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Old 04-30-2007, 04:39 AM   #1
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Ok as long as I have been listening to this song I think now I realize that I need an interpretation. I was listening to my Night Without Armor audiobook and that one poem that is basically kiss the flame ("It is like a Dream") but the whole concrete and honey thing confuses me.. now that I think about it the whole song is a little confusing. What exactly is kissing the flame? I mean she says she wants to find a man who will kiss the flame... I wonder if I will kiss the flame.. but I can't say unless I know what that entails.... help
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Old 04-30-2007, 07:16 AM   #2
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I've always seen that to 'Kiss the flame' is to embrace danger. Take a risk and throw yourself into something that can get you hurt. It's very literal to me.
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Old 04-30-2007, 12:09 PM   #3
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ok and what about facing whats left of concrete and honey?
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Well damnation! GARY! Glad to see you back, mate. How you been, ole chap?
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extra good. everything is going perfect for me.
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ok and what about facing whats left of concrete and honey?
We shall be left standing to face what's left of REALITIES AND DREAMS.(maybe??)

Gary, where have you been? Its been awhile, Ive been looking for your posts.
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realities and dreams. I like that.

Yes it has been awhile. I've been away. Life got busy, still is, I am just actually making time for things now. So hopefully I'll be on here more often now. I am glad you are still here, I didnt see posts from you when I first got back and was hoping you were still around.
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yea I like that interpretation greenpoet had.. realities and dreams.. like what's stabile in life and what we hope for
that's how I always thought of it too
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Oh Greenpoet - I like that! well done. I have to be honest, with that line, I was relatively stumped. All the things I was imagining it could mean were nowhere near as precise as what you mentioned.

I just love how the combination of words in this context that can make no sense on one hand and yet make so much sense when looked at from a different angle.

I love poetry!!
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Thank you, Kiera. My heart is overflowing with joy with what you said.

Poetry refreshes the world. They say that every human soul has a poetic crack , without it, they've been cheated by nature.
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Gary, its nice of you to be back in the forum. Makes my heart sing.
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Ok as long as I have been listening to this song I think now I realize that I need an interpretation. I was listening to my Night Without Armor audiobook and that one poem that is basically kiss the flame ("It is like a Dream") but the whole concrete and honey thing confuses me.. now that I think about it the whole song is a little confusing. What exactly is kissing the flame? I mean she says she wants to find a man who will kiss the flame... I wonder if I will kiss the flame.. but I can't say unless I know what that entails.... help
What poem are you talking about? I just looked for "It was Like A Dream" but I couldn't find it. I distinctly remember as a kid (in the Spirit/ANWA days when I was about 9) reading a poem and seeing the words "Kiss the flame" in her book, and I thought "hmm.., that sounds weird..." but back then, I only owned the Spirit record, I never listened to it, so I couldn't have been thinking of the song.
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Is taht the same poem that has the line "There are people selling thoughtlessness with such casualty" that Kurt Loder called her out on in a live interview?
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You're talking about the song , "Kiss the Flame"- Basically, the title itself gives an impression of a passionate love , no matter that which sometimes embraces danger or risk for the sake of love itself.

Its like , I have a "crazy definition of love" Here goes :

"Love is like a beast
You can smell its fur
But you can't seem to
see its face."
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