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"Touch my heart, and feel my burning..."
Title quotation taken from Abigail Washburn's Red and Blazing, one of my favorite songs. As it so happens, I can barely find any lyrics listings for this one online, and the ones I can find, are (as far as I can tell) flawed.
Like, the first line is repeatedly listed as "I must have been fooled when you touched my heart". Not only does this make little to no sense in the context of the song, but I've listened to it over and over again, and I still can't hear that word as 'fooled'. It sounds like "I must have been four when you touched my heart" to me. Of course, that makes just as little sense, but still.
Just so I'll have a reference for later (and who knows, maybe other people are frusterated about the lack of lyrics listings for this song, too, and would appreciated something more than the, like, two different sites that have them...), this is what I think the lyrics are:
For me, probably the most 'controversial' is the end section- the other two sites listing these lyrics had them as "For the day you left for the arms above // To me, those birds are singing". But... I like mine better. : p
Like, the first line is repeatedly listed as "I must have been fooled when you touched my heart". Not only does this make little to no sense in the context of the song, but I've listened to it over and over again, and I still can't hear that word as 'fooled'. It sounds like "I must have been four when you touched my heart" to me. Of course, that makes just as little sense, but still.
Just so I'll have a reference for later (and who knows, maybe other people are frusterated about the lack of lyrics listings for this song, too, and would appreciated something more than the, like, two different sites that have them...), this is what I think the lyrics are:
Red and Blazing (Abigail Washburn)
I must have been four (?) when you touched my heart
Skies were red and blazing
I heard a moan from the elms above
And I knew that day was ending
I knew you'd seen your happiest days
When the next morn, the birds were singing (and the way she sings this line is beautiful, by the way)
We felt the same cold from the earth
(short instrumental interlude)
It took the moon to hold the tide
And set our hearts a-spinning
You'd wait for dark, never come again
(longer instrumental interlude, with some awesome chords and a great crescendo)
I'll turn my back to the calling sun
If you'll rise and meet me
I'll walk the road I took from you
Oh, scale wide (that's probably not what it is, considering that makes absolutely no sense, but I really have no idea about this line)
And the red sky that's blazing
Touch my heart and feel my burning
For the day you left for the elms above
To meet those birds a-singing...
(end, no instrumental)
I must have been four (?) when you touched my heart
Skies were red and blazing
I heard a moan from the elms above
And I knew that day was ending
I knew you'd seen your happiest days
When the next morn, the birds were singing (and the way she sings this line is beautiful, by the way)
We felt the same cold from the earth
(short instrumental interlude)
It took the moon to hold the tide
And set our hearts a-spinning
You'd wait for dark, never come again
(longer instrumental interlude, with some awesome chords and a great crescendo)
I'll turn my back to the calling sun
If you'll rise and meet me
I'll walk the road I took from you
Oh, scale wide (that's probably not what it is, considering that makes absolutely no sense, but I really have no idea about this line)
And the red sky that's blazing
Touch my heart and feel my burning
For the day you left for the elms above
To meet those birds a-singing...
(end, no instrumental)
For me, probably the most 'controversial' is the end section- the other two sites listing these lyrics had them as "For the day you left for the arms above // To me, those birds are singing". But... I like mine better. : p