“Fireproof” by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – A Song Review

     We are late to the “Fireproof” party because we stopped to buy beer. Admittedly, that's our only (fictional) excuse for underappreciating the song. Still, on the first day of hockey playoffs, it’s appropriate to post a song with the line “I just lost one tooth.”

     Until this week, we considered “Fireproof” to be a leap into synth. That changed when we heard the track on a stereo with better fidelity at the lower frequency range. The heavy use of the bass/kick drum functioned to achieve a gravitation pull on our attention. The bass drum isn’t limited to its usual role of providing rhythm for the remainder of the drum set and the other elements of the song. Instead, the bass drum is featured.

     Clap Your Hands Say Yeah is driven by Alec Ounsworth of Philadelphia. In an explanation of “Fireproof,”  Ounsworth told NPR that the song is about working to win someone over and then regretting your success in doing so. A person is fireproof if she/he is “dangerously self-confident” in being willing to try things without considering the possibility of later regretting the attempt.

     “Fireproof” by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

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Lyrics of “Fireproof” by Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

The elastic of my snap stick seems to snap down on the fuse

I take a drastic little matchstick and set fire to the tears

I will go around backstage in just my birthday suit

Now that I'm fireproof

It's a candle that you bring to the table

But it's not enough for me

Small favor, my neighbor

My savior you will be

The ring of fire is growing high

But we will never leave

No, no, no...

No, no, no...

No, no, no...

No, no, no...

And I know, I know it's hard to win

But how could I have thought we'd ever lose?

Oh, what a drag it is to win

If I were you, I'd love me, I would love me too

So don't be alarmed, don't be afraid

When it is just a little fire

I'm teaching myself to be sane

And waiting for you to regain your sight

We were in a fire last night

I just lost one tooth

Turns out I'm fireproof

Now that I'm fireproof

Now that I'm fireproof

Now that I'm fireproof