Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
Ellie Goulding
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Ellie Goulding & BURNS
“Burn” is a song by English recording artist Ellie Goulding from Halcyon Days (2013), the reissue of her second studio album, Halcyon (2012). Originally a demo by Leona Lewis, “Burn” was released by Goulding in July 2013 as the lead single from the reissue.
Upon its release, “Burn” was met with a m...
[Verse 1]
We
We don't have to worry 'bout nothing
'Cause we got the fire
And we're burning one hell of a something
They
They're gonna see us from outer space, outer space
Light it up
Like we're the stars of the human race, human race
[Pre-Chorus]
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud
Giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands
Shinin' up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fire
[Chorus]
And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
[Verse 2]
We don't wanna leave, no
We just wanna be right now, right, ri-ri-right now
And what we see
Is everybody's on the floor, actin' crazy, gettin' loco till the lights out
Music's on, I'm waking up
We start the fire, then we burn it up
And it's over now, we got the love
There's no sleepin' now, no sleepin' now, sleepin' now
[Pre-Chorus]
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud
Giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands
Shinin' up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fire
[Chorus]
And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud
Giving love to the world
[Post-Chorus]
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn (Ooh)
Burn, burn, burn, burn, burn, burn (Ooh)
[Bridge]
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can't put it out, out, out
[Pre-Chorus]
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud
Giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands
Shinin' up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fire
[Chorus]
And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn (Let it burn)
When the lights turned down
They don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud
Giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands (Burn, burn, burn, burn)
Shinin' up to the sky (We gonna let it burn, burn, let it burn)
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah, we got the fire, fire, fire
And we gonna let it burn
Burn was written by Ryan Tedder & Ellie Goulding & Greg Kurstin & Noel Zancanella & Brent Kutzle.
Burn was produced by Greg Kurstin.
Ellie Goulding released Burn on Fri Jul 05 2013.
Ryan Tedder, who helped co-write the song, had this to say in an interview with Billboard on how the song came to be:
“I wrote it on a tour bus in Chicago, me and Brent [Kutzle, of OneRepublic]. I was so ecstatic about the song that our show was probably delayed five minutes because I couldn’t stop...