Yup, what could possibly go wrong.
However, it was a metaphor.
-David Byrne: “Burning Down the House” wasn’t a song about arson. When I wrote the lyrics in 1982, the title phrase was a metaphor for destroying something safe that entrapped you. I envisioned the song as an expression of liberation, to break free from whatever was holding you back.
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However, it was a metaphor.
-David Byrne: “Burning Down the House” wasn’t a song about arson. When I wrote the lyrics in 1982, the title phrase was a metaphor for destroying something safe that entrapped you. I envisioned the song as an expression of liberation, to break free from whatever was holding you back.
Thank you!