The Used - This Fire Meaning

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Song Released: 2012

This Fire Lyrics

How can I not taste it,
and let's not put it in their faces.
Hide the obvious just a little bit,
it' coming to this.

You'll know they'll never face it,
they're just a face all covered with a rag.
And they can't stop talking,
so the...

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Nov 23rd 2013 !⃝
Bert explained it two times to Kerrang!:

Frontman and songwriter Bert McCracken explained the song's meaning to Kerrang!: "The song is about our place in music, from our perspective. We started this band because we love music - period. We never really wanted to be the biggest band in the world: none of us aspired to be really famous or to be rockstars. I think that's an idea that doesn't really exist anymore."

McCracken explained the meaning of the lyric, "They're just a face all covered with a rag," to Kerrang! "I think that imagery speaks volumes about the amount of people who are in the music industry for the wrong reasons," he said, "A&R guys, record label reps and radio guys. That includes people in bands, who want to have their fat 10 minutes of f---ing whatever. That idea is poisonous in music, and that's what those lyrics refer to."

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