― Loose Translation: Sexy Dancer (sexyDancer), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nemo (JND), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link
82. "Without You" - Reunion. (Netherlands)
Listen to this heart of mineIt’s filled with dear diz-EYE-yaFor you’re the kind I tried so long to findYou set my soul on FYE-ya
81. "Shame On You" - Tomas Thordarson. (Denmark)
You're my FYE-ya, you're my diz-EYE-ya, shame on you Can't you see that we have gone too far?
80. "Shake It" - Sakis Rouvas. (Greece)
I would trade my lifeFor a night with youDriven by diz-EYE-yaMake that move on meIt's time for you to seeThat my world's on FYE-ya
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Monday, 4 October 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
And I caught a spark from her eyes of forgotten des-EYE-aWith a word or a touch, I could have rekindled that FYE-a
78. "It's a fire" by Portishead
It's a FYE-aThese dreams they pass me byThe salvation I des-EYE-aKeeps getting me down
77. "Church Of Desire" by Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora &c And the fever runs h-EYE-aAs I kneel at the altar I can feel your FYE-aIn the Church Of Des-EYE-aThe Church Of Des-EYE-a
76. "Desire" by 2 Unlimited
'Cause I'm filled with des-EYE-aIt's burning in the block with a fever like FYE-aDes-EYE-a!
― Acme (acme), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:28 (nineteen years ago) link
Well, substitute the Tom Jones cover version then. I will personally guarantee that Jones gets at least two syllables out of "fire".
― o. nate (onate), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Two hearts fading, like a flowerAnd All this waiting for the powerFor some answer to this fireSinking slowly, waters higherUmm desire, desire
― ken taylrr (ken taylrr), Monday, 4 October 2004 16:35 (nineteen years ago) link
She's my one Diz-EYE-ahShe's a frozen FYE-ah
― Drew Daniel, Monday, 4 October 2004 20:20 (nineteen years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Monday, 4 October 2004 20:25 (nineteen years ago) link
that would be "i'm on fire," not "fire." but he doesn't come anywhere near the FYE-ya diz-EYE-ya pronunciation on that one.
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Monday, 4 October 2004 20:28 (nineteen years ago) link
- blazing saddles
― autovac (autovac), Monday, 4 October 2004 23:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Laying on the grass my heart it flares like FYE-yaThe way you slap my face just fills me with diz-EYE-ya
― poi, Monday, 4 October 2004 23:59 (nineteen years ago) link
"I got guns for hire / shoot you with desire"
― Roy Williams Highlight (diamond), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 05:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curt W, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 00:39 (nineteen years ago) link
"You've got diz-EYE-yaSo let it outYou've got the FYE-yaStand up and shout"
Also see:http://alum.wpi.edu/~geezer/lyrics.html
69. Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Fire"
"Feel the fire,Your burning desire."
,and later,
"Fire, I'm burning up with desireYou never play with fire."
68. Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Teaser"
"Teaser, you set my heart on fireTeaser, put out the flames of my desire."
67. Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Heaven Tonight"
"Run through the night down streets of desireBurning my soul, my heart's on fire."
66. Yngwie J. Malmsteen - "Now is the Time"
"Drowning in the flames, in the sea of desireAngel with the devil's eyesTurn up the heat and we fall in the fireCan't you feel the temperature rise."
― ricki spaghetti, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link
RICK JAMES AND TEENA MARIE
"FIRE AND DESIRE"!!!!
― REFICUL!, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 01:48 (nineteen years ago) link
"Desperately wanting and out of controlDancing on winds of desireOh - even the deadly shades of nightWon't let me hide...from her eyes of fire"
63. Rainbow - "Rock Fever"
"When she opens fire...Ooh...youDripping with desireSkin tight, you're dynamiteI can't get much higher"
62. Deep Purple - "Hold On"
"Hold on--I only want to take you higherHold on--You are the root of my desireHold on--C'mon baby light my fireHold on..."
61. Whitesnake - "Judgement Day"
"We walk toward desire,Hand and handThrough fields of fireWith only love to light the wayOn the road to Judgement Day"
60. Whitesnake - "Queen of Hearts"
"Then you came along,Your eyes were flashing with desire,Oh babe, you got me burning, so muchYou got my soul on fire"
― ricki spaghetti, Wednesday, 6 October 2004 02:13 (nineteen years ago) link
And as I've said a dozen times, maximum respect to Robbie Krieger for rhyming "Light My Fire" with seemingly everything BUT "desire"!
