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St Elmos Fire Lyrics

Artist: John Parr
Album: St Elmos Fire

Growin' up
You don't see the writin' on the wall
Passin' by
Movin' straight ahead you knew it all
But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone
Everything has changed

Play the game
You know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on
Only you can do what must be done
You know in some way
You're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner
And you're tryin' to break free

CHORUS:

I can see a new horizon
Underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's
Flyin' higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin'
St. Elmo's Fire

Oooh...

Burnin' up
Don't know just how far that I can go
(Just how far I go)
Soon be home
Only just a few miles down the road
I can make it
I know I can
You broke the boy in me
But you won't break the man

(CHORUS)

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me
Burnin' in me

Just once in his life
A man has his time
And my time is now
And I'm comin' alive

I can hear the music playin'
I can see the banners fly
Feel like you're back again
And hope ridin' high
Gonna be your man in motion
All I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin'
St. Elmo's Fire

(CHORUS)

I can climb the highest mountain
Cross the wildest sea
I can feel St. Elmo's Fire burnin' in me

Burnin'
Burnin' in me
I can feel it burnin'
Oooh, burnin' inside of me

Comments/Interpretations

by Sheryl on 5/11/2008 9:58am
This is the =be=t =s=on=g ever!!!
by MONIQUE on 5/12/2008 5:08am
GREAT
by chris on 5/17/2008 6:58am
Best EVER!!!
by Walter on 5/20/2008 5:13pm
This song is awesome!!!!!
by Bryan on 5/25/2008 1:52am
One of the best songs ever! Pity about the movie....
by Becca on 6/9/2008 11:59am
Love the song it's absolutley phenoninal and so is the film !!!!
by Becca on 6/9/2008 12:00pm
Love the song it's absolutley phenonminal and so is the film !!!!!!!!!
by Butterfly on 6/19/2008 10:50am
Very Positive!
by tzxmgh on 6/23/2008 2:56pm
gr8
by kennyb on 6/24/2008 2:02pm
must be the best song ever writen
by alexis18 on 6/29/2008 5:02am
i love this song!!!!!!my favourite!!!!♥♥♥♥♥(hungaryXD)
by chayenne on 6/30/2008 7:37am
i love this song so much. it really must be the best song ever. it make me in love?
by tutti frutti on 6/30/2008 11:52pm
this song ROCKS
by Gary on 7/5/2008 11:36am
Great Song. This song and movie came out while I was in High School. My Girlfreind and I both lost our Virginity to the soundtrack. We both loved this movie.
by Lucka on 7/11/2008 2:29am
amazing:)I think my colleagues at work gonna hate me soon:))))
by Damian on 7/12/2008 9:20am
Wielka piosenka! (polish)
Great song!
by Niclas on 7/15/2008 2:22pm
One of the top 3 hits during the 80's. so dam great
:D
by kAs on 7/15/2008 9:44pm
LOVE THE SONG
AND LOVE THE MOVIE
by dylan on 7/23/2008 10:39am
this songs so awesome!
by tornado on 8/1/2008 2:47pm
best song u will probably ever hear
by bumlover on 8/17/2008 8:32pm
i love bum
by aaron on 8/26/2008 7:28pm
I want to run through a brick wall everytime i hear it.EpHic BaHby!
by MARCO HERNANDEZ on 9/5/2008 3:00am
So much energy, this song is awesome!!! and that's a great, absolutely great movie!!!!
by maafli on 9/20/2008 9:31am
this song brought me through a very dark time in my life..............you broke the boy in me but you wont break the man.............forever grateful x
by scoot on 9/23/2008 12:17pm
why can't there be more songs like these? huh? answer me that! will ya? hmm? didn't think so! why? wie gehts?
by Billy Idol on 10/11/2008 6:51pm
Because the music that's made these days is garbage. All about ho's and money. No real substance. That's why!
by Sad One on 10/14/2008 5:56am
This song reminds me of a very special person who holds a very special place in my heart, this song i dont know if it wants to make me laugh or cry. gives me butterflies just like that special person!!!!!!!
by octopussy on 10/19/2008 9:57am
endless the list of things this song makes me feel! Excellent, excellent song!
by Anthony on 11/8/2008 10:30pm
Fantastic song, the movie is one of my favourite movies of all time.
by ANTON on 11/11/2008 6:04pm
This is my inspiration song forever
by Lisa on 11/13/2008 11:21am
I love 80`s so much!
by Steve the Great on 11/30/2008 6:02pm
This one is a smoker--brings back sweet memories...
by Hoper on 12/6/2008 8:52pm
This song gives me goose pimple. it's my Aha! moment song.
by Dennis on 1/2/2009 7:20pm
Wasn't crazy about the movie, but absolutely LOVE this song. Definitely one of my favorite 80's songs.
by PUS on 2/6/2009 7:29pm
*Fist in air*


