lyrics to the song burn by ellie goulding

If you play it loud you play the music in a high volume.įIRE= This word is supposed to be pronounced /faɪə/ ( /faɪər/ in AmE), with a triphthong. If you strike a match, you light it up and make fire (and light). STRIKE THE MATCH= A match is a little stick with some chemical stuff at one end which produces fire when you scratch it ( see picture). TURNED DOWN= If a fire or a light turns down, it reduces its intensity (but it is still on). HUMAN RACE= Humankind, humanity, the total of all the people in the world. He looked at me like he knew me= He looked at me as if he knew me. LIGHT IT UP= If you light something up, you bring light or fire to it. OUTER SPACE= The universe outside the earth and its atmosphere. WE’RE BURNING ONE HELL OF A SOMETHING= We are creating a big lot of passion. He’s a helluva tall boy = That boy is really tall.

You’ve got one hell of a car here = I love your car It was one hell of a party! = It was a wonderful party figurative, emphatic) Something very big/important. AmE) We’ve got, we have.įIRE= (metaphor) strong energy life force passion. It should be one of these two possibilities:īut in colloquial English it’s ok to make a double negative.ĬAUSE= (coll.) Because (also: coz, cos in BrE and cuz, cus in AmE) NOTHING= /n ʌθɪŋ/ This sentence is a double negative so it’s incorrect. We gonna let it burn burn burn burn burn burn There's no sleeping now, no sleeping now. We just wanna be right now, right ri-ri-right now.Īcting crazy, getting lurker to the lights out. Light it up like we're the stars of the human race, They, they gonna see us from outer space,

And we're burning one hell of a something.

Lyrics to the song burn by ellie goulding