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“Burning” sees Sam Smith reconcile themself to the break up of an important relationship, and the pain and unhappiness that it caused them. They have also said that the song is about fame, the pressures of a lifestyle for which they were utterly unprepared, and found difficult to cope with. They believed that this undermined their attempts to form a fulfilling relationship. Sam uses fire as a symbol for the emotional pain and hurt. In their October 5