Anonymous  +  926395 Sat, 03 Oct 09 02:10 PM Cause when the music stops, you can't be standin' there, if you wanna be a winner at musical chairs In the final round Now it's the moment of truth, it's gettin' down the wire, you're burnin' up the side with musical fire.       What does the sentence 'getting down the wire' and 'you're burning up the side' mean?   Thank you so much!     Anonymous Sentences, Arts, Music

	Avangi  +  926480 Sat, 03 Oct 09 03:40 PM I haven't heard "up the side." "Getting down the wire" is a shortened form of "It's/we're getting down to the wire."  I understand "the wire" to be the marker for the end of a race. "It's getting down to the wire" is a very common expression meaning, "It's time for us to make a decision," or "We'll soon know who the winner is," or "We'll soon know what the answer is/will be." Avangi Joined on Mon, Nov 19 2007 Veteran Member 8,180 ". . . le plaisir delicieux et toujours nouveau d'une occupation inutile." - Henri de Regnier Expressions