She's talking about burning photos of someone she loves. She's talking about the different colors looking beautiful when you burn photographs. "I can feel the heat on my face' hence the fire....pretty deep
She could be talking about selling her soul. When you look in the mirror and you can't see yourself you've sold your soul. I think it odd that she's talking to a mirror and she can't see herself because of smoke. Pretty much all of the popular singers have sold their souls for money and fame.
I think the metaphor is about letting go a love but everything is smoky,meaning to she seeing the way it use to be verses her pain. She don't want to let go, but she knows she should. I know exactly how she feels in this song. So many of us know we should let go, but we keep thinking of the good times. Love is deft. blind at its best!!!
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
"Feel Like a Woman," "Smoke," and "Come to Me" are literally the ONLY good songs o nthis record. Thes rest are completely subpar for Mary J. Blige, especially after her last record. If that was The Breakthrough, this is the Rush-Through
i feel you with the mod style. That would be excellent. I swear that would go perfectly with the song and words. Simply beautiful, but wonderfully melancholy
*heres my concept & dont yall try to steal it or ill SUE,lmao*
so i c her she sitting in her room legs up on vanity,ashtray in view, mascara running.hair in a semi bob how it is now, headband looking real twiggy'ish.
anyway, i c several scenes that change with some smoke. like shes in the bedroom then screen fades to smoke then shes in a schoolyard on a swing w/ a lumberjack jacket, then screen fades to smoke, etc add a scene w/ her singing in front of a band in a smoke filld room and stir =)
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW! That is truly a outstanding concept, you have a very good vision if this song vprasport. As i read your comment i really could see a vision of what you saw as the video to be. Mary is so elegant and divaish than ever. I love what Mary is bringing to us the fans it is a real learnin experince. I as a man have grown with Mary, and proud to say that she has made be a better man. And she has taught me that if i fall i can get back up. And if i dust myself off i can try again. MJB 4lf
I love the arrangement of this song, mary puts out music that people can relate to or u can find at least one song that you can relate to and connect with , even through all her issues she has showed us she is one of us and is o better than the next person i think thats why i feel her music
This is my favorite song from "Growing Pains." I keep listing to this and "Come to Me." I love the lyrics and vibe. Mary's voice is perfect on this song.
Tell me how did I know that this track was produced by Neyo without looking at the credits just knowing that he was one of the producers on here...cool =)
yea i believe, cos its a tiny tiny lil bit similar to neyo's angel. I love that song. I think this is a whole new genre of music and i love it! the jumbled up rhythym and it has a cartoony essence to it
can someone do an instrumental to this song????? there's only one on youtube and it's not that good.
mylyfeizdance 1 month ago in playlist Mary J. Blige
THIS WOMAN IS SO MAGNIFICENT
uniqueman1981 1 month ago
2 people have smoke in their eyes.
TJaxx17 3 months ago 2
this song helped me get over some break ups
niceandsweetcoco 3 months ago
Listen to that voice!
thestaydown 4 months ago
I danced to this in 5th grade for talent show...lol. I love this song!!!
Personaforever 6 months ago
really helped me with my last break-up!
MISSJON3S1 7 months ago
THIS SONG IS SO AWESOME LOVE THE QUEEN OF HIP HOP SOUL MARY!!!!
vangoghmatisse1 7 months ago
Y'all say that's such a beautiful and deep song.. clear, Ne-Yo wrote it! :)
drius15 9 months ago
My all time favorite song by Queen Mary.
FRENITJA 1 year ago
this song is dope love it
BeautifulJADExx 1 year ago
She's talking about burning photos of someone she loves. She's talking about the different colors looking beautiful when you burn photographs. "I can feel the heat on my face' hence the fire....pretty deep
yahwehsacacia 1 year ago 8
yeah i been hearing this everytime i go to the gear spot. and mann i finally figured out the title. love it.
dsoblu 1 year ago
inspirational.
shadowgirlof11 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful song by a very talented woman.
stevebok 1 year ago
Smoke Mary J everyday
wernsels 1 year ago 4
@dmiller511 you stupid ass, look at @lilmama0622. 's comment. people like you are stupid.
GS414 1 year ago
She could be talking about selling her soul. When you look in the mirror and you can't see yourself you've sold your soul. I think it odd that she's talking to a mirror and she can't see herself because of smoke. Pretty much all of the popular singers have sold their souls for money and fame.
dmiller511 1 year ago
my fave song on this album
monilovelocs 2 years ago
Is it me, or does she sound like Michael Jackson in this song? They sound similar...
