Standing outside the Fire

By Garth Brooks

Listen to it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpg6w3IEcKc

Standing outside the fire

Lyrics

We call them coolThose hearts that have no scars to showThe ones that never do let goAnd risk the tables being turnedWe call them foolsWho have to dance within the flameWho chance the sorrow and the shameThat always comes with getting burned

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But you've got to be tough when consumed by desire

'Cause it's not enough just to stand outside the fire

We call them strongThose who can face this world aloneWho seem to get by on their ownThose who will never take the fallWe call them weakWho are unable to resistThe slightest chance love might existAnd for that forsake it all

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They're so hell-bent on giving ,walking a wireConvinced it's not living if you stand outside the fireStanding outside the fireStanding outside the fireLife is not tried, it is merely survivedIf you're standing outside the fireThere's this love that is burningDeep in my soulConstantly yearning to get out of controlWanting to fly higher and higherI can't abideStanding outside the fire

Theme

“Life is not tried, it is merely survived

If you're standing outside the fire”

You are just going through the motions if you don’t put yourself out there and risk getting hurt.

Why I chose this song

The message-Don’t be content where you are because you have to take risks to make relationships happen.This message doesn’t only have to apply to relationships.

-It’s important to live life to the fullest

Who is the Speaker?

Someone who believes it is necessary to take risks in relationships.

If you don’t take risks to start relationships then you aren’t living your life to the fullest.

The speaker is a boy because they are the ones expected to take that risk and start a relationship

Symbolism

Fire

Stands for relationships and the danger involved with themPeople who “stand outside the fire”- people who don’t take chances on relationshipsPeople who are “dancing in the flames”- people who are taking that risk

Rhyme Scheme

A, B, B, C, A, D, D, C

Adds enjoyment to the song

Helps one to remember the words

Gives the song a flow

Personification“Constantly yearning to get out of

control Wanting to fly, higher and higher”

Love can’t actually want anything.

Allows the listener to see the extent of this man’s love.

Gives love a new meaning, making it more real

Compare to Literature

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo has a forbidden love

He had to take a risk to have a relationship with Juliet because of the family feud

He believed that the risk was worth it for the love he felt.

Comparing Romeo and this Song

Speaker of this Song

Couldn’t stand outside the fire, not take risks

Had a deep love that he wanted to show

Romeo

Loved Juliet- a Capulet, This was a big risk

Had a love so deep for Juliet he was willing to die

Quote from Romeo and JulietBy: William Shakespeare

Juliet: I would not for the world they saw thee here.

Romeo: And but thou love me, let them find me here; My life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.

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