Cheap Trick – The Flame

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Another night slowly closes in and I feel so lonely
Touching heat freezing on my skin
I pretend you still hold me
I'm going crazy I'm losing sleep
I'm in too far
I'm in way too deep over you
I can't believe you're gone
You were the first
You'll be the last

[Chorus]
Wherever you go I'll be with you
Whatever you want I'll give it to you
Whenever you need someone
To lay your heart and head upon
Remember after the fire After all the rain
I will be the flame
I will be the flame

Watching shadows move across the wall
Feels so frightening
I want to run to you I want to call
But I've been hit by lightning
Just can't stand up for falling apart
Can't see through this veil across my heart over you
You'll always be the one
You were the first
You'll be the last

[Chorus]

I'm going crazy
I'm losing sleep
I'm in way too deep over you
You'll always be the one
You were the first
You'll be the last

[Chorus]

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Track duration: 04:39

"The Flame" as written by Brenda Gordon Russell, Ira H. Antelis

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:I think this song isn't specific to either a breakup or death. There was probably something that the lyrics relate speficially to for the writer, but i think in general it applies to losing someone that you'll always love, no matter what.

    For me personally, ive been through break ups (earlier this year i found out my GF of 4 years had been seeing my band mate/housemate behind my back, it was a messy situation as you can imagine) but i dont apply this song to that. To me this is a song about my mum, who im thankful to say i still alive. It sounds strange but although i love this song, it makes me think about how life will be when my mum isnt going to be here anymore.

    Hopefully people wont get any sick ideas about what im trying to say here, but the lyrics 'you were the first, you'll be the last'... My mum is the first woman i ever loved and has always been there for me, and always will (always a flame when life gets dark).

    I see myself talking in the verses and my mum speaking back to me in the chorus.
    Flag parr3001on May 02, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:right now im going to a really tough time. i moved to another city, its a 10 hr drive, i left the mother of my son and my son back at my hometown, i miss them so much every day. i was used to sleeping with them together and now at nights i sleep alone i feel so lonely... we've been together for 9 years now she was the first women i was ever with, then we split up and we went out with other people, then we got back together, and this song makes me think of all i've been though with her and what im going through rite now. despite everything i still love her and im fighting for her and my fam. YOU WERE THE FIRST, YOU'LL BE THE LAST
    Flag misamisa1on March 24, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:one of the best songs alll time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    its amazing!
    Flag hairmetalgirlon July 16, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:This song for me has a completely different meaning then probably anyone here.

    My dad died in the hospital much too young. He was coming home from a stay in the hospital. He signed his release papers and went back into his room to collect his things so that he could go home. Moments later he had a massive heart attack and died right there in his room. The hospital called my mom to tell her to come to the hospital, thinking it was to pick him up. She called me to meet her there. As we stepped off the elevator at the hospital I could tell by the look on the nurse's face at the nurses station, that something was wrong. This is when we found out my dad had died.

    He had driven his self to the hospital so his truck was there and I had to drive it home... his personal belongings on the seat next to me folded neatly as my dad had left them. I turned on the radio... numb... and this song came on.

    To me, this song has 2 meanings to me. 1) it is a song from my point of view, (all the verses, 'you were the first to be the last', as I am the last son of 3) and 2) it is my dad talking to me. (the chorus: 'wherever you go, I'll be with you')

    He died in 1988, I was 22. To this day I get chills hearing it and it always reminds me of my good ol' dad. (and that ride home, crying) I love you dad. I'm sorry you aren't around to enjoy your grandkids. You have missed out on a lot, but not a day has gone by that I dont think of you.
    Flag azrock4everon May 19, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song has always been a favorite song, but recently has taken on new meaning. I have been single for 6 years and hadn't allowed myself to really care about any man for many reasons. The he walked into my life at such an odd chance meeting. I dated this man for almost two months, and fell completely in love with him. Then I got the most horrific news, at 38 years old, he died unexpectedly in his sleep. I was the last to see him, and all I can think about is the last kiss he gave me. He was the one, he was the first and he'll be the last.
    Flag chynakatsunflweron May 13, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I met the love of my life 12 yrs ago. He came back into my life 3 yrs ago, two yrs after I got married. He was my/is my flame. But I could not leave my husband. Now i'm doomed to always wonder, what if??
    Flag bunnyhonnie7on May 04, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Well, what cant i say? i simply love this song, and yes i think it is a little suicidal to the right person. this song to me is for my ex-girlfriend. i'm a gay male, and it sux because kelly means everything to me now as much as she did then, it breaks my heart that we broke up. i just simply love this song, it has a lot of meaning for me to her...
    Flag ChriStar2003on January 23, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:This song is beautiful, I always think of my frist love when i hear it. Our flame,burned so intense at times.
    It was hard to tell if we were buring or melting.
    this song rocks
    Flag feather67on October 10, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I broke up with my ex over a yr and a half ago. I wont go into specifics so simply put we were together for a long time and it really really really hurt me when she left. but now - as time goes on and the pain passes - i realize that despite all the gf's ive had since then and all the chicks u know i just slept with well... i realize that unless she found the guy she's going to marry and spend the rest of her life with im still, most likely, her flame and she is mine. and i think what a flame really means is that you love them so much it hurts when your together b/c u cant be together anymore for whatever logical reason. so you cant really be friends in the end but you dont ever really stop loving them and chances are theyll never stop loving with you, aint it a bitch?
    Flag Aeetoson October 15, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:I don't see this song as a breakup song at all...I see it as the opposite...as a statement between two people who truly love each other...they're saying that they will always be there for each other...their love will never end.. and through all the ups and downs of life, they'll still be there, going through it together.

    The flame could represent the passion of their relationship and their undying love for one another.
    Flag forever_dreameron August 23, 2006   Link

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