Halsey
Arsonist lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2024
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 4:39
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
The arsonist doesn't feel the embers on his feet, and
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
I'm glued to a building that's on fire
Handcuffed to a narcissistic liar
Empty space and lethargy
Eyes ablazed with apathy
Fool me twice, the shame is on me
Am I a victim in your game?
Am I a subtle antique plate?
Will you pass me through your bloodline with your ornamental age?
Can I take the blame for everything you hate?
The punishment and crime are not the same
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
The arsonist doesn't feel the embers on his feet, and
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
You built a small container to keep all of me confined
I am water, I am shapeless, I am fluid, I'm divine
Somebody will love me for the way that I'm designed
Devastation, creation intertwined
But you don't love the flames
You just want them for yourself
And that's my hell and kerosene horizon into hell
And you smothered out the glow I grew for you, but it was mine too
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
The arsonist doesn't feel the embers on his feet, hm
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
Alchemy's not love, it's playing God and there's a penance paid for
Entering the temple like a fog in your charade
You leave me sleeping in the dark so you can hide away your blade
And lock the door and trapped me right here in the blaze
Arsonist burning down the world to feel its heat
The arsonist doesn't feel the embers on his feet, hm
Arsonist, your human starter kit came incomplete
My apologies, arsonist, you loved me
Have you ever broken - and thrown it down?
Have you ever been worried that if you'd sh- -gain burned off in a sack?
Have you ever given the world to somebody as a gift and had it returned?
We know -, I'm not sure we -, you're right
Did you know the father's DNA stays inside the mother for seven years?
Have you ever waited seven years?
Have you ever been woken from a dream just to realize that you were still asleep?
Do you ever wish you were still asleep?
Do you ever wish you wouldn't wake up?
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Key vocabulary
- burning
- on fireA2
- crime
- illegal actA2
- dream
- sleep images; hopeA2
- empty
- not full; having nothingA2
- entering
- going into a placeA2
- fog
- thick mist near groundA2
- gift
- natural abilityA2
- dark
- not bright; dimA1
- subtle
- not obvious; slightC1
- glued
- stuck with glueA2
About this song
Halsey is an American pop singer-songwriter born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane. Their work blends alternative and mainstream pop with sharp, often satirical storytelling across albums like BADLANDS and Manic.