Overall the song is talking about a damaged relationship that they want to rebuild. They use ‘Forest Fire’ as the metaphor for the old relationship as forest fires are destructive to their environment just like this relationship was destructive to the individuals in the relationship.
[Verse 1: alayna]
Damn, we really screwed that up
A bad attempt at love
They never told us it would be this tough
Oh damn, I miss the way you kiss, mm-mm
And fumble with your wrists
When I made you nervous
[Bridge: alayna]
I don't wanna know
How you broke your soul (Your soul)
I just wanna know
How to repair us both
[Chorus: alayna]
We're shedding our skin
We're putting out our forest fire
So we can breathe in, start again
We're shedding our skin
We're putting out our forest fire
So we can breathe in, start again
[Post-Chorus: alayna]
I don't wanna know
How you broke your soul
I just wanna know
How to repair us both
[Verse 2: Healy]
Sleep in your skin, too thick for a shirt
You said all the right lines you never rehearsed
I’d live in my head but you’re there instead
Just watching yourself in reverse
Well, pastel pink (Well, pastel pink), you should have known (You should have known)
That I would lie if we were all alone
Now pale and plain and failed at fate
Our ghosts can hover home
[Chorus: alayna]
We're shedding our skin
We're putting out our forest fire
So we can breathe in, start again
We're shedding our skin
We're putting out our forest fire
So we can breathe in, start again
[Post-Chorus: alayna]
I don't wanna know
How you broke your soul
I just wanna know
How to repair us both
I don't wanna know
How you broke your soul
I just wanna know
How to repair us both
[Outro: alayna]
How to repair us both
How to repair us both
YOG$ released Forest Fire on Thu Mar 01 2018.
This song grew out of a recording session in a home studio in Highland Park. It was Alayna, Dave & I. We had booked 3 days with Alayna while she was in town from New Zealand, and this was the first of the 3. Dave had brought the main loop to me earlier while we were spitballing ideas and I figur...