Lyrics to
Fire In Cairo

This version of Fire In Cairo was released by The Cure in 1979.

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Slowly fading blue
The eastern hollows catch
The dying sun
Night-time follows
Silence and black
Mirror pool mirrors
The lonely place
Where I meet you

See your head
In the fading light
And through the dark
Your eyes shine bright

And burn
Like fire
Burn like fire in Cairo
Burn like fire
Burn like fire in Cairo

Shifting crimson veil
Silken hips slide
Under my hand
Swollen lips whisper
My name
And I yearn
You take me in your arms
And start to burn

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Then the heat disappears
And the mirage
Fades away

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Burn like a fire in Cairo
Burn like a
Fire
Blaze like a fire in Cairo
Blaze like a
Fire
Flare
Burn like fire
Burn like
Fire in Cairo

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About Lyrics and Fire In Cairo by The Cure

The lyrics to Fire In Cairo are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by The Cure in 1979. Elements of the lyrics to Fire In Cairo are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by The Cure and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Fire In Cairo back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Fire In Cairo by The Cure in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Fire In Cairo" means the words set to the music of Fire In Cairo, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Cure. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Fire In Cairo and the lyrics to Fire In Cairo are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Cure who came here looking just for the lyrics to Fire In Cairo, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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