Intro: e|------------x------------| B|------------x------------5-----5----5--| G|----------9---------x-----8/9----8------------4h6---4----4---| D|------------x-----9/11---9------11---9-------x----------6---| A|---9/11------------x------------11---9-------x------------| E|------------9------x------------5------------| e|------------x------------| B|------------x------------| G|----------9----------x------8/9-----8------------4-----4----4---| D|------------x------9/11----9----11---9------4h6---4----6---| A|---9/11------------x------------11---9-------x-----------7-| E|------------9------x------------5-----------0-| It’s not a silly little moment It’s not the storm before the calm This is the deep and dying breath of This love we’ve been working on Can’t seem to hold you like I want to So I can feel you in my arms Nobody’s gonna come and save you We pulled too many false alarms We’re going down And you can see it too We’re going down And you know that we’re doomed My dear we’re slow dancing in a burning room I was the one you always dreamed of You were the one I tried to draw How dare you say it’s nothing to me Baby you’re the only light I ever saw I’ll make the most of all the sadness You’ll be a bitch because you can You try to hit me just to hurt me So you leave me feeling dirty Because you can’t understand We’re going down And you can see it too We’re going down And you know that we’re doomed My dear we’re slow dancing in a burning room 3x Go cry about it why don’t you? My dear we’re slow dancing in a burning room Don’t you think we oughta know by now? Don’t you think we shoulda learned somehow?

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À propos de la chanson

Cette chanson évoque le désespoir d'une relation qui s'effondre. Les protagonistes réalisent qu'ils sont piégés dans un amour qui brûle lentement, leur dresse un constat amer de la situation. Ils se rendent compte que malgré leurs efforts, l'intimité s'est dissipée et que leur union est vouée à l'échec. Le contexte semble être celui d'une passion intense mais destructrice, où chacun souffre de l'impossibilité de se comprendre et d'avancer ensemble. Il y a une belle ironie dans cette métaphore du slow dance : malgré la chaleur qui les entoure, ils continuent à danser, incapables de quitter cette scène tragique.