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"She Burned Me Down" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their seventh and final album Dead Again, released in 2007. The beginning of this song is punkish then it gets doomy, otherwise it's a gothic metal song. The song has two cantos, defined by those musical characteristics. Canto I of this song, eponymously titled "She Burned Me Down", details about the imagination of being burned to death started by his enraged girlfriend, while Canto II, titled "Start a Fire", is about getting high on drugs when his girlfriend starts a fire. Though eponymously titled, Canto I lasts just 30% of the duration of the track, while Canto II lasts the remaining 70% of the track.

Lyrics[]

[Canto I. "She Burned Me Down"]
She burned me down, down to the ground
She burned me down, down to the ground

Blood - though thicker than water - is harder to clean up
You'll get it in the end boy if the weapon of choice is love
Expecting it from a stranger or maybe an acquaintance
Never from family or friends though a simple mistake and expense

She burned me down, down to the ground
She burned me down, down to the ground

Pissed and disappointed I prey to learn to forgive
If I can't find it in my heart then I have no reason to live

Here is an education - the lesson professed is quite cruel
There are some things worse than death and one of them is you
Which one of them's you?

[Canto II. "Start a Fire"]
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher

Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher

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Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher

Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get high

Personnel[]

Group performers

Enginucers

  • Peter Steele – writing, production
  • Josh Silver – engineering, recording, effects, mixing, mastering, production
  • Mike Marciano – engineering, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Paul Bento – additional recording engineering
  • Type O Negative – arrangement

Links to other songs[]

Type O Negative songs
Slow, Deep and Hard The Origin of the Feces
Bloody Kisses October Rust
World Coming Down Life Is Killing Me
Dead Again
  1. "Dead Again"
  2. "Tripping a Blind Man"
  3. "The Profit of Doom"
  4. "September Sun"
  5. "Halloween in Heaven"
  6. "These Three Things"
  7. "She Burned Me Down"
  8. "Some Stupid Tomorrow"
  9. "An Ode to Locksmiths"
  10. "Hail and Farewell to Britain"
Songs from non-studio albums
StereoType O Negative songs
  • "In the Name of Love (Pride)"
  • "Dolce Vita"
  • "Last Christmas"
  • "Wicked Game"
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