My thoughts on this song are as follows. Well, at the start of the song, they talk about how they knew love could be true. This is when I believe they lit the fire of love. "When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes" for me basically means that when love fades, the fire goes out, you cry. The smoke is caused as the flame goes out, as in most cases, it does.
The next part of the song is an explanation of why the singer has been crying, explaining that, when a lovely flame dies, smoke will get in your eyes. (Metaphoric explanation of crying)
My thoughts on this song are as follows. Well, at the start of the song, they talk about how they knew love could be true. This is when I believe they lit the fire of love. "When a lovely flame dies, smoke gets in your eyes" for me basically means that when love fades, the fire goes out, you cry. The smoke is caused as the flame goes out, as in most cases, it does. The next part of the song is an explanation of why the singer has been crying, explaining that, when a lovely flame dies, smoke will get in your eyes. (Metaphoric explanation of crying)