Keeper Of The Flame
Nicky Wire * Track #8 On Intimism
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- #8Keeper Of The Flame
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Keeper Of The Flame by Nicky Wire
Performed by
Nicky WireAbout
“its a song about the pursuit of creativity-how solitude is crucial to the process and the fear of losing the ability to keep the fires burning-its quite playful for me and sets out to ridicule my reliance on that rare old fashioned commodity-being alone.”
Keeper Of The Flame Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I don’t need space, just a room with a view
A television and some flowers to bloom
My eyes are getting tired, I’m holding back the tears
It makes me feel so lonesome, it makes me feel so free
[Verse 2]
I am only certain when I’m with you
It sends me backwards somehow, deep in my youth
And I see all around me, the joy and despair
Nothing left to lose now, no-one left to care
[Pre-Chorus]
Radio on – TV reporter clicking
Everything OK – no-one is listening
I’m not a socialist – anymore
The social bit lives me cold
I am an ist – I am an ism
A lifelong affair with tunnеl vision
[Chorus]
And if I am the keeper of this flame
I will not lеt it, let it end this way
It will make me stronger, make me still believe
Keep those fires burning, keep those flames in me
[Pre-Chorus]
Radio on – TV reporter clicking
Everything OK – no-one is listening
I’m not a socialist – anymore
The social bit lives me cold
I am an ist – I am an ism
A lifelong affair with tunnel vision
[Chorus]
Keep those flames in me
It will make me stronger, make me still believe
Keep those fires burning, keep those flames in me