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A bonfire is a controlled outdoor fire used for informal disposal of burnable waste material or as part of a celebration. Celebratory bonfires are typically designed to burn quickly and may be very large. The name 'bonfire' is from 'bone fire'.
In many regions of continental Europe, bonfires are made traditionally on January 16,[citation needed] the solemnity of John the Baptist, as well as on Saturday night before Easter.[citation needed] Bonfires are also a feature of Walpurgis Night in central and northern Europe, and the celebrations on the eve of St. John's Day in Spain.
Bonfire traditions of early spring, known as in German, lit on the Sunday following Ash Wednesday (Funkensonntag), are widespread throughout the Alemannic German speaking regions of Europe and in parts of France. The burning of "winter in effigy" at the Sechseläuten in Zürich (introduced in 1902) is inspired by this Alemannic tradition. In Austria "Osterfeuer" Easter Fire are widely usual, but also regulated in cities, districts and countries to hold down the effected annual high of PM10-dust immission; besides there are "Sonnwendfeuer" on the evening of 21. June.
There's just one thing before I go
You are the sweetest boy I know
I've lived my whole life in the past
I awoke last night at last
I thought I'd finally won your heart that forever never part
And in sweet love we would grow old
Now I'm just a scavenger in the cold
I'm just a scavenger
All I can do is wish you well
And light the bonfires of hell
Honey, you hurt me bad this time
I'm burning everything I find
You hurt me bad this time
You nearly tore me from my mind
Before I knew I had been hurt
She laid her hair across your shirt
She laid her hair
All I can do is wish you well
And light the bonfires of hell
There's just one thing before I go
You are the sweetest boy I know
You are the sweetest boy
If there's a sun I'll watch it rise
To dry the tears out of my eyes
If there's a river you can bet
There'll be a sea from my heart yet