THIS SONG ROOLS!!!
by brittany on 2/14/2009 12:51pm
i wasnt alive durin the 80s and i love this song and the movie
by Shaun on 3/4/2009 9:22am
80s classic! Fantastic
by christina on 3/13/2009 4:45pm
i love this song sooooo much! its amaaazing! :) we need more songs like this...
by Bill on 3/14/2009 10:04pm
Love this song!!!
by kaz on 3/24/2009 1:09pm
this song sucked in the 80's and it sucks even more today!!!!!!!!!!!
by adam on 3/30/2009 4:55am
This song is very powerful and influencial love it.....
by Lea on 4/4/2009 6:05am
This song is awesome! Always reminds me of my uni days, love it
by Joe on 4/5/2009 11:09pm
Some trivia about this song from IMDB: Singer John Parr, who co-wrote and sung the title song "St. Elmo's Fire" for the soundtrack, explained during a speech at the Childrens choice awards in Sheffield that he was "not particularly thrilled" to be working on the film and that, motivation for the song actually came from a young man who had recently become paralyzed. He said that "the wheels" of the Man in Motion referenced in the lyrics was popularly thought to mean the wheels of Demi Moore's jeep, but actually refers instead to those of a wheelchair.
by Great Prophet Zarquon on 4/6/2009 6:13am
One of the great pick-me-up songs of all time. 100% classic.
by Keith Sheldon on 4/13/2009 12:10pm
fantastic song ever written brillll.
by Paige Midgley on 4/13/2009 12:11pm
BORING cant you write songs more jazzy
by RAY on 5/14/2009 8:57am
the movie is awsome and so is the movie
by MIryam on 5/26/2009 1:25pm
i agree with everybody here, but with Paige Midgley.. this song is one of the best one ever... or at least second best to none, LOL
by Allah on 6/9/2009 10:14am
Barack Obama is fuc*ing negro!
by Jonny on 7/16/2009 9:01pm
Great song... crap movie
nuff said
by Nici on 8/13/2009 12:06pm
That's one of the best songs ever. very emotional. gotta love it!
by Lauraaaaaaaaa. on 9/3/2009 12:58am
Awesome. End of.
by Celystior on 9/6/2009 8:35pm
ROCK ON
by Pino on 10/5/2009 1:15am
Powerful song. Both testosteron and emotion.

However John Parr sings about a pair of wheels. The association I get with that is my motorcycle. Referring to it as a wheelchair or a Jeep seems not logical, Joe (4/5/2009).

Both means of transport obviously have two pairs of wheels... or am I wrong?

Anyway song rocks, even here in Uruzgan!

