Burn Heart Burn
Daniel Broder Lyrics

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You spend your days
At a dead end job
Where you just do
What you are told
And you come home
To an empty place
Fall asleep by the TV set
And on the weekend,

You get all drunk
Try to escape,
Till Monday comes

Why is it so we die just as copies
If it's so we're born originals

So it goes, so it lingers
While life is slipping
Through your fingers
And you're counting the days
As it seems
Without goals
And without dreams

Why is it so we die just as copies
If it's so we're born originals
Burn heart burn,
Yearn heart yearn

It's so sad, it's not a life
It's a storage of a man
And I'm not asking
For an easy time
But I'm asking
For a meaningful life

Why is it so we die just as copies
If it's so we're born originals
Burn heart burn,
Learn heart learn

Why is it so we're all replaceables
It's because we're all predictables

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Daniel Broder's song Burn Heart Burn describe the emptiness and monotony of an unfulfilling life, spent at a dead end job where the individual is simply following orders. The individual comes home to an empty place and escapes reality by getting drunk on the weekends, only to repeat the cycle on Monday. The song questions why it is that we die as copies when we are born originals. Life slips through our fingers and we count the days without goals or dreams, leading to a storage of a man instead of a meaningful life.

The lyrics point out that we are all replaceable because we are all predictable. It seems as though the song is calling for individuals to break free from the cycle of monotony, to learn and grow, and to find purpose in life. The phrase "burn heart burn, yearn heart yearn" appears twice in the song, perhaps representing a desire to break free from the mundane and ignite one's passions.

Line by Line Meaning

You spend your days
You devote your time

At a dead end job
In a job that has no prospects

Where you just do
Where you only perform

What you are told
What's instructed of you

And you come home
And you return home

To an empty place
To a place that's devoid of joy

Fall asleep by the TV set
Doze off in front of the TV

And on the weekend,
During the weekend

You get all drunk
You intoxicate yourself

Try to escape,
Try to evade

Till Monday comes
Until a new week starts