"She Burned Me Down" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their seventh and final album Dead Again, released in 2007. It is plainly a gothic metal song having two cantos. 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 [Foreign content] [Foreign content] 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
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Personnel
- Band members
- Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass
- Kenny Hickey – guitar, backing vocals
- Josh Silver – keyboards, pipe organ, synths, effects, backing vocals
- Johnny Kelly – drums
- Production
- Written by Peter Steele
- Arranged by Type O Negative
- Produced by Peter Steele and Josh Silver
- Recorded, mixed and mastered by Josh Silver and Mike Marciano
- Additional recordings engineered by Paul Bento