Ramal123 2 years ago
one of my fave mary tracks. this woman has talent!!x
One2isThisOn 2 years ago 6
this is a well written song but what the hell is she talking about? plz someone tell me
2base 2 years ago
@2base i think shes hiding from the fact that shes hurting from the break up other than that... nothing really
rdhs1000 2 years ago
thanx
2base 2 years ago
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love love love :)
Fantasy987432 2 years ago
Beautiful Song, hits home. Mary J and Ne-Yo are both beasts
SuenaaColor 2 years ago 5
The musical transitions in this song are very inovative......awesome. Great changes....like a real modern jazz........good shit.
JrhythmG 2 years ago
this song is classical. you will hear none like it.
beautiful10046 2 years ago 2
i can just hear ne-yo singin this
thanugg 3 years ago 4
i luv dis song n its so true
kysha8180 3 years ago
In my interperation, she's smoking a blunt-tripping off dude, looking for a lighter...
liddymo1 3 years ago 5
Yessss
wk33sa 3 years ago 3
this song is so true
305baby407 3 years ago
i've never really been into mary enough to get a cd, but this one was definitely worth the money.
uneed2bshotnow 3 years ago 3
This song has so much meaning to it.....I love it....I love her...
MeeLaHm88 3 years ago 3
so smoth
Jig0478 3 years ago 2
this song took a while to grow on me but I
luv it now
cmw2223 3 years ago 2
This is my favorite song on the album believe it or not! I love this song, it's sad, yet happy and serene
dwn2earth 3 years ago 5
pretty good song!! a lil different for her but i liked it.
teaceizme 3 years ago 3
I think the metaphor is about letting go a love but everything is smoky,meaning to she seeing the way it use to be verses her pain. She don't want to let go, but she knows she should. I know exactly how she feels in this song. So many of us know we should let go, but we keep thinking of the good times. Love is deft. blind at its best!!!
lilmama0622 3 years ago 56
@lilmama0622 Couldn't have sead it better thumbs up 2 u..
lynda000 1 year ago
i kno every song on her cd and i love them all expecially thi sone and till the morning ...i luv MJB ..
Quadia1993 4 years ago 5
ne-yo stay writin them killas
glucien7 4 years ago
LMAooooooooooo
thanx yall... i doubt shell release it as a single, but shyt id settle 4 an interlude to an "till the morning" video.... =)
which could b a party video full of cameo appearances....
vpradasport 4 years ago
i got this CD & i love this song !!
Neyo wrote this songg !!
he is soo talented & so is shee .
misztbabi93 4 years ago 2
i love this song and i love Syience's style who is the music producer of this track
scooby0225 4 years ago 2
fav song
hitps101 4 years ago 4
man this song is soo damn real mary burn that nigga shit up let it smoke baby do a lefteye on his ass i know how it feel
kaptainkrunk 4 years ago 3
is that what she's Talking about? burning his Things?
Grudgeman 4 years ago
Ummm NO (least not 2 me)
its more about burning the past to get to the future mayb.... Or not wanting to see things as they are due to distractions of society and of self....
Perception can b deception....
BTW, thats y i love MJb, so much deeper than any similie and metaphor can ever allow-JMo
vpradasport 4 years ago
this is a very good song
just like those used in the fashion shows
souliszjimoris 4 years ago
this i my favorite song
kdwlrm 4 years ago 5
hey check out my piano cover of this song...
kaypain42 4 years ago
"Holding on isnt heathy but its killing me to let go." I know Mary, I know exactly how you feel.
Bigewest 4 years ago 4
~*~Pretty Song~*~
C00LGur1 4 years ago 4
This comment has received too many negative votes show
"Feel Like a Woman," "Smoke," and "Come to Me" are literally the ONLY good songs o nthis record. Thes rest are completely subpar for Mary J. Blige, especially after her last record. If that was The Breakthrough, this is the Rush-Through
HoneyGotMeHooked 4 years ago
I LOVEEEEEE THIS SONG
stackedgurl45 4 years ago 23
THA TRUTH!
te5041 4 years ago 5
'Give me something to spark the flame, take away the pain, take it away...I can feel the heat on my...face.' Such a beautiful song.
obsessedmusicfan 4 years ago 6
i luv this song its so decent and its true
TerrellS12 4 years ago 4
shes fuckin amazing ... HAPPY BDAY MARY!
LiriaG03 4 years ago 4
This is really fly !
