I'm Flaming Away
Written by Dawn-Marie
To the tune of Come Sail Away, written by Dennis DeYoung
I'm flaming away.
Typing an email full of slight and slurs.
But I've got to be free.
Free to sling abuse, no matter who it hurts.
Online, I'm anonymous
and twisting words.
I search for even more ways.
To offend and disturb.
But I'll try, you know I'll try.
To provoke you all!
I look at my screen.
My mailbox completely full, the notes take all day to read.
Some are nice yet most are bad.
I think of older days.
When good email was all we had.
But now "the boys" are fighting.
So the story goes.
And somehow the fans are involved.
The whole story, no one knows.
And since we fight,
You know I'll try.
TO KEEP MY FLAME SUIT ON!
An inbox of emails
Appeared upon my screen.
They screamed of hate and loathing
And this is what they said,
They said,
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come and flame away at me.
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come and flame away on me!
I thought that they were emails
But much to my surprise.
The screamed of spam and viruses.
Most all full of lies!
So I'm singing,
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come and flame away at me.
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come and flame away at me.
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come flame away on me.
Come flame away, come flame away,
Come and flame away on me!
Interpretation
It all started with the release of Brave New World. Tommy Shaw and James Young wanted to release the album in the summer of 1999 and immediately tour to support the album. Dennis DeYoung was suffering from a mysterious illness that baffled doctors and left him unable to tour. He also wanted more time to finish the album. The album was released that summer over Dennis' objections, and the band went on the road with Lawrence Gowan filling in for Dennis and Glen Burtnik returning to fill in for Chuck Panozzo, who had previously decided to retire. Rumors started surfacing on the Internet, interviews and on-line chats with band members revealed conflicting and changing stories. Flame wars erupted on the various Styx e-mail lists as the fans polarized over the band's internal issues. Meanwhile, the Styx tour continued without Dennis, whose health improved enough to begin a highly-acclaimed solo tour with a 50-piece orchestra. This parody makes fun of the flame wars.
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