Power to you all!
by miguel gaspar ponce on 10/21/2009 2:28pm
to be honest I really don't care what the song is all about, but I like it a lot anyways
by boru on 10/29/2009 1:53pm
This song shall set you free.
This and Seger's Roll Me Away
make the adrenaline flow every time.
by Albin on 12/13/2009 5:41am
Im bound to this song!
by maaike on 12/27/2009 3:22am
super song
by T S on 12/30/2009 10:28pm
love this song,ROCKS
by migite man on 12/30/2009 10:40pm
This 80's song is a very powerful song!! Tells how you should go through life !!!!!!!!!!! this song should be life!!!Love it!!!!!
by JOE on 1/4/2010 10:08am
This song was written by David Foster and John Parr who are both natives of British Columbia. The inspiration for the song comes from a young man from BC whose name is Rick Hansen. He was paralyzed in an automobile accident and went on to start a Man In Motion tour where he wheel chaired around the globe. Google it!
by james on 2/1/2010 1:26am
this is a inspirational, powerful and loving song, we need all the inspiration we can get to do what must be done.
by Steve on 3/13/2010 12:51am
This song didn't make any sense in 1985 and it doesn't make any sense in 2010. What has St. Elmo's fire got to do with anything in these lyrics. "I can feel St. Elmo's fire burning in me." What? This is exactly what popular 80s music was all about - horrible synthesizers and inane, empty lyrics, and is was gobbled up - these were bad, bad times for music on the radio. I'm so glad I had cassettes instead of having to listen to this in my car. It was bad enough at parties and college dining hall juke boxes. I don't ever want to hear this or "Take My Breath Away" again.
by Guy on 4/2/2010 3:46pm
Ahh I used to listen to this song all the time. Steve's right, alot of the music I loved kinda had jumbled lyrics, though I still found a strong purpose for them :) Songs like this were always so fun, where do the times go?
by Joe on 5/31/2010 6:18pm
Great song! even though the video shows the movie clips in it, it was not written for the movie.
by Chris Nielsen on 6/11/2010 11:31pm
Awesome song, one of the best of the 80's. Just so Dionysian!
by michael Castranio on 6/17/2010 3:23pm
i love this song soooo much and the movie is just amazing i can watch it over and over again
by alexis marco on 7/5/2010 8:03pm
this is one of the most upliftig song!!! great
by alexis marco on 7/5/2010 8:05pm
this is one of the most uplifting song!!! great
by Ralphy on 8/26/2010 6:18am
I love cock so much it hurts !
by charlie on 8/27/2010 7:05am
Ralphy,
your place or mine - the wifes away this weekend shopping for news clothes for the nipper so I am up for some !!
by seb rodger on 9/3/2010 7:34am
Can I come round ? I love sticking willie up my arse !
by Southern Redneck on 9/17/2010 6:28am
Ralphy, Charlie, and Seb Rodger are 3 fags that need to be lined up on a wall and SHOT right between their eyes and I wouldn't mind doing it!!!!
by Steve on 9/24/2010 8:57am
We seem to being the thread here don't we ?
Lets get back to the lyrics eh ?
by Ralphy on 9/24/2010 11:42am
Southern Redneck,anytime you wanna shot one right between my eyes let me know my mouth will be wide open and waiting.
All of Alabama wants a piece of my ebony ass !
by Lanno on 1/24/2011 2:01pm
this may be the greatest thing to happen to music, nay, the world.
by HOLLY on 2/7/2011 1:48pm
Movie was even less than so so BUT

the song.....ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!!

I never get tired of hearing it and that's easy because it is seldom on the radio.
by Paula on 2/17/2011 8:22am
Great song.....I love singing this song! Music loud & clear!!
by BUd on 3/8/2011 2:15pm
by Joe on 4/5/2009 11:09pm
Some trivia about this song from IMDB: Singer John Parr, who co-wrote and sung the title song "St. Elmo's Fire" for the soundtrack, explained during a speech at the Childrens choice awards in Sheffield that he was "not particularly thrilled" to be working on the film and that, motivation for the song actually came from a young man who had recently become paralyzed. He said that "the wheels" of the Man in Motion referenced in the lyrics was popularly thought to mean the wheels of Demi Moore's jeep, but actually refers instead to those of a wheelchair.
--

The song was written by David Foster for Rick Hansen's Man in Motion tour. Both Foster and Hansen are from British Columbia, Canada. Google it.
by Joshua on 3/14/2011 9:02pm
This is my favorite 1980s song of all time.
by Nick on 3/28/2011 4:08pm
Most uplifting song ever. Saddens and inspires in the same instant.
by Angela on 4/5/2011 5:14pm
I afree with Sheryl, up top!! Best. Song. Ever!!

Very Inspiring.
by Angela on 4/5/2011 5:14pm
I agree with Sheryl, up top!! Best. Song. Ever!!

Very Inspiring.
by Tom on 6/15/2011 8:57am
The Brian Eno song of the same name is much better.
by Nathan on 7/26/2011 1:18am
this song is epic
by Gergana on 10/14/2011 2:51am
I love so much this song! It is so much like 80s!
by Jim on 10/27/2011 3:00am
Have loved this song since the 80's . Can relate to a lot of it.

by beyonder on 12/24/2011 11:47pm
¡ love this song forever !
by Dirk the digger driver on 1/5/2012 3:28am
This song is up there with best, lifts me up every time I hear it, rock on john!
by monistA on 1/6/2012 3:27pm
This is a perfect song for someone becoming an Atheist who had been tormented by various fundamentalist Christian churches.
by Rob on 1/11/2012 7:07pm
Feel like I'm back again? No, the original words were "feel like a vet again, I hope I ain't high.
by Jarrad on 1/14/2012 10:53am
This is my theme song at the moment. It describes my life also. The boy in me has been broken by many people at my school.

But now, they will not break the man in me. The chorus reminds me also of myself running to the girl I love.

