Fires
(STRANGERS) Lyrics


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Haven't you heard that all your friends moved to the coast?
Haven't you heard that all you've loved went up in flames?
Haven't you heard that you're not welcome anymore?
Anymore
You're a stranger to your family
You're a stranger to yourself
It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a lifetime
It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a life
Oh you arrived
But you're not really here
Oh you don't belong here
You never did
It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a lifetime
It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a lifetime
Half your heart, half your heart
Half your heart, oh half your heart
Half your heart, half your heart
Half your heart, oh half your heart
Half your heart, half your heart
Half your heart, oh half your heart
Is still in Praha
It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a lifetime




It was the fire of a century
It was the fire of a lifetime

Overall Meaning

The song FIRES by STRANGERS is a melancholic track about feeling like an outsider and the pain of losing everything that once defined you. The song starts with a question - "Haven't you heard that all your friends moved to the coast?" The line suggests that the singer has lost touch with their friends and has been left behind. The second line, "Haven't you heard that all you've loved went up in flames?" is a metaphor for all the things that once mattered to the singer are now gone, destroyed in a figurative fire. The following line, "Haven't you heard that you're not welcome anymore?" shows how the singer now feels unwanted and unwelcome in a place that was once their home.


The chorus of the song repeats the lines, "It was the fire of a century, it was the fire of a lifetime" twice, emphasizing the magnitude of the loss that the singer has experienced. The lines, "You're a stranger to your family, you're a stranger to yourself," indicate how the singer no longer feels connected to the people closest to them or even to their own identity.


Line by Line Meaning

Haven't you heard that all your friends moved to the coast?
Have you not been informed that all your friends have relocated to the seaside?


Haven't you heard that all you've loved went up in flames?
Have you not heard that everything you cherished was destroyed by fire?


Haven't you heard that you're not welcome anymore?
Have you not heard that you are no longer wanted?


Anymore
Not anymore


You're a stranger to your family
Your own family finds you unfamiliar


You're a stranger to yourself
You yourself are a stranger to yourself


It was the fire of a century
It was a fire that happens only once in a hundred years


It was the fire of a lifetime
It was a fire that occurs only once in a lifetime


Oh you arrived
You have come


But you're not really here
But you are not truly present


Oh you don't belong here
You do not fit in here


You never did
You never have


Half your heart, half your heart
Half of your heart, half of your heart


Half your heart, oh half your heart
Half of your heart, oh, only half of it


Is still in Praha
Still resides in Prague


It was the fire of a century
It was a fire that happens only once in a hundred years


It was the fire of a lifetime
It was a fire that occurs only once in a lifetime




Lyrics © DistroKid
Written by: Selome Abdulaziz

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