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3D Render by Pushee-RiHere, David Byrne explains how the song came about and what he hopes to convey with it:
https://www.insidehook.com/music/talking-heads-burning-down-the-house
https://www.insidehook.com/music/talking-heads-burning-down-the-house
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'Burning Down the House' wasn't a song about arson. When I wrote the lyrics in 1982, the title phrase was a metaphor for destroying something safe that entrapped you. I envisioned the song as an expression of liberation, to break free from whatever was holding you back. '
David Byrne
David Byrne
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