I burned what end of the candle I had to burn,

I remember when the candle shop burned down. Everyone stood around singing 'Happy Birthday.'

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.

and everything burned in blue, everything a star

Most of the material actually burned up. Propylene will burn fairly quickly, without a lot of residue,

Last week the candle factory burned down. Everyone just stood around and sang Happy Birthday.