House On Fire

Album: Amelia (2022)
Charted: 6
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  • (You liar, now I'ma set your house on fire)

    I made friends with the head of police
    To make sure he'd suspect me the least
    If I'm caught I'll be out in a week
    I got my story straight down to a T

    Oh, I'd say, "It wasn't me", hm
    And sure we dated once in a while
    But if there was a motive, it's not enough for a trial

    I saw you out, it was zero degrees
    And you had your hands right under her sleeves
    Oh, you said you don't get cold
    You liar
    Now I'ma set your house on fire
    Running, I'm running back to your place
    With gas and a match, it'll go up in flames
    Now I know you're not at home
    You liar
    Now I'ma set your house on fire

    If somebody goes and calls the brigade
    I'll already be too far away (far away)
    I bought a map and I planned the escape
    I'll dye my hair, change my name

    You should've seen this from the start
    When you could've been honest, you could've been smart
    Yeah, we might've touched, we might've kissed
    But, darling, I'm sorry, it's not enough to convict

    I saw you out, it was zero degrees
    And you had your hands right under her sleeves
    Oh, you said you don't get cold
    You liar
    Now I'ma set your house on fire
    Running, I'm running back to your place
    With gas and a match, it'll go up in flames
    Now I know you're not at home
    You liar
    Now I'ma set your house on fire

    Now I'ma set your house on fire
    You liar
    Now I'ma set your house on fire

    You can look around but you won't find her
    She'll be out of town with the getaway driver
    That's the way it feels when the flames get higher
    Now I'ma set your house on fire Writer/s: Charlie Martin, Ines Dunn, Joe Housley, Mimi Webb, Pablo Bowman
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 3

  • Jeff In Tameside Uk from Ashton Under LyneDoes this song sample Coming Around Again by Carly Simon?
  • Music ListenerMy guy. It’s a play on words- ‘liar liar, house on fire’ dramatized and exaggerated to make the story of a song. Chill.
  • Firemansam from Pontypandy?A reckless and very female reaction. The guy cheated or something so she BURNT HIS HOUSE DOWN! What an example to be setting to our young girls. When my missus cheated on me and I found out, she just emptied my bank account, got me on the sex offenders register and had me buried in a field with a breathing straw installed opened briefly at 5 minutes intervals depending on her schedule, such a carer with a heart of magma. Why can't all women be so nurturing and forgiving. There need to be more women like these two. Men deserve extreme violence rather than just being dumped. Bravo to all the violent women out there taking their insecurities out on alpha males. And beta males. Yeah you heard. I consider myself a beta male these days. It's taken 40 years and a lot of make up cases which are bigger than tool boxes over the head while I sleep.
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