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link
58. "Deadwood" - Garbage
I don't need you anymoreI can't use you anymoreKilling the fire and you kill my desire
57. "Fuel" - Metallica
Gimme fuel, gimme fireGimme that which I desire
56. "That's The Way Of The World" - Earth Wind & Fire
Hearts of fire Creates love desireTake you high and higher (BONUS POINT!)To the world you belong
And a brace of Jacksons:
55. "Give In To Me" - Michael Jackson
'Cause I'm on fireQuench my desire
54. "That's The Way Love Goes" - Janet Jackson
Like a moth to a flameBurned by the fire My love is blind Can't you see my desire?
But, greater than all of these:
53. "Jerusalem" - William Blake (& The Fall)
Bring me my bow of burning gold:Bring me my arrows of diz-EYE-a:Bring me my spear: O clouds unfold!Bring me my chariot of FYE-ya!
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 6 October 2004 13:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Julie Ocean, always on fi-rrr-eJulie Ocean, crazy des-i-rrrrr-e
― gerardo francisco, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 20:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 22:11 (nineteen years ago) link
50. Presidents of the United States of America, "Ladies and Gentlemen"
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen,What is your desire?And hello, ladies and gentlemen,Explosions and fire.
― Doctor Casino (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 6 August 2006 02:20 (seventeen years ago) link
48. Bruce Springsteen - "Rosalita" ("Senorita come sit by my fire/ Rosalita you're my stone desire")
47. Bruce Springsteen - "Because the Night" ("Desire and hunger/ is the fire I breathe"
― Mark (MarkR), Sunday, 6 August 2006 02:32 (seventeen years ago) link
46. Stetsasonic - "On Fire"
Prepare for the heat for the Stet is on fireBorn to be on as the fuel of your desire
45. Stezo - "Girl Trouble"So off went her clothes, she was hot as fireI said, "You wanna do it? Whatever you desire!"
44. 2 Live Crew - "2 Live Crew Is What We Are"Cause they call me Kid Ice, the ladies' fireWhen I enter a room, ladies fill with desire
43. Kurtis Blow - "8 Million Stories"Poor kids admire,ladies desireThey say water can't put out this fire
42. Sugarhill Gang - "8th Wonder"I'm a touch of lightning, a taste of fireWell I'm the Master G, and I'm your desire
41. M.O.P. - "How About Some Hardcore"When I let off, it's a burning desireNiggas increase the peace cause when I release it be rapid fire
― Whiney G. Weingarten (whineyg), Sunday, 6 August 2006 05:31 (seventeen years ago) link
Let me say you're my one desire You just set my soul on fire
― LC (Damian), Sunday, 6 August 2006 08:44 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm on FYE-yaTake me HYE-ya (BONUS POINT!)Drown my heart in a pool of diz-EYE-ya
38. "Simple Simon (You Gotta Regard)" - Mantronix.
You meet with desire My awesome form of fire Foresee my coming cause consume an empire.
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Sunday, 6 August 2006 09:50 (seventeen years ago) link
FYE-ahdiz-EYE-yaYa ain't had my man you're a LI-ya!!
― Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Sunday, 6 August 2006 11:52 (seventeen years ago) link
"Come, my love, with your desireOut of the blue, and into the fire"
One of my favourite songs as well :-(
― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Sunday, 6 August 2006 11:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Beatrice bewarehe’ll come to you with hisblack and starless hair on firethough it’s not as if he’s a bad egg he means wellBeatrice don’t staredon’t make me rhyme you – know – whatwith 'desire'though it’s not as if I’m a bad egg I mean well
― Myke. (Myke Weiskopf), Sunday, 6 August 2006 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
Minnie Ripperton added it in her cover version with Jose Feliciano, though. Ay!
34. "Light My Fire" by Minnie Ripperton feat. Jose Feliciano:Well then fill me with desireLight my fire
― marc h. (marc h.), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:23 (seventeen years ago) link
― marc h. (marc h.), Sunday, 6 August 2006 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
The Pixies, Dig for Fire
― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Sunday, 6 August 2006 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
Yello, "More". They also had a near miss with "Desiyah! For the unknown love! I'm burning!"
