Possible Clues:

• Old flames?
• Smouldering remains of romance at the end of four months
• Remains from a fire
• Remains in a hearth
• Smouldering coals or pieces of wood
• Remains of arms and legs, perhaps, but no head
• Recalls missing Stipe's band -- they're burnt out
• The dying residue of a fire
• Sept, Nov: Dec remains
• Bonfire remnants