I always think about her when this is on, I'm glad I'll be with her for the rest of my life.
by Suzi on 1/20/2012 4:56pm
I LOVE this song, it is such a BIG sound with fantastic lyrics
by Me on 1/29/2012 10:37am
I luv this song!!!! One of the best songs ever!!!(:
by Ian on 1/31/2012 5:08am
Ah, this song reminds me of growing up and venturing out into life. Many happy memories :)
by MONICA on 2/2/2012 11:49pm
MOMA ID ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT ONE DAY SHE'D HAVE THE PRIVLEDGE OF HEARING ME SAY, "YOU KNOW MOM EVERYTHING YOU TOLD ME WHEN WAS I YOUNGER WAS DEAD ON. HERE GOES MOM YOU WERE RIGHT : )
by Aussie it on 3/27/2012 3:56pm
You can use this song to be the anthem for yourself to make changes in your life if things sent going that well , thumbs up to it
by VixenLinzy on 4/3/2012 5:21pm
This was the theme song for Rick Hansen, who is in a wheelchair, and did a cross-Canada "Man in Motion" tour to raise funds for spinal cord research. Those are the wheels John Parr is referring to!
by BlueNoser on 4/16/2012 9:05pm
Great running tune!
by Will Pimentel on 5/6/2012 9:16pm
This is one of those songs that can instantly place you in the place where you first heard it. Its a total definition of the 80's. It's also one of those inspirational songs that can psych you up into accomplishing anything. Definitely one of the best songs of all time.
by bells on 7/17/2012 2:51am
This song is cheesy, but the lyrics are spot-on ...we all have situations in life that bring us down and we have to just say, to hell with it, i'm going to get over this and get on...:o)
by Paulo on 7/30/2012 8:35am
Just heard St elmo's fire on the radio, superb
by SteveUK on 10/3/2012 7:11pm
Joe wrote "This song was written by David Foster and John Parr who are both natives of British Columbia."

John Parr a Canadian??? You are a moron!!! John Parr is English song writer and NOT some dumb and talentless Canadian. You Google it!
by Johnny English on 10/3/2012 7:21pm
"Written by JOE on 1/4/2010 2:08am
This song was written by David Foster and John Parr who are both natives of British Columbia. The inspiration for the song comes from a young man from BC whose name is Rick Hansen. He was paralyzed in an automobile accident and went on to start a Man In Motion tour where he wheel chaired around the globe. Google it!"

John Parr a Canadian??? Bwahahahaha!!!! Are you stupid or something? First of, John Parr is an English song writer and not some talentless Canadian. And secondly the song is full of metaphors... read the lyrics! So you Google it!!!

Geez... some people are dumb! And then people in Canada wonder why we in UK don't like them. Canadians are so stupid! Long Live the Queen!
by meme on 1/5/2013 7:58am
Fuck you everybody
by sporthead on 1/5/2013 11:38pm
Listen to the words!!! I mean LISTEN. U MIGHT LEARN SOMETHING! !!!!
by Neil Cox on 3/8/2013 3:22am
I have always loved this song. Ever I first it.
What has happened to John Parr now?
by Dr Dre on 10/26/2013 5:14pm
This tune sucks...
by mudau ndivhuwo innocent on 11/19/2013 11:00pm
Wat a greatest song ever if I was on idols I was gona sing it in the finals
by Cat Stacy on 1/18/2014 12:09pm
This is positively the best song EVER! Hadn't played it in many years but just bought the CD to play it over and over again. Love it to drive to. The whole CD is phenomenal. Wish I could hear it performed live. I think I'd die! Love the horns.
by Sven J. on 5/7/2014 6:52am
De Ja Vu ! heared this song after 25 years now again and i always love it. Still Classic 80s
by Damian R on 5/24/2015 9:43pm
I just listened to this song for 20 minutes straight. Even though I don't know about 80% of the lyrics, I feel the urge to sing my heart out every time I hear it.
by Brayden J. on 11/2/2015 8:29pm
I grew up with this song. I'm 16 now but I still love this song. Its so catchy. And by the way "Dr Dre", if you don't like this song, then why comment??!
by Anonamous 333337 on 12/11/2015 3:09pm
Theas are great lyrics. I love that song
by Datu Pinadu Cabaylo II of Taytay on 4/7/2016 12:18am
Very uplifting lyrics and powerfully sung!
by dee on 12/29/2017 2:26pm
Where's the rest of the lyrics?








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