Question

Doing a interpersonal comm. project and wanted to pick your brains. Song "Light my fire" by the doors what does it mean to you. How do you interpret the words "Light my fire"

Answer 1

SInce fires are lit by often a small spark, the request "light my fire" conveys the idea that just a little touch of something from the other person would set one ablaze. Knowing the lyrics of the song, the meaning becomes "just a little bit of your love would set me on fire with passion and drag us both out of "the mire" we have been wallowing in". Word like "light" and "fire" have a warming, positive connotation here, and contrast the gloomy, somber state that the singer wishes to be saved from.