"She Burned Me Down" is a song by Type O Negative, included on their seventh and final album Dead Again, released in 2007. The beginning of this song is punkish then it gets doomy, otherwise it's a gothic metal song. The song has two cantos, defined by those musical characteristics. Canto I of this song, eponymously titled "She Burned Me Down", details about the imagination of being burned to death started by his enraged girlfriend, while Canto II, titled "Start a Fire", is about getting high on drugs when his girlfriend starts a fire. Though eponymously titled, Canto I lasts just 30% of the duration of the track, while Canto II lasts the remaining 70% of the track.
Lyrics[]
[Canto I. "She Burned Me Down"]
She burned me down, down to the ground
She burned me down, down to the ground
Blood - though thicker than water - is harder to clean up
You'll get it in the end boy if the weapon of choice is love
Expecting it from a stranger or maybe an acquaintance
Never from family or friends though a simple mistake and expense
She burned me down, down to the ground
She burned me down, down to the ground
Pissed and disappointed I prey to learn to forgive
If I can't find it in my heart then I have no reason to live
Here is an education - the lesson professed is quite cruel
There are some things worse than death and one of them is you
Which one of them's you?
[Canto II. "Start a Fire"]
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher
[Foreign content]
[Foreign content]
Every time, yes, every time I see, I get
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher, higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get higher
Every time I see her start a fire, I get high
Personnel[]
Group performers
- Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass
- Kenny Hickey – guitar, backing vocals
- Josh Silver – keyboards, pipe organ, synth, backing vocals
- Johnny Kelly – drums
Enginucers
- Peter Steele – writing, production
- Josh Silver – engineering, recording, effects, mixing, mastering, production
- Mike Marciano – engineering, recording, mixing, mastering
- Paul Bento – additional recording engineering
- Type O Negative – arrangement