You are my fire
The one desire
Believe when I say
I want it that way

This opening is more interesting than it looks. It’s one thing to say someone is your fire/desire. But the singer goes a step further – he says he wants her to be his fire/desire. That’s sort of a weird thing to say. “Not only am I in love with you, I want to be in love with you.”

But this actually becomes kind of a poignant sentiment when you realize the song is about a relationship on the verge of collapse. The girl is either dumping the guy, or seriously considering it. Anyone who’s ever been through a bad breakup knows that those feelings of dependency that seemed so cute when you were together can make you miserable when the other person is out of your life. But this guy is doubling down on his love. He’s saying, “No matter what happens to us, I don’t regret my love for you.” Or as Fanny Brice put it, “I’d rather be blue over you than be happy with somebody else.”