A plea wrapped in pop about someone who starts fires they might not mean to keep burning.
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Curated by Ethan Walker
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A plea wrapped in pop about someone who starts fires they might not mean to keep burning.
The lyric frames attraction as a physical hazard, 'Your eyes are like weapons', but the real damage is the uncertainty.
It's a song about handing someone the matches to your own heart and hoping they know how to handle fire.
Editor's note
ROSÉ's Wildfire burns with helpless devotion
A plea wrapped in pop about someone who starts fires they might not mean to keep burning.
Hope it's what you want / Not just what you do
The lyric frames attraction as a physical hazard, 'Your eyes are like weapons', but the real damage is the uncertainty. It's a song about handing someone the matches to your own heart and hoping they know how to handle fire.
The repeated worry 'Hope it's what you want / Not just what you do' is the whole song's quiet panic. It's not about whether the fire is real, but whether the other person actually intends to stay and burn with her, or if they're just playing with matches.
That distinction between intention and action cuts to the bone. It's the difference between a love story and an accident, and she's stuck waiting to find out which one this is.
The way she sings 'killing me softly' feels less like a borrowed phrase and more like a genuine, tired sigh right in the middle of the blaze.
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the pull of "Your eyes are like weapons"how "Hope it's what you want / Not just what you do" turns into a mantrathe pull of "killing me softly"
Lyrics
Wildfire
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Your eyes are like weapons
Your lips could teach lessons
Don't use them so reckless
'Cause for you, I'm helpless
You gotta take caution
You know that I'm all in
The chance of me falling
You know that it's often
But if you don't wanna stay
Then please stop moving this way
You're starting up a wildfire in my heart
Hope it's what you want
Not just what you do
You're starting up a wildfire in my head
Hope it's what you meant
Not just what you do
This love is so costly
It's killing me softly
Don't know what to call it
This thing that you started
You make it look easy
The way that you lead me
Into the fire babe
Are you coming with me, yeah?
But if you don't wanna stay
Then please stop moving this way
You're starting up a wildfire in my heart
Hope it's what you want
Not just what you do
You're starting up a wildfire in my head
Hope it's what you meant
Not just what you do
Hope it's what you want
Not just what you do
Hope it's what you meant
Not just what you do
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What is "Wildfire" by ROSÉ about?
A plea wrapped in pop about someone who starts fires they might not mean to keep burning. The lyric frames attraction as a physical hazard, 'Your eyes are like weapons', but the real damage is the uncertainty. It's a song about handing someone the matches to your own heart and hoping they know how to handle fire.
Who performs "Wildfire"?
ROSÉ performs "Wildfire", and this lyric page sits inside the ROSÉ catalog on LyroVerse.
Does LyroVerse have an editor's note for "Wildfire"?
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Are there related songs to explore after "Wildfire"?
Yes. The related section below points to The Christmas Song and Gone (Acoustic Version) with a short reason for opening each page next.
Where can I find more songs by ROSÉ?
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