The beginning of this song quotes the modified hook from the Residents' cover of “Burning Love” by Elvis. The repeated second line also uses words from it.
Official backstory:
Every morning she kisses her wife, takes the kids to school, drives to work, goes home, then does it again the following d...
Nothing makes me higher than the sweet song of a fire
I long to light the night with burning love
I long to light the night with burning love
I long to see their faces lit up by the glow;
Fascinated by the gnawing ugliness I know
Knowing pain and knowing nothing, but the stain of loss
But of course it can't be me
It can't be me, it can't be me
But of course it can't be me
Why would I cause suffering and why would I make pain?
And why would I ignite the incandescent bite of flame?
When I see them scream and cry
For those that they are missing
I truly know it has to be another kind of me
A thing that finds its essence in the flame
The flame that I am kissing
Bobbie’s Burning Blues was written by The Residents.
Bobbie’s Burning Blues was produced by The Residents & Eric Drew Feldman.
The Residents released Bobbie’s Burning Blues on Fri Oct 19 2018.