― The Vintner's Lipogram (OleM), Sunday, 6 August 2006 23:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Monday, 7 August 2006 00:26 (seventeen years ago) link
This path tonightWhere will it lead me?Crumbling rock and stones on fireThis path tonightYou better believe itI'm stumbling to my heart's desireOn this path tonight
Graham Nash, 'This Path Tonight'
― ToMo, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:03 (seven years ago) link
Once I was your hearts desireNow I am the ape hunkered by the fire
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 'Supernaturally'
― ToMo, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:04 (seven years ago) link
28. "Love In Flames" by Be Bop Deluxe
I love you with a fever, I love you like a FYE-ya everything is burning with the flames of my diz-EYE-ya
― soref, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 00:11 (seven years ago) link
27. Bill Nelson "Flaming Desire"
Love turns to lust, ice into fireOpen your heart to my flaming desire
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 03:19 (seven years ago) link
26. Judas Priest - A Touch of Evil
Aroused with diz-EYE-yaYou put me in a tranceA vision of FYE-ya I never had a chance
...
Arousing me nowWith a sense of diz-EYE-yaPossessing my soulUntil my body's on FYE-ya
― jmm, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 04:21 (seven years ago) link
25. Pete Townshend - Flame
Flame, you set me on FYE-yaNothing can take me any HYE-yaI'm fueled on emotion and full of diz-EYE-ya
― new noise, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 04:53 (seven years ago) link
24. Ozzy Osbourne - Desire (from No More Tears)
It's the same old diz-EYE-yaNothing has changed, nothing's the sameBurning like FYE-yaDon't you ever take my name in vain, oh yeah
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:06 (seven years ago) link
23. Electric Boys - Mary in the Mystery World (from Groovus Maximus)
Mary in the mystery worldShe sets my soul on fireMary's such a mystery girlAnd no one takes me higherMary is my desire
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:10 (seven years ago) link
McAuley-Schenker Group - Anytime (from Save Yourself)
Can't stop this fire, lost control over my desireIt burns for you like it always used to do
Pronounced more like FYE/Dez-EYE in this case
Good god there was a lot of this couplet in hard rock/glam; I'm stopping myself here.
― Devilock, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 10:19 (seven years ago) link
oops that was 22, natch
U2 did songs called "Fire" and "Desire". One of them does the rhyme, the other does not.
"Fire" "'Fire' was not a very good song. I always had this faith that we could make it up as we went along, but sometimes we couldn't, and that was a case in point. When you are in a place like Nassau, you don't really want to go in and work. You realize why all these great groups make crap records when they go to record there - who wants to go to the Bahamas and sit in a studio?" - Bono, U2
Whereas "Desire", does.
Then again, they also did "The Unforgettable Fire", which doesn't mention Fire or Desire, let alone rhyme them. Maybe they forgot?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
21. Modern Talking You're My Heart, You're My Soul
First single of their cliche-ridden career, opening line:
Deep in my heart there's a fire, a burning heartDeep in my heart there's desire for a start
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:02 (seven years ago) link
20. kevin ayers - rheinhardt & geraldine
― no lime tangier, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:19 (seven years ago) link
19. Journey - "Only The Young"
Only the young can sayThey're here to fly awaySharing the same diz-EYE-yaBurning like wildFYE-ya
(Actually it's more like desaaaaah / wildfaaaaah but whatever)
― めんどくさかった (Matt #2), Tuesday, 3 January 2017 13:55 (seven years ago) link
Drake might've been reading this thread - he did Fire & Desire last year but the rhyme only features in the title, not in the actual lyrics.
― Siegbran, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:36 (seven years ago) link
18. Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Play my position in the game of life standing firmOn foreign land jump the gun out the frying pan into the fireTransform into the Ghost RiderA six-pack and A Streetcar Named Desire
― jmm, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 16:48 (seven years ago) link
lol nice piece by Marc Spitz on this http://www.salon.com/2015/08/15/this_is_the_laziest_rhyme_in_all_of_songwriting_history_and_great_artists_use_it_all_the_time/
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 4 January 2017 20:55 (seven years ago) link
Hey there! I've been keeping a list of fire/desire songs for a while now. I made a Spotify playlist with the stuff I found, plus songs from this forum - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3GI37lxNyGHPrFgGsf26dD?si=HRtXCGGNQ8W2WzJF8pPnpA
It seems like it's been a while since folks have posted here... but hopefully someone will enjoy this!
― twomorenights, Wednesday, 11 September 2019 12:03 (four years ago) link