Ik hou echt van die liedje, mary j blige is top ! WIEHIE, For all the dutch people who understand me ! :P
debbiemalas 4 years ago 3
I love this song because it is so real
Dee49546 4 years ago
nice tune styllll
bubbbzy 4 years ago
I listen to this song all day everyday!!! It'll tear up the charts soon...I hope.
jjlucash 4 years ago 2
I agree with you this is my song
Dee49546 4 years ago
this can play on MTV in heavy rotation on some Lincoln Park type of shyt.... I can already c the video for this.... Real MOD w/ all types of shyt....
PS, this should b her next single, can u say crossover hit!!!!!!
vpradasport 4 years ago 3
i feel you with the mod style. That would be excellent. I swear that would go perfectly with the song and words. Simply beautiful, but wonderfully melancholy
g35shawty 4 years ago 4
*heres my concept & dont yall try to steal it or ill SUE,lmao*
so i c her she sitting in her room legs up on vanity,ashtray in view, mascara running.hair in a semi bob how it is now, headband looking real twiggy'ish.
anyway, i c several scenes that change with some smoke. like shes in the bedroom then screen fades to smoke then shes in a schoolyard on a swing w/ a lumberjack jacket, then screen fades to smoke, etc add a scene w/ her singing in front of a band in a smoke filld room and stir =)
vpradasport 4 years ago
WOOOOOOOOOOOOW! That is truly a outstanding concept, you have a very good vision if this song vprasport. As i read your comment i really could see a vision of what you saw as the video to be. Mary is so elegant and divaish than ever. I love what Mary is bringing to us the fans it is a real learnin experince. I as a man have grown with Mary, and proud to say that she has made be a better man. And she has taught me that if i fall i can get back up. And if i dust myself off i can try again. MJB 4lf
greffen123 4 years ago 3
i love it except for the lumberjack jacket. lol
g35shawty 4 years ago
I know, right?
jjlucash 4 years ago 3
I love the arrangement of this song, mary puts out music that people can relate to or u can find at least one song that you can relate to and connect with , even through all her issues she has showed us she is one of us and is o better than the next person i think thats why i feel her music
h8terzbware 4 years ago
This is my favorite song from "Growing Pains." I keep listing to this and "Come to Me." I love the lyrics and vibe. Mary's voice is perfect on this song.
smartbrotha 4 years ago
man i'm stuck on this song! so beautiful
niqueloc 4 years ago 2
This song and Till The Morning, I can't stop listening to. This song is beautiful!! Her voice adds purity to the melancholy lyrics
g35shawty 4 years ago
child boo everybody gay the world is in denial
kaptainkrunk 4 years ago
im not gay
but wit that being said i love the beat and her voice to this song'it is so relaxing
CheezyDoDo973 4 years ago
neyo wrote this which means he is gay
CheezyDoDo973 4 years ago
this track is fire!!!!!!!!!!!
sutanallure 4 years ago
new style
jemillexbacerdo 4 years ago
im really loving this song
kaptainkrunk 4 years ago 2
Tell me how did I know that this track was produced by Neyo without looking at the credits just knowing that he was one of the producers on here...cool =)
LaShic 4 years ago 2
ne-yo didn't produce this syience did.. read the credits again...
wbraxtoniv 4 years ago
According to the credits Neyo wrote the lyrics and co-produced this song.
smartbrotha 4 years ago
yea i believe, cos its a tiny tiny lil bit similar to neyo's angel. I love that song. I think this is a whole new genre of music and i love it! the jumbled up rhythym and it has a cartoony essence to it
ayettymama 4 years ago 3
Ne-yo did a great job. He wrote 4 songs on the album. Give "Fade Away" a listen
g35shawty 4 years ago 3
i love this song. Beautiful
g35shawty 4 years ago 3
wow...powerful song!!
krystalclear7 4 years ago 4
Its Mary or nuthin! It dont get no better than MJB. I love this song.
nationbuilder 4 years ago 4
New MJB album Growing Pains in stores TODAY! Go and pick it up!
jmanchris1 4 years ago 4
I just got the album!!! I'm ecstatic
g35shawty 4 years ago 4
This song is so beautiful...
treymjb 4 years ago 6
excellent
crunkrat85 4 years ago 4
This one is TIMELESS!!!!!!!
aalvis1981 4 years ago 5
nice song and a different sound from her
BashsharC 4 years ago 2
Mary this sound so nice thank you, and the one who posted it thank you too.
brownsugar976 4 years ago 3
i love this song i can't wait to buy the album when it comes out Dec 18th
leewilsonmusic 4 years ago 2
Beautiful!
drew27401 4 years ago 3