Alex Cornell covers John Mayer's "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" in this solo performance video. A stripped-down take on the 2006 original, Cornell's version lets the song's guitar work and lyrics breathe without the production weight of Mayer's studio recording.
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It's not a silly little moment. It's not the storm before the calm. It's a deepened down breath. It's love that we've been working on. Can't seem to hold you like I want to. 'Cause I can feel you in my arms. Nobody's gonna come and save you. Pulled too many false alarms. We're going down, and you can see it too. We're going down, and you know that we're doomed, my dear. Slow dancing in a burning room. You were the one I always dreamed of. You were the one I tried to draw. How dare you say it's nothing to me? Baby, you're the only light I think I ever saw. You make the most of all the sadness. You be a bitch because you can. It's trying to hate me just to hurt me, so you leave me feeling dirty 'cause you can't understand. And we're going down. You can see it too. We're going down. Down. Oh. And you know that we're doomed, my dear. Slow dancing in a burning room. Hey! We're gonna cry about it, why don't you? Gonna cry about it, why don't you? So my dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room. Don't you think we ought to know by now? Don't you think we should have learned somehow? Don't you think we ought to know by now? Don't you think we should have learned somehow? Next time.