Mike Kinsella on “A Burning Soul”:
That one’s about how my dad drank too much. I grew up resenting him for it, but now, as a grown man with a family of my own, I have a lot more sympathy for him. Which definitely ties into the album’s theme as a whole – the confluence of reality and desires and get...
Father had a burning soul
“Go on...”
Drank himself into a hole with no way out
He wasn’t a saint, but he wasn’t a bad man
Father had a burning soul
“Go on...”
He could’ve, should’ve loved ’em all one by one
He wasn’t a saint, but he wasn’t a bad man
In his defense, he never asked to be born
He seemed content to see the world with his eyes closed
Now I’ve got a burning soul
What now?
Both ends of my prayer candle are burned out
In my defense, I was raised by a blind man on fire
Who was raised to lip-sync in his church choir
So I’m not a saint and I’m not a singer
A Burning Soul was written by Owen (USA).
A Burning Soul was produced by S. Carey.
Owen (USA) released A Burning Soul on Fri Jul 29 2016.