"I think a lot of the songs on the album are kind of a big mash of things I’ve been reading or thinking about. And I think “Things We Lost In The Fire” – there’s sort of parts of it that come from real life. I think I got the idea while I was at university and I was chatting with one of my friend – and you know, you’re new to the uni and you’ve new friends and you have to find out all about their lives and before. This girl was saying that when she was a kid her family’s house had burned down and they lost everything. And I guess, things like house fires, you just don’t – it’s a thing that happens – but, I guess, not many people know anyone who that’s happened to. I was just mad hearing about it, ‘cause I think it’s fascinating how through life we accumulate stuff and all these kind of physical memories of all the things we’ve done. And the idea of losing all of that in one big blow, I guess would be crazy – it just seemed like a perfect metaphor for the end of a relationship."
The track was released digitally on August 23, 2013, and physically on August 26, 2013. However, it was also featured on their "Laura Palmer" EP, which was self-released on July 4, 2011. The music video for “Things We Lost In The Fire” was released on July 13, 2013. It was shot in Kėdainiai, Lithuania, and directed by Naor Aloni.
Bastille has explained its inspiration as follows:
"I think I got the idea while I was at university and I was chatting with one of my friend… This girl was saying that when she was a kid her family’s house had burned down and they lost everything."
Overall, the song is about those things that you loose along the journey of life, which the band assimilates to loosing prized possessions in a house fire. For more details read the other annotations.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Bastille Lyrics
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Things we'll never see again
All that we've amassed
Sits before us, shattered into ash
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
We sat and made a list
Of all the things that we have
Down the backs of table tops
Ticket stubs and your diaries, I read them all one day
When loneliness came and you were away
Oh they told me nothing new
But I love to read the words you used
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
I was the match and you were the rock
Maybe, we started this fire
We sat apart and watched
All we had burned on the pyre
You said, "We were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now"
You said, "We were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now"
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
These are the things we lost in the fire fire fire
Flames they licked the walls
Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore
“Things We Lost in the Fire” by Bastille is a melancholic song about the things we lose in life. The song captures the essence of losing the things that we value the most and how they turn to ashes in a matter of seconds. The lyrics suggest that everything we accumulate in life, all our possessions, memories, and emotions, can quickly perish. The chorus talks about how “these are the things, the things we lost in the fire, fire, fire”. It seems as though the fire is a metaphor for something that destroyed all that they had.
The song talks about the memories that the singer shared with his/her partner. The song paints a picture of two people reminiscing the past moments that they had and the things they have lost. “We sat and made a list, of all the things that we have, down the backs of table tops, ticket stubs, and your diaries. I read them all one day,” suggests that they were going down the memory lane, trying to relive their past, but in a world that has changed so much that remembering it is bittersweet. The lyrics, “I was the match and you were the rock, maybe we started this fire. We sat apart and watched all we had burned on the pyre,” suggest that they started a fire that consumed all that they had together.
In essence, “Things We Lost in the Fire” is a song that speaks about losing things that we care about deeply. It talks about how in a moment, everything we have can be reduced to ashes, and all that remains are memories. The song is a reminder to cherish what we have while we still have it, leaving us to reflect upon our own lives and the impact that losing something truly irreplaceable can have.
Line by Line Meaning
Things we lost to the flames
We lost important items and memories in a metaphorical fire.
Things we'll never see again
We can never get back what was lost.
All that we've amassed / Sits before us, shattered into ash
Everything we've accumulated has been destroyed.
These are the things, the things we lost / The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
This is what we lost in the fire.
We sat and made a list / Of all the things that we have / Down the backs of table tops / Ticket stubs and your diaries, I read them all one day / When loneliness came and you were away / Oh they told me nothing new / But I love to read the words you used
We wrote down everything we owned, including personal items like diaries. When I was alone, I read them just to feel closer to you again.
I was the match and you were the rock / Maybe, we started this fire / We sat apart and watched / All we had burned on the pyre
We might be to blame for the destruction that happened. We watched it all burn away.
You said, "We were born with nothing / And we sure as hell have nothing now" / These are the things, the things we lost
We had nothing before and now we have lost everything we gained.
Do you understand that we will never be the same again / The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
Our lives are forever changed by the fire, and we have to move forward from here.
Flames they licked the walls / Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore
The flames destroyed everything I loved.
