I'm on Fire
Passionate Longing: Unveiling the Soulful Desires in Sophie Milman's 'I'm on Fire'
Lyrics
Hey baby boy, is your mama home
Asking if the person's mother is at home.
Did she go away and leave you all alone
Inquiring whether the mother has left, leaving the person alone.
I got a bad desire
Expressing a strong, uncontrollable desire.
Oh oh ohh, I'm on fire
Reiterating the intense desire, feeling like being on fire.
Tell me now, baby, is she good to you
Asking if the current partner treats the person well.
Does she do to you things that I do
Questioning if the partner does things the person used to do.
I'm gonna take you higher
Expressing the intention to elevate the relationship.
Oh oh ohh, I'm on fire
Reiterating the intense desire, feeling like being on fire.
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
Describing emotional pain using a metaphor of a knife cutting through the soul.
And cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul
Continuing the metaphor, depicting a deep emotional wound.
At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet
Describing physical and emotional distress during the night.
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Comparing the emotional turmoil to a freight train running through the mind.
Only you can cool my desire
Stating that only the person being addressed can soothe the intense desire.
Oh oh ohh, I'm on fire
Reiterating the intense desire, feeling like being on fire.
Sometimes it's like someone took a knife, baby, edgy and dull
Repeating the description of emotional pain using the knife metaphor.
And cut a six inch valley through the middle of my soul
Continuing the metaphor, emphasizing the profound emotional impact.
At night I wake with the sheets soaking wet
Reiterating the night-time distress and emotional turbulence.
And a freight train running through the middle of my head
Continuing the train metaphor, describing the impact on the mind.
Only you can cool my desire
Stating that only the person being addressed can soothe the intense desire.
Oh oh ohh, I'm on fire
Reiterating the intense desire, feeling like being on fire.
Yeah, I'm on fire
Affirming the state of intense desire and emotional turmoil.
Oh oh ohh, I'm on fire
Reiterating the intense desire, feeling like being on fire.
Ohh oh oh, I'm on fire
Emphasizing the continued emotional intensity.
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