Lyrics to
Naked Flame

This version of Naked Flame was released by Midnight Oil in 1979.

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“This is a mad house,” she goes straight for the palm
“You’ll be luck to make it till Tuesday”

I say “You must be joking, the idea’s absurd”
But the picture’s hanging on her every word
But she comes right back, her black velvet cat
Has gone smiled all over the carpet
He says “I know my rights, I’ve got nothing to say”
But he cried all night on the night ‘n’ day

I’ve seen the naked flame
And I’m turning my eyes away

“Yes it’s a mad house,” the minister shouts
But his words drown out in the crowd
He says “I open my mouth and some idiot speaks”
So he strikes the service for another two weeks
Then the party’s over, it’s a free-for-all
I’m under the table, I got my foot in the door
Well she’s a natural leader, and she’s bound to win
She’s just waiting for the burning to begin

I’ve seen the naked flame
It’s gonna burn me again
I’m dying down in the rain
And I’m turning my eyes away

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About Lyrics and Naked Flame by Midnight Oil

When you decide to study the lyrics to Naked Flame, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1979 song by Midnight Oil. Some of the lyrics to Naked Flame have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Midnight Oil and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Naked Flame if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Naked Flame" means the words set to the music of Naked Flame, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Midnight Oil. 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 Naked Flame and the lyrics to Naked Flame are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Midnight Oil who came here looking just for the lyrics to Naked Flame, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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