During this time, both Cash and Carter were married, but both of them loved each other. With June Carter being Johnny’s song writer and always traveling with him, it made staying faithful to their spouses even more complicated. But in this first verse, he sings of how love of another woman has made his life intricate. He feels as if this burning passion inside him was like standing in a ring of fire. Singing of being “bound by wild desire” was for him knowing that Carter was the woman he forever wanted, a feeling, which placed him even deeper into the ring of fire. Although at this point he has remained faithful, later in the song he sings,
“The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild”
He realizes that he does not have this love with his current wife, and desires this love with a burning passion. When he is with June, his heart is happy and his love is pure. But this…show more content… He was able to find his new stronghold within the Lord, rather than with the demons of this world. After finding his love for the Lord once again, Cash stated, “The Master of Life's been good to me. He has given me strength to face past illnesses, and victory in the face of defeat. He has given me life and joy where other saw oblivion. He has given new purpose to live for, new services to render and old wounds to heal. Life and love go on, let the music play.” A good friend once told me, that by making God your first priority, all your other priorities will fall perfectly into place. This encompassed exactly what Johnny accurately depicted throughout his song. Once again, he felt as if his life was fully complete. Later in the album, comes the song “Remember Me.” Critics highly debate the lyrics to the song and whether Johnny was talking about his new Savior or his new love June Carter. The song