These are the things, the things we lost / These are the things we lost in the fire fire fire
Once again, this is what was lost in the fire.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Daniel Campbell Smith
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Things we lost to the flame
Things we'll never see again
All that we've amassed
Sits before us, shattered into ash
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
We sat and made a list
Of all the things that we have
Down the backs of table tops
Ticket stubs and your diaries I read them all one day
When loneliness came and you were away
Oh they told me nothing new,
But I love to read the words you used
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
I was the match and you were the rock
Maybe we started this fire
We sat apart and watched
All we had burned on the pyre
we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
(You said) we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
Do you understand that we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire, fire, fire
These are the things, the things we lost
These are the things we lost in the fire fire fire
Flames they licked the walls
Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore
@profissio1917
Things we lost in fire:
meu deus o joui eu to MUITO mal
quanto mais tempo passa mais pessoas eu tenho que adicionar na lista meu deus depressão vem
Alex, Daniel, Cristopher, Thiago, Liz, Santo berço, Equipe Kelvin, Gaudérios, Tristan, Beatrice, Erin, Fernando, Luciano, César, Artemis, Boris, Joui, Tbag
"não se pode salvar a todos"
@benbenny2667
Português:
toda vez eu lembro de O Segredo Na Floresta, lembro de quem a gente perdeu
ai chat, nem acredito que esse RPG incrível vai acabar :((
English:
every time I remember O Secredo Na Floresta, I remember who we lost
oh chat, I can't believe this incredible RPG will end :((
@Bluedragon2513
Oxygen -- O2 -- 20.9476%
Argon -- Ar -- 0.934%
Carbon Dioxide -- CO2 -- 0.0314%
Neon -- Ne -- 0.001818%
Methane -- CH4 -- 0.0002%
Helium -- He -- 0.000524%
Krypton -- Kr -- 0.000114%
Hydrogen -- H2 -- 0.00005%
Xenon -- Xe -- 0.0000087%
Ozone -- O3 -- 0.000007%
Nitrogen Dioxide -- NO2 -- 0.000002%
Iodine -- I2 -- 0.000001%
Carbon Monoxide -- CO -- trace
Ammonia -- NH3 -- trace
-http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryfaqs/f/aircomposition.htm
@Wangdalf
You're welcome.
Things we lost to the flames
Things we'll never see again
All that we've amassed
Sits before us, shattered into ash
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
We sat and made a list
Of all the things that we had
Down the backs of table tops
Ticket stubs and your diaries
I read them all one day
When loneliness came and you were away
Oh they told me nothing new,
But I love to read the words you used
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
I was the match and you were the rock
Maybe we started this fire
We sat apart and watched
All we had burned on the pyre
(You said) we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
(You said) we were born with nothing
And we sure as hell have nothing now
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
Do you understand that we will never be the same again?
Do you understand that we will never be the same again?
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
The future's in our hands and we will never be the same again
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
These are the things, the things we lost
The things we lost in the fire fire fire
These are the things, the things we lost
These are the things we lost in the fire fire fire
Flames – they licked the walls
Tenderly they turned to dust all that I adore
@mel4340
Things Arthur lost in the fire: his family (dad and the Gauldérios) and his arm
Things Liz lost in the fire: her best friend and 22 years of her life
Things Thiago lost in the fire: his sanity, 51 years of his life and his life
Things César lost in the fire: his father and his second father (Thiago).
Things Joui lost in the fire: His friends (Thiago, Cris and the friends that make him discouver "a ordem")
Things Cris lost in the fire: his life.
😭😭
"Welcome to 'Santo Berço'"
"I waited 22 years for this?!"
"NOO, NOT THE SUCC"
"I smile and i push the button"
"Pretend i'm LoL (Low) and... Drink"
"Take your clothes off"
"New Zealand"
"How did you knew about Water in the Water?"
"MENINOOOOOO, I LOVE YOU"
"Jennifer"
"It's so good to see trees again.."
"WE ARE 'TEAM E'"
And so many others.. Well, what can i say.. I think i need terapy in the terapy after OSNF.
@gabisilva2512
RIP
thiago's father
alex
daniel
joui's friends
chris
mr getulio
brulio
gregorio
gaudérios abutres
dr erick/ velho louco
mariana
ajudante
coletor/murilo
porteiro
mananciais
miguel cariad/ferreiro
kenan thomas
thiago fritz :(( ♡
jennifer
hoteleiro
cibele
doutor
artesão
everyone from santo berço :(
@indighost4423
So, if you aren't brazilian, you probably don't understand what is hapening in this coment section. So here's the rundown:
There's a popular brazilian youtuber who started a rpg series which ended a few days ago. Some one made an animation about the characters that died in the campaing and used this song, and that got really popular.
Sorry for bad english, hope it helps
@flourishforest4358
Thanks! All love but I was curious.
@pedroammes3756
@@flourishforest4358 F
@comentariosembranco1362
@@flourishforest4358 F
@pedrodiogenes2006
I understood you and i am br ;3
@himmelssturmermcfly463
Thank you for explaining
@Liverand
Things we lost:
Beautiful songs like these
@emmahiemstra4462
Oh yes!
@tiago9679
no
@torak_34
underrated