In their recent video, “The Making of Head on Fire” Griff and Sigrid said that this song is about that moment when you really can’t get someone out of your head. Griff also noted that this was her first time working with another artist rather than just a producer.
[Verse 1: Sigrid]
Oh, I think I've lost my senses
Am I walkin' straight into
A burnin' light, a burnin' light? Yeah
'Cause I tossed and turned the covers
Tried to make a shape of you
But didn't quite work how I'd like
[Pre-Chorus: Sigrid]
I'm tryna find you in a crowd again
You were there, then you were gone
Now I'm tracin' all my steps to you
And oh, my God, oh
[Chorus: Griff & Sigrid]
I think I'm losin' my mind
Over here, over you, every night
Both hands holding on to the wire
Impossible fight
Over here, without you, every night
Sittin' here with my head on fire
[Verse 2: Griff]
And all the faces here are blurry
And the only thing I see
Is you and me, yeah (Oh), is you and me, yeah, oh
I zone out of conversation
I try to focus, but it's not
That easy, that easy
[Pre-Chorus: Griff]
I'm tryna find you in a crowd again
You were there, then you were gone
Now I'm tracin' all my steps to you
And oh, my God, oh
[Chorus: Griff & Sigrid]
I think I'm losin' my mind
Over here, over you, every night
Both hands holding on to the wire
Impossible fight
Over here, without you, every night
Sittin' here with my head on fire
[Post-Chorus: Griff & Sigrid]
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Sittin' here with my head on fire
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Sittin' here with my head on fire
[Bridge: Griff, Sigrid, Both]
Yeah, I've been sittin' here with my head on fire
Tryin' not to burn, but it feels so right
I've been sitting here, hands on the wire
Trying not to fall, but I think I might
I've been sittin' here with my head on fire
Tryin' not to burn, but it feels so right
I've been sittin' here tryin' not to lose my mind
[Chorus: Griff & Sigrid]
I think I'm losin' my mind (Hey)
Over here, over you, every night (Oh)
Both hands holding on to the wire
Impossible fight (Oh)
Over here, without you, every night
Sittin' here with my head on fire (Oh)
[Post-Chorus: Griff & Sigrid]
Ooh, ooh, ooh (N-no, n-no, n-no, n-no, n-no, no, no)
Sittin' here with my head on fire (Ooh, ooh)
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Sittin' here with my head on fire
Griff & Sigrid released Head on Fire on Wed Jan 19 2022.
It’s about that feeling when you meet someone who just flips everything upside down and you can’t focus on anything else but that person. [Griff’s] just lovely, and it’s been so much fun working with her.
— Sigrid via NME
Griff and I met sharing a pizza at the Rueben Selby show at Fashion Week in London…We went to the studio a while later and just had a day of talking about life, before writing ‘Head On Fire’.
— Sigrid via NME
I’ve looked up to Sigrid so much, especially as a young girl who broke through making pow...