Too close to the fire
Meanings of "Too close to the fire"
An expression that says that someone is too close for comfort. Overly involved in something as to miss obvious dangers or entanglements and not be able to be objective. This might be from self limits or from those of another. A site friend that might need critiqued may not be done by another friend because they are afraid to hurt their feelings or to make them not want to be friends. The critic would then be too close to the fire (to be fair about evaluation). This expression covers many different situations.
Standing, sitting, laying too close to the fire makes something that was warm and comforting into something unbearable, and excessively hot and damaging.
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"Too close to the ..." in lyrics
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
[Verse 1]
I know I do this every time
I walk the line, I play with fire
And I stop myself before the crime
Stefan Waggershausen - Too close to the fire
The town lies there in its naked light
The night spits out its hunters
Desperados gaze at me
Cold glances under my skin
And I've been sleepwalking, been wandering all night
Trying to take what's lost and broke and make it right
I've been sleepwalking too close to the fire
But it's the only place that I can hold you tight
All those years caring for a liar
A benefit road that is winding higher
You're a moth too close to the fire
E-Rotic - In the Heat of the Night
In the heat of the night
Much too close to the fire
And the power of our hearts
I've been sleepwalking, been wandering all night
Trying to take what's lost and broke and make it right
I've been sleepwalking, too close to the fire
But it's the only place that I can hold you tight
I want to go on an adventure with you,
just with you.
The two of us are too close to the fire
and we’re safe here.
Judith Holofernes - Burning Bridges
You're standing too close to the fire
It gets into your face
Your hair singed, the cheeks glowing
And how couldn't they?
Did you try to live on your own
When you burned down the house and home?
Did you stand too close to the fire?
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone
Is that what you want?
Don't stand too close to the fire
Unless you're gonna let it burn
EZA (United States) - Burning House
I've been sleepwalking, been wandering all night
Trying to take what's lost and broken, make it right
I've been sleep walking too close to the fire
It's the only place that I can hold you tight
And make it right
I been sleepwalking
Too close to the fire
It’s the only place that I can hold you tight
Radio Tapok - 21 Guns (Russian Version Translated)
You wanted to live all by yourself
When you burned the house down.
You were standing too close to the fire
Like a liar looking for forgiveness from a stone!
I got too close to the fire, now I'm burning up in you
I was fireproof, it's getting hotter in this room
I got too close to the fire, now I'm burning up in you
Everclear - Sunshine (That Acid Summer)
You twist and turn in the slow motion daydream
You twist and turn in your own sweet hell
I don't get too close to the fire anymore
But when I think of you now, it makes me think of summertime
It’s hard for me to see you falling
You used to be one jump ahead
But you came too close to the fire
And now the flames mess with your head
Turn a way from the evil. Turn away. Turn away. Turn yourself toward our good God.
He will keep you safe. Turn away from the evil. Turn away. Turn away. Turn yourself toward our good God. Turn yourself toward our good God. He will keep you safe. When trouble is calling you. Turn away, oh turn away. When darkness is up ahead. Turn away, oh turn away. When darkness is up ahead. Turn away oh turn away. Badm Badm Badm up ahead. Turn away, oh turn away. When sin is at your fingertips..
Turn away, oh turn away. Turn away from the evil. Turn away. Turn away. Turn yourself toward our good God. He will keep you safe. Don’t get too close to the fire.
They have all, all the right answers
Now, boy, you're standing way too close to the fire
Only one, one true direction
Danny Spanos - Going For The One
Nobody knew where he got his money,
dancin' out tonight with a different honey.
He's playing too close to the fire,
fightin' too hard to fill the desire.
