Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
Aimee Mann
“Burn it Out” is the second single from Aimee Mann’s tenth solo album, Queens of the Summer Hotel, a song-cycle inspired by Susannah Kaysen’s 1993 memoir Girl, Interrupted. The song is a gentle and ornately pretty waltz, smartly written and emotionally intelligent to boot.
- via Stereogum.
[Verse 1]
You know the secrets that live in fire
What is the promise that flames inspire?
Can you just burn it out?
Shadows and memories that won't stay put
Can you redact them with ash and soot?
Can you just burn it out?
[Chorus]
Can you just burn it out?
So thoroughly
You’ll never see
A trace of yourself in the spark
Can you just burn it out?
'Til it's dark
[Verse 2]
Ghostly intruders who storm the moat
Black-booted looters lay knife to throat
Can you just burn that out?
All of the shame that was yours to bear
Will it ignite like a signal flare
Can you just burn it out?
[Chorus]
Can you just burn it out?
So thoroughly
You’ll never see
A person who once had a name
Can you just burn it out?
With a flame
[Bridge]
Spirits and specters that live in the sulphur streams
Find their redemption in charcoal dreams
[Chorus]
Can you just burn it out?
So thoroughly
You'll never see
A trace of yourself in the coal
Can you just burn it out?
Of your soul
Burn It Out was written by Aimee Mann.
Burn It Out was produced by Paul Bryan.
Aimee Mann released Burn It Out on Fri Sep 24 2021.