The Great Fire
Future Islands & Jenn Wasner * Track #3 On On the Water
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Album On the Water
The Great Fire by Future Islands (Ft. Jenn Wasner)
Release Date
Performed by
Future IslandsJenn WasnerProduced by
Chester Endersby GwazdaWrited by
Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. HerringAbout
STH: “The Great Fire” is about losing someone and not having them around anywhere. It’s about wanting to have that person in your life and that fear of losing someone completely.
Written around early January 2011, it was inspired by the Pittsbugh poet Jack Gilbert, who wrote a poem called “The Gre...
The Great Fire Lyrics
I can't ask you now
But if I could, I'd say the same
And I can't be the wound you wear to sleep, always
And I can't watch you dream
Beside a fire
You made to leave
But if you let me be there, again
If you let me be there, again
If you let me be there, again
I'll be still, won't say a word
And, I will wait tonight
Along a pier, alone in light
And, I will wait in sight, for you to call
In purple night
But, I can't watch you dream
Beside a fire
You made to leave
But, if you let me be there, again
If you let me be there, again
If you let me be there, again
I'll be still, won't say a word
If you let me be there, again
I'll be still, won't say a word
The Great Fire Q&A
Who wrote The Great Fire's ?
The Great Fire was written by Gerrit Welmers & William Cashion & Samuel T. Herring.
Who produced The Great Fire's ?
The Great Fire was produced by Chester Endersby Gwazda.
When did Future Islands release The Great Fire?
Future Islands released The Great Fire on Tue Oct 11 2011.
What did Future Islands say about "The Great Fire"?
In an October 2011 interview with The Audio Perv, Samuel T. Herring said:
It was really one of those things where I was working on the words and the music was pretty much pinned down. We performed it once or twice, and I started to think about the story. The words didn’t change, but I was like ‘if...