“World on Fire” is a song by American rock band Daughtry. Written by lead singer Chris Daughtry, it is the first single from their sixth studio album, Dearly Beloved. It was released on August 13, 2020, via Dogtree Records as the album’s lead single.
The song is about the COVID-19 pandemic, the Geo...
[Verse 1]
Going down like a dead man walking
One step from a body in a coffin
Just one, one of the fallen
Waking up to a blood moon, howling
Can't drown it out, even with the medicine
Tearing through me like a bullet of adrenaline
[Pre-Chorus]
Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening
[Chorus]
Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
[Verse 2]
Stressed out, head trauma, took a beating
Takes more than a pill to numb the feeling
Bang, bang, no mercy for the healing
Oh, 20 dead without a fight, without a reason
20 more in a cop car, bleeding
All tryna win a war without a meaning
[Chorus]
Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
World on fire
World on fire
[Pre-Chorus]
Arms heavy, face down on a death bed
Blame the gods while choking on the violence
In the end, silence is deafening
[Chorus]
Can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
Fire
Yeah, can you hear the crowd like a thousand sirens?
In the night like thunder striking
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
World on fire
(World on fire, world on fire, yeah)
(World on fire, world on fire, world on fire)
[Outro]
The sickness is rising, the angels are crying
That's the sound of a world on fire
World On Fire was written by Marti Frederiksen & Scott Stevens & Chris Daughtry.
World On Fire was produced by Scott Stevens & Marti Frederiksen.
Daughtry released World On Fire on Thu Aug 13 2020.
I wrote it in January, when Australia was on fire. We got the song done, then the whole pandemic happened, George Floyd, everything started happening. If was as if we had a crystal ball. Let’s just say it’s very timely.
–Chris Daughtry via IdolChatteryd (2020
The song debuted at number 38 on Billboard’s Mainstream Rock Songs Airplay chart. This marks the first time Daughtry has appeared on the chart in 12 years since their single “Crashed” made its final appearance on the chart on February 2, 2008.