Songs & Lyrics
Burn
“Burn” appears on Beside You In Time (2007) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 22 · Beside You In Time
- Known versions
- 2
Song details
About This Song
Two titled versions are documented.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 22 · Beside You In Time
- Release date
- February 27, 2007
- Track position
- 8
- Running time
- 4:58
- Tempo
- 90 BPM
- Known versions
- 2
Track Credits
- Credit
- Produced and engineered by Trent Reznor
- Credit
- Assisted by Leo Herrera
- Credit
- Recorded at South Beach Studios
- Credit
- Additional drums by Chris Vrenna
Live History
- Performance span
- Self Destruct Touring Cycle · Live: With Teeth through present
- Live debut
- August 11, 1994 · Fairfax, VA
Versions
- Burn
- Burn (Beside You In Time)
Related Records
Sources: NIN Wiki — Burn (song), revision 69766 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
This world threw me away
This world never gave me a chance
This world gonna have to pay
Well I don't believe in your institutions
I did what you wanted me to
And like the cancer in your system
I've got a little surprise for you
Something inside of me
Has opened up its eyes
Why did you put it there?
Did you not realize?
This thing inside of me
It screams the loudest sound
Sometimes I think I could
Burn
I look down at where you're standing
Flock of sