Messin' With Fire (with Clare Teal) - Sam Smith (live) - video Dailymotion

Sam Smith - Live @ BBC Proms With the BBC Concert Orchestra At Royal Albert Hall, London, England  August 2, 2024

Transcript

00:00when I was 13 years old my dad took me to a concert that changed my life he

00:11took me to see the incredible Claire Thiel ladies and gentlemen and

00:17everything in between could you please please make some noise for the

00:20beautiful beautiful Claire Thiel

00:30there are some high and mighty people in this big judgmental world

00:42they got morals to which they must aspire but these high and mighty people

00:49they find it so distressing when everybody's missing out on the fun

00:56well you told me lots of stories you said look but do not touch well babe we

01:02all do things we don't admire

01:06so don't sit there and plead with me just let your mouth take feedin'

01:11cause everybody's messin' with fire

01:15it's a certain kind of hunger

01:18but I guess it's hard to name

01:20but you know when you start dancing

01:22do it's true

01:25and it's true there's always something somewhere waiting to burst into flames

01:30and this is holier than thou

01:33look who's got the magic eye

01:35see all the people

01:37carrying secret dreams

01:39look at all those hearts up there

01:44now look at all those creepy nines that never learned their lesson

01:49cause everybody's messin' with fire

01:54Ha!

02:10Ben Castle on clarinet everyone

02:25give it up for Ben Castle on guitar

02:30you know those history books have told us

02:34that since this world began

02:37oh so many fingers have been burned

02:41so who are you to tell me how to live my life right here and now

02:47take a good look down this list

02:49oh baby we're all ostriches

02:52you call me Satan's other child

02:54instead of burning hell

02:56or sugar plum I know you're just a liar

03:01cause God gave me his blessing

03:03to keep you people blessed

03:06but everybody's messin' with fire

03:10cause everybody's messin' with fire

03:15cause everybody's messin' with fire

03:22Ben Castle on clarinet