
**Synopsis:**
"I Was Promised Fire" tells the story of someone who was led to believe love and life would be a raging inferno—chaotic, passionate, and full of destruction—only to find themselves standing in the embers of something far less intense. The song’s bluesy groove and smoky vocals lean into a swamp rock sound, evoking a sense of restless frustration.
**You will like this if you like:**
The Doors, Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Seger, and The Rolling Stones.
**Lyrics:**
They swore the world would burn in flames,
Told me love was just the same.
That heat would rise, the sky would break,
But I’m still standing in the shade.
I was told to brace for tides,
That hearts collapse and cities die.
But all I see are empty threats,
Lies in ink and cigarettes.
**Chorus:**
"I was promised fire, fire, fire, fire!
But you're a liar, liar, liar, liar!"
I was promised fire, I was promised rain,
They screamed disaster, but it feels the same.
Still waiting for the world to crack,
Still waiting for your heart to match.
I was promised fire, I was promised fate,
The reckoning’s late, yeah, the reckoning’s late!
You swore you'd burn right through my veins,
Like embers dancing in a storm,
But love’s just cold like yesterday’s news,
Just another prophecy gone wrong.
They said the waves would take us whole,
That love was heat and chaos bold,
But all I got was empty air,
A spark that died and left me bare.
They built a bonfire in my mind,
But all it ever did was blind.
They said your touch would light me up,
But all I got was static shock.
**Chorus:**
"I was promised fire, fire, fire, fire!
But you're a liar, liar, liar, liar!"
I was promised fire, I was promised rain,
They screamed disaster, but it feels the same.
Still waiting for the world to crack,
Still waiting for your heart to match.
I was promised fire, I was promised fate,
The reckoning’s late, yeah, the reckoning’s late!
Tell me again how I should feel,
How love’s a force that melts like steel.
I’ve heard it before, I’ve read the lines,
But the doomsday bell won’t ever chime.
Where’s the smoke? Where’s the flame?
Where’s the flood? Where’s the blame?
They lit the match but nothing burned,
Still I wait, still I yearn!
**Chorus:**
"I was promised fire, fire, fire, fire!
But you're a liar, liar, liar, liar!"
I was promised fire, I was promised pain,
They screamed disaster, but it feels the same.
Still waiting for the world to crack,
Still waiting for your heart to match.
I was promised fire, I was promised fate,
The reckoning’s late, yeah, the reckoning’s late!
The world keeps turning, the sun still shines,
And I’m still waiting on the end of time.
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