{"id":794739,"date":"2019-04-11T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=820989"},"modified":"2019-04-11T13:26:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T19:26:37","slug":"song-you-need-to-know-sara-bareilles-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/song-you-need-to-know-sara-bareilles-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Song You Need to Know: Sara Bareilles, \u2018Fire\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Earlier this month, Sara Bareilles<\/a> released her sixth album, Amidst the Chaos<\/em>. The singer-songwriter\u2019s career has changed drastically in the last few years, as a hit Broadway show and an Emmy-nominated turn as Mary Magdalene in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert<\/em> have helped her move beyond pop. Songs like her recent single \u201cFire\u201d prove, however, that the tinges of drama she\u2019s learned in those roles have only made her pop songwriting stronger.<\/p>\n

On \u201cFire,\u201d Bareilles ponders the end of a relationship and, more importantly, accepts that end. As she reflects on her final moments with a loved one, she realizes that she knew all along that the pair would never catch fire, but she had hoped for so long that they would and refused to give up on its potential. By the end, she realizes that she\u2019s better for having experienced this spark-less love, because now she\u2019ll recognize real heat when it happens.<\/p>\n

Bareilles\u2019 lyrics and delivery unspool with Broadway-level theatrics. This song wouldn\u2019t be out of place on the stage, and the video, which features a pair of dancers interpreting the trajectory of a doomed love, perfectly captures the song\u2019s need for dramatic accompaniment. She\u2019s always been an excellent student in the Carole King school of pop storytelling, but with \u201cFire,\u201d Bareilles burns brighter than ever before.<\/p>\n