Firegames
Dark indie-pop / alt-electronic with a hazy “high” groove, warm bass, swung drums, and shimmering synths, built around hypnotic vocal hooks and dark, playful lyrics and dangerous.
Firegames
Dark indie-pop / alt-electronic with a hazy “high” groove, warm bass, swung drums, and shimmering synths, built around hypnotic vocal hooks and dark, playful lyrics and dangerous.
Lyrics
Intro
gently swung drums, warm bass, hazy synth pad, soft guitar plucks
la da di da… playing with the flame
Verse 1
We’re drawing shapes in the cigarette glow
Laughing while the sparks fall slow
Matchstick hearts on the windowpane
Watch them drip in the midnight rain
Bare feet sliding on the kitchen tiles
Red eyes, slow-motion smiles
You say, “Don’t blink or the moment goes”
So we dance while the ember grows
Pre-Chorus
Percussion tightens, synth rises slowly
Every flicker pulls us side to side
Heat is humming underneath the lights
Chorus
Full groove, bass bouncing, wide dreamy synths
WE’RE PLAYING THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Touching all the edges of the flame
Spinning in the smoke, we feel no shame
Burning up the night and feel no pain
WE’RE LOST IN THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Every little spark spells out your name
Bodies on a wire, out of frame
Dancing on the heat, we can’t be tamed
Verse 2
Hi-hats drop back in, guitar a bit brighter
Cards spread out on the bedroom floor
Moonlight creeping through the door
You say “Tell me something you won’t say twice”
So I whisper all my worst and best advice
Candles tunneling down too fast
Shadows stretching long and vast
We’re both laughing at the way we sway
Like the room is tilted sideways
Pre-Chorus
More reverb, snare building softly
Every flicker pulls us side to side
Heat is humming underneath the lights
Chorus
WE’RE PLAYING THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Touching all the edges of the flame
Spinning in the smoke, we feel no shame
Burning up the night and feel no pain
WE’RE LOST IN THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Every little spark spells out your name
Bodies on a wire, out of frame
Dancing on the heat, we can’t be tamed
Bridge – darker, floaty, more “high”
Beat strips to kick + toms, long synth chords, vocal a bit echoey
Slow drip, red tip, eyes half-closed
Breath syncs up and the room slows
Walls melt down into streaks of light
We both glow like a low-warm strike
(La da di da… play with the flame)
Every little move fans it again
Drop / Post-Chorus
Beat snaps back in, bass extra bouncy, chopped “firegames” vocal
FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES, WE DON’T FEEL THE SAME
SPARKS AROUND OUR NAMES, DANCING IN THE FRAME
Final Chorus
Dreamiest, biggest; harmonies and extra “ooh”s
WE’RE PLAYING THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Touching all the edges of the flame
Spinning in the smoke, we feel no shame
Burning up the night and feel no pain
WE’RE LOST IN THESE FIREGAMES, FIREGAMES
Every little spark spells out your name
Bodies on a wire, out of frame
Dancing on the heat, we can’t be tamed
Outro
Drums fade, just bass pulse, soft pad and vocal
(La da di da… play with the flame)
(La da di da… never the same)