As delved into in Paste Magazine’s article PREMIERE: Listen to Alex Nicol’s “Simple Fires”, Montreal singer-songwriter Alex Nicol’s Simple Fires was inspired by the Canadian wildfires that took place in 2023. The record-breaking wildfire season started in March of that year and was responsible for t...
[Verse 1]
I don't want to throw away
My plastic castle sculpture
I glued it to the pavement
They pile up like jungle gyms
For kids to come and play
What are you trying to say
Take their fun away
[Chorus 1]
But, oh, now I'm getting sick
Watching all the roses turn to bricks
Simple fires can be mended
But not the kind that's burning up in me
[Verse 2]
We all deserve our sculptures
Shining with a sheen
Of nature's most pristine, nutritious fluid
And we won't say we're sorry
We won't write a goodbye note
The farther we come
The closer we get to destruction
[Chorus]
But, oh, now I'm getting sick
Watching all the roses turn to bricks
Simple fires can be mended
But not the kind that's burning up in me
[Chorus]
And, oh, now I'm getting sick
Watching all the roses turn to bricks
Simple fires can be mended
But not the kind that's burning up in me
Simple Fires was written by Alex Nicol (CA).
Simple Fires was produced by Emmanuel Ethier.
Alex Nicol (CA) released Simple Fires on Wed Nov 01 2023.