflection on a lifetime of effort and achievement.
Getting burned down
Description of the destruction of one's work through burning.
Turned into ashes
Transformation of the lifetime's work into ashes.
Portugal the torch
Reference to "Portugal the torch," suggesting Portugal is the source of the destructive fire.
With a fire fed by the tears of innocents
Attributing the fire's intensity to the suffering of innocent people.
Lives burned by the fire of ineptitude
Indicating that lives are being destroyed due to incompetence.
Now look to the sky, it's all blackened
Encouraging a shift in perspective to the darkened sky, possibly symbolizing a corrupted government.
Darkened by the state that must protect you
Linking the darkened sky to a government that should protect but instead contributes to the darkness.
Portugal the torch
Reiteration of Portugal as the destructive force, the torch.
A state that doesn't protect their own
Expressing a lack of protection from the state for its citizens.
You are on your own
Conveying a sense of abandonment with the statement "You are on your own."
Portugal the torch
Reiteration of Portugal as the torch, emphasizing the destructive nature.
There's no guilt for mistakes reaping lives
Asserting that there is no accountability for errors that result in loss of life.
114 was the number of the deaths
Numerical reference to the significant loss of lives (114 deaths).
Portugal the torch
Reiteration of Portugal as the torch, reinforcing the theme of destruction.
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