Deep Purple: Burn Meaning

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The sky is red, I dont understand,
Past midnight I still see the land.
People are sayin the woman is damned,
She makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
The citys a blaze, the towns on fire.
The womans flames are reaching higher.
We were...

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   Geoff

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   Oct 25th 2012, 05:11 report

   
   

   Very entertaining Gentlemen. I think Richie and the boys were just making it up as they went along. The riff is everything with this classic heavy rock tune so we shouldn't worry too much about the meaning. Enjoy!

   
   
   
   

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   Geoff

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   Oct 25th 2012, 05:11 report

   
   

   Very entertaining Gentlemen. I think Richie and the boys were just making it up as they went along. The riff is everything with this classic heavy rock tune so we shouldn't worry too much about the meaning. Enjoy!

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jul 28th 2012, 13:38 report

   
   

   Millions of women were not "burned" during the inquisition. This is a complete fallacy.
   The comments placed here show such ignorance and stupidity that I almost can believe what I see. They have nothing to do with the middle ages.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Mar 25th 2012, 01:12 report

   
   

   I believe that this song is basicaly about the end of the world and the foolishness of mankind
   
   In the first verse the narrator has regreted mocking the woman. and because they called her a liar she burned they're town to the ground (making me believe that she is mother nature)
   
   In the second verse she is warning them that the end is coming but they instead mocked by calling her the devils sperm. And they all laughed at her until she said burn. Then the earth was shaking and everyone died(except the narrator)
   
   Then in the bridge the narrator talks about how they had no time and they could not even try to survive.
   
   Then the third verse is the first and second verse assembled. The sky turns bloody red. Although it is late at night the narrator can still see his town(because of the sky). And the people call the woman a witch and altough it's over the narrator is traumatized ( making me believe this could also be metaphorical apocalypse meaning war)

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Jan 18th 2012, 18:21 report

   
   

   I believe this song is about a third world war. The woman (or witch) is the symbol of war in this song. She is called "the devil's sperm," meaning that she originates from hell, and many would say war is the devil's creation. She burns everything, "the city's ablaze, the town's on fire," exactly the way a war destroys everything.
   
   The people did not think that war would ever reach their land: "Curse you all, you'll never learn, / The people laughed till she said 'burn!'" When the people were warned that war is coming, they did not believe it: "Warning came, no one cared." Even when the danger was evident they did not do anything: "Earth was shakin, we stood and stared."
   
   When the war was over everything was destroyed, no one was unaffected, and many people died: "When I leave theres no return" and "When it came no one was spared." The middle of the song is a kind of flash back from after the war, trying to explain why no one did anything: "You know we had no time,
   We could not even try."
   
   So, yes, in a way gargoland is right it is kind of like an apocalypse.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Oct 29th 2011, 04:57 report

   
   

   I think it is wat (the other) anonymous said:
   "I think it's about Inquisition, in the Middle Age. When the Inquisitors Christians burned millions of women."
   
   And if it is the apocalyps, like gargoland said, the women is mother nature, who is taking revenge because we don't treat her well.

   
   
   
   

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   anonymous

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   Oct 7th 2011, 10:31 report

   
   

   I think it's about Inquisition, in the Middle Age. When the Inquisitors Christians burned millions of women.

   
   
   
   

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   gargoland

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   Apr 18th 2010, 00:52 report

   
   

   The song is about the end of the world or the apocalypsis.
   the woman is the civilization or the empire that rules.
   it is based in prophesy, it says that, at the end, the civilization will collapse in huge war burning it all.
   All those who didn´t listen to the warnings, will not have time to repent and save themselves.

   
   
   
   

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   dthom146

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   Dec 22nd 2008, 16:12 report

   
   

   This could be a song about a person like Joan of Arc who was falsely accused and burnt alive.

   This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway
   
   
   
   

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    per42c42

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    Sep 10th 2006, 13:20 report

    
    

    This is a song about a witch/sorceress who destroys a people who do not take heed of the warnings of what she is going to do.
    
    She waves her hand casting a spell to burn everyone and turn the sky red.
    
    She is a satanic worshiper.
    
    Not a song for christians.....

    This interpretation has been marked as poor. view anyway