Burn Slow
Brave Combo is a polka/rock band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by… Read Full Bio ↴Brave Combo is a polka/rock band based in Denton, Texas. Founded in 1979 by guitarist/keyboardist/accordionist Carl Finch, they have been a prominent fixture in the Texas music scene for over thirty-five years. Their music, both originals and covers, incorporates a number of dance styles, mostly polka, but also rhumba, cha-cha-cha, choro, samba, two-step, cumbia, charanga, merengue, etc. As part of their perceived artistic mission to expand the musical tastes of their listeners, they have often played and recorded covers of well-known songs in a style radically different from the original versions. Examples include polka versions of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" and The Doors' "People are Strange", The Rolling Stones' "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as a cha-cha, and Sixteen Tons as a cumbia. While their records may have a sense of humor, they are played straight and not usually considered joke or novelty records.

They won a Grammy award in 1999 in the Polka album category for their album Polkasonic, and again in 2005 for their album Let's Kiss.

Burn Slow
Brave Combo Lyrics


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The night that you first touched me
You shook me from my peace, then took me from a safe place
You took me from a safe place and you stole my heart's ease


You act like a mortician, presiding at a wake
I close the lid on passion
Knowing well what's at stake
Your love consumed me wholly
At times I could not breathe
I daren't love you solely
Always felt you might leave


I offered you my soul like a humble sacrifice
You put it under a glass
Then you put it
On ice, on ice, on ice,
On ice, on ice, on ice,
On ice, on ice, on ice


And now that love has burned me
I'm waiting by the pyre
I thought my eyes were open
When I started the fire
And then to pile on insult, after the injury
You said my soul was tarnished
How you rubbed off on me!


Well now that all's been done and
We've had our last farewell
I'm burning all your letters, watching them all
Burn slow, burn slow,




Burn slow, burn slow,
(repeat)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Brave Combo's song "Burn Slow" are about a relationship that was passionate but ultimately damaging. The singer is recalling the night they first met and how the other person shook them from their peaceful existence and "stole" their heart's ease. The other person is compared to a mortician presiding over a wake, indicating that the relationship was doomed from the start. The singer acknowledges that the other person's love consumed them completely, but they were always afraid that the person might leave. The singer offered their soul as a sacrifice, but the other person put it on ice, indicating that they didn't fully reciprocate the singer's feelings.


The chorus of the song talks about how the singer's love for the other person has burned them, and they are now waiting by the pyre (a bonfire) for closure. The singer thought they were fully aware of the repercussions when they started the relationship (i.e. they had their eyes open), but clearly they were not. The other person insulted the singer by saying that their soul was tarnished, implying that the relationship had changed them for the worse. The song ends with the singer burning all of the letters from the other person, watching them all burn slow.


Overall, the song is a cautionary tale about getting swept up in a passionate relationship without fully considering the consequences. The imagery of fire and burning adds to the sense of destruction and loss.


Line by Line Meaning

The night that you first touched me
You disrupted my peaceful life by entering it.


You shook me from my peace, then took me from a safe place
Your entry in my life got me out of my comfort zone.


You took me from a safe place and you stole my heart's ease
Your taking me away made me uncomfortable and took away my peace of mind.


You act like a mortician, presiding at a wake
You are treating our relationship like a funeral.


I close the lid on passion
I am restraining my feelings for you.


Knowing well what's at stake
I am aware of the risks associated with loving you.


Your love consumed me wholly
I was completely engrossed in loving you.


At times I could not breathe
You suffocated me with your love.


I daren't love you solely
I can't love you completely because of my fears.


Always felt you might leave
I always had the feeling that you would abandon me.


I offered you my soul like a humble sacrifice
I gave you everything I had selflessly.


You put it under a glass
You took my love for granted.


Then you put it on ice, on ice, on ice,
You ignored my love, it became cold and unfeeling.


And now that love has burned me
I am hurt because of the love I had for you.


I'm waiting by the pyre
I am standing here by the fire.


I thought my eyes were open
I believed that I was aware of your intentions.


When I started the fire
When I took the risk of loving you.


And then to pile on insult, after the injury
You added to my pain by saying hurtful things.


You said my soul was tarnished
You blamed me for the way things went.


How you rubbed off on me!
You were the one who influenced me negatively.


Well now that all's been done and
Now that everything is over.


We've had our last farewell
We have said our goodbyes for the last time.


I'm burning all your letters, watching them all
I am destroying all the memories of us.


Burn slow, burn slow,
It's taking me time to move on.


Burn slow, burn slow,
It's a slow and painful process.




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