A Fire Songtext
von The Boy Bathing

I built a fire to make preparations
For my brother′s two weeks vacation
He's got an office and a job that pays him pretty well
And if he didn′t like it you could never tell
He'll pick me up at my apartment with his suitcase packed
With coffee in his breath and melt the snow from his back
There's a perfect sunny place I′ve been imagining
We can take off our winter clothes and we can burn our skin
Maybe to a little town in Mexico
With palm tree lined streets where no Americans go
There′ll be a girl named Maria who we'll run into
And practice all the Spanish that we learned in school
And there′s children playing games in the dirty street
While their mother's white dress blows in the wind at her feet
And she brings them frozen fruit juice that melts in the heat
And their hands are dirty but the taste is sweet
She′s got a basket of tamales and brings one to me
I say thank you for being kind to me
And she shows me pictures of her family
Takes one from her bag and gives it to me


But I lost it in a boat when I was out at sea
I remember that picture so vividly
And at night sometimes it's all I see
And I start to cry uncontrollably
And I think of her two babies and the rosary
And I don′t believe in Jesus but it helps me sleep
And dream Maria in linen sheets
Or at a table in some barrio I've never been
Maria and her sister will meet us there
With pearls in their eyes and midnight hair
Got a bottle of tequila that they've brought for us
And they pour us both a glass while the band gets up
And she stands up on the table with two castanets
And the band plays a song that they′ve been practicing
And I′m singing along with the clarinet
And every Spanish word is brilliant
And the music gets so loud that I lose my breath
And I clap my hands because there's nothing left
After twenty seven hours I′ll be back in bed
Maria at my side and guitars in my head
But I know that I'm really staying home instead
And Mexico is just another dream I had
I′ve got to stop thinking about it but I just can't
I′ve got bathing suits and flip flops in a duffel bag
And the snow is coming down like it won't ever stop
And the car is stuck in the parking lot
So I've been writing my ideas on a coffee cup
Or with any kind of drug that′ll speed them up
Cause everything we want is waiting there for us
And if we want to make it we should hurry up
I built a fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There will never be a candle in the house again
Built a fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There will never be a candle in the house again
I built a fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There will never be a candle in the house again
There′s a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There's a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There′s a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
Built a fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There's a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There′s a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
Built a fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There's a fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There will never be a candle in the house again
There′s a fire in the basement when I needed a flame
There will never be a candle in the house again
There's a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There's a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
Built a fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There′s a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement cause I needed a flame
There′s a fire in the basement
A fire in the basement
A fire in the basement cause I needed a flame