Fire lighter is the 5th single from Mary in the Mirror and this song is an atmospheric take on R&B, but with the unmistakable bass heavy grooves that are becoming a
recognisable element of the MM sound.
Mary describes fire lighter as a love song with a twist “feel like I follow you round and you don’t know - feel like I follow you round like you want love...” it’s slightly obsessive to want someone who knows you exist but you’re hanging on to the feeling that they might be
looking for love, when you don’t really know it.
But the song has an uplifting element to it also, “feeling the fire, feel like you’re my fire lighter - you light me up”
is the sense of joy in just being in another person’s presence.
Lyrics
You're always really good to me
You're not like the others
But what does good really mean
If you're not like my lover
Feel like I follow you round and you don't know
Feel like I follow you round like you want love
Feeling the fire, feel like you're my fire lighter
You light me up
Not easy to decipher the signs
They just ain't so clear
Trying to decode your mind
I just want you here
Feel like I follow you round and you don't know
Feel like I follow you round like you want love
Feeling the fire, feel like you're my fire lighter
The way you light me up
The way you light me up
You light me
The way you light me up
Delight me
Look like I light it up arson
Make em tele-tele-telephine the sergeant
They came with the fire department
But anywhere we go tonight heat up
I'm the punk man roll it right ease up
Like a stunt man motorbike wheel up
You know they have to speed up
The quicksand slipping through the hour glass
The minutes turn to seconds as the hours pass
She wipe away the steam off the shower glass
Enjoy the moment and the ambience
Cause anyone can turn into a body life is transient
The music move a body like an ambulance
Cause anyone can turn into a body life is transient