Red Hot Chili Peppers - Magpie on Fire Lyrics
Lyrics Translation
"Magpie on Fire" suggests a vivid, almost surreal imagery, with the magpie symbolizing a bird known for its contrasting black and white plumage. The song could potentially explore the themes of duality, contrast, or destructive behavior, and how one's actions or emotions can flare up, much like a fire.
Song lyrics
Magpies on fire
Making love like little wolves out on the porch
Can lead to medicine
Oh well, I'm game for anything at all
Scarecrow's a liar
Spins a yarn and no one ever checked it out
To see if it was real
Sold you the moon and now it's time to fall
All along it's like a bird
Who's trapped alone inside your cage, love
What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before
All and all it's just the call
Of something wild beyond your room
There's a changing of the major chord
Your minor threat will do, love
My gun misfired
Shot myself instead
I guess I always knew
I'd be the one to lose
That screen door slams
Time to make a move
Help me
What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before
All and all it's like a bird
Who's trapped alone inside your cage, love
A bird who's born to live at half your age, girl
A bird who's never really had a say
What more do you want?
How much more can you take?
I love my mistakes
I've been here before
Least of all she's like a bird
Who's now been freed from someone's cage