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Hello, good people of MusicBanter,
I have a quick question for you. Do you know the song I See Fire by Ed Sheeran? Well, you probably do and I as well. My problem is, English is not my primary language and there is one thing, I don't understand. In the chorus, there is a sentence, "Watch the flames burn auburn on the mountain side". What does the "auburn" stands for, what does it mean? I couldn't find it in our dictionary and i don't know the meaning.

Thank you very much for your help,
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blackdragon123

Auburn is a hair colour.

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'Well, I'm a common working man,
With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

RoxyRollah

deep red

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RoxyRollah

not always.

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Yeah ok, i already heard that somewhere. But what is the meaning of putting hair color in that sentence, I don't get it. It means, that the flames have the same color, as hair? It confuses me.

blackdragon123

It creates good sentence flow, and a little rhyme with the "burn auburn". RoxyRollah is right that it's a red colour. It's just more commonly associated with hair.

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'Well, I'm a common working man,
With a half of bitter, bread and jam,
And if it pleases me, I'll put one on ya man,
When the copper fades away!' - Jethro Tull

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Yeah, i get the thing about the rhyme and such. Oh, ok so it is some kind of deep red color, that is frequently used for hair, but in this case, it refers to the color of flames, right?

Isbjørn

Yeah.

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Perfect, thank you all, very much.