Lyrics
Today I need to make you leave out of my life
Expressing the need to remove someone from the speaker's life today.
And I don’t think it will be easy for this time
Anticipating difficulty in the process of ending the relationship this time.
I will use the flame of our now old old love
Symbolizing the use of the fading love as fuel for the upcoming action.
To burn all your clothes from the past
Using the flame to destroy physical reminders of the past relationship, i.e., the person's clothes.
Will the smoke replace the scent of your skin
Raising the question of whether the aftermath (smoke) will replace the person's lingering presence (scent).
And turn everything to dust?
Questioning if the destructive act will erase everything to the point of turning it to dust.
When the fire burns out
Reflecting on the end of the destructive process when the fire burns out.
I won’t feel you now
Expressing a sense of detachment when the fire is extinguished.
But I hope I won’t breathe you in
Hoping to avoid internalizing the person's presence after the act.
When the fire burns out
Reiterating the emotional disconnect after the fire burns out.
I won’t feel you now
Repeating the desire to avoid feeling the person's presence post-destruction.
But I hope I won’t breathe you in
Reiterating the hope not to inhale the person's essence after the fire is gone.
Since you’ve been gone in this house
Noticing the absence of the person in the house since their departure.
I never look for your mark
Indicating a lack of active search for reminders or traces of the person.
But watching the fire burn your clothes
Finding warmth and emotional connection in the act of burning the person's clothes.
I only feel your warmth
Contrasting the lack of search with the emotional impact of witnessing the destruction.
I don’t know why you didn’t bring everything you’ve got
Puzzled about the person's choice not to bring all their belongings when leaving.
And if you decide to return
If the person decides to return, discouraging them from attempting to reconnect.
Don’t ever try to knock
Warning against attempting to enter the speaker's life again.
Because when the fire burns out
Reflecting on the emotional detachment anticipated after the fire's conclusion.
I won’t feel you now
Reiterating the expected emotional numbness after the fire burns out.
But I hope I won’t breathe you in
Expressing the hope not to absorb the person's presence after the destructive act.
When the fire burns out
Anticipating emotional disconnection after the fire's completion.
I won’t feel you now
Reiterating the lack of emotional connection after the fire's conclusion.
But I hope I won’t breathe you in
Hoping to avoid internalizing the person's essence after the fire is extinguished.
When the fire burns out
Expressing the expectation of emotional numbness post-destruction.
When the fire burns out
Repeating the anticipation of emotional detachment when the fire burns out.
I hope I won’t breathe you in
Reiterating the hope not to inhale the person's essence after the fire's completion.
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