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Set The Fire To The Third Bar
Snow Patrol
I find the map and draw a straight line
Over rivers, farms, and state lines
The distance from here to where you'd be
It's only finger-lengths that I see
I touch the place where I'd find your face
My finger in creases of distant dark places
I hang my coat up in the first bar
There is no peace that I've found so far
The laughter penetrates my silence
As drunken men find flaws in science
Their words mostly noises
Ghosts with just voices
Your words in my memory
Are like music to me
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms
After I have travelled so far
We'd set the fire to the third bar
We'd share each other like an island
Until exhausted, close our eyelids
And dreaming, pick up from
The last place we left off
Your soft skin is weeping
A joy you can't keep in
I'm miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
And I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
And miles from where you are,
I lay down on the cold gound
and I, I pray that something picks me up
and sets me down in your warm arms
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About this Song
Set The Fire To The Third Bar by Snow Patrol is a heartfelt ballad that captures the longing and despair of being physically separated from a loved one. The song features evocative imagery and poignant metaphors to express the emotional distance and the aching desire to be reunited. The key themes revolve around love, distance, and yearning. Particularly poignant moments include the vivid description of tracing maps with fingers, symbolizing the hope of navigating through separation and finding a way back to each other.
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