Close your eyes, give me your hand, darling
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?
I believe it's meant to be, darling
I watch when you are sleeping, you belong to me
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Close your eyes and give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming?
Is this burning an eternal flame?
I believe it's meant to be, darling
I watch when you are sleeping, you belong to me
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Say my name, sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely, and then you come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling
Close your eyes and give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?
Do you feel the same, am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame?
I thought of this song with the theme of passionate fire, because the "burning" in this song signifies passion in the heart of the song artist toward another person. This artist sees the fire of passion a little differently than Bronte or Rhys. The artist talks of her love as a flame. This flame, if true, will burn eternally, but if false with flicker and die. Perhaps this feeling she feels isn't true love, if so the flame and her passion will die out. But if it is true love her passion will burn eternally. This song also brings up the issue of requited and unrequited love. Can the flame really burn if her love is unrequited, or can it only burn with a equally bright glow? Is this perhaps part of Antoinette's problem in Wide Sargasso Sea? This love that is unreturned will fizzle out and die like a fire does that is doused in cool water. Rhys says differently though. Antoinette's passion never dies; it only grows and grows until it can no longer be controlled. And Bronter agrees with Rhys; Jane Eyre's passion never dies, although she is able to control it. She returns to Thornfield because even when away from him, her passion for Rochester burns within her. The question remains: can passion really die? Bronte and Rhys seem to argue that the flame never goes out, it continually burns and either kills or satisfies, but this song disagrees. Perhaps passion can die. Perhaps the flame is not eternal.
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