Lighter Fluid
Burning Bridges: Love and Liberation in Lighter Fluid
Lyrics
I took a picture that I wanted to send to you
I captured a moment in a photo intending to share it with you.
I said I needed some space but it's not true
I claimed to need space, but that statement is untrue.
So fucking tired of being so available
Frustration with always being readily accessible.
You take my presence for granted
You take my presence for granted.
You say it's got you fucked up
You express confusion and feeling messed up.
You're so confused
Suggesting a need for personal growth and maturity.
I think you gotta grow up
Advising to overcome the desire for control and let emotions guide.
Get over your need to control
Encouraging following the heart's desires.
Where your heartbeat wants to go
Expressing a desire to wait for a long time if it were possible.
If I could have it my way
Desire to delay action for an extended period.
I'd wait a fucking decade
Referencing waiting for a significant duration.
Cuz you lit a match
Comparison of a match being lit to a triggering event.
And I'm lighter fluid
Identifying oneself as susceptible and easily ignited.
Big boy, man child
Referring to the person as both mature and childish.
You were there for a little while
Acknowledging their presence for a brief period.
It was just enough to make me go crazy
The brief encounter leading to emotional turmoil.
Did me rough with all of your
Describing a rough experience with the person.
Maybe someday we'll know
Expressing uncertainty about the future understanding.
In the meantime, I'll let go
Choosing to let go in the meantime.
If I could have it my way
Reiteration of the desire to delay action.
I'd wait a fucking decade
Reiterating the intention to wait for an extended period.
Cuz you lit a match
Re-emphasizing the triggering event and its impact.
And I'm lighter fluid
Reiterating vulnerability and combustibility.
Red roses grew on my door
Symbolic mention of red roses on the door.
You picked them, threw them on the floor
The person discards the symbolic roses, rejecting the intensity.
Cuz I burned too fast and you couldn't do it
Explaining that rapid intensity was overwhelming for them.
I always make them run away
Reflecting on a pattern of making people withdraw.
I try to take it really slow
Attempting to proceed cautiously but facing difficulty.
But I can't feel my fucking face
Expressing numbness and detachment from emotions.
Your poison straight into my veins
Acknowledging the toxic influence affecting the individual.
I always make them run away
Reiteration of the pattern of pushing people away.
I try to take it really slow
Reaffirming the attempt to take things slowly.
(Dead roses, thorns in my sheets)
Mentioning dead roses and thorns as symbols of pain.
But I can't feel my fucking face
Continuing to express the inability to feel emotions.
(Intoxicate me in my sleep)
Describing the intoxicating impact even during sleep.
Your poison straight into my veins
Reiterating the poisonous influence penetrating the person.
(Cuz I burn too fast and you couldn't do it)
Recalling the challenge of sustaining the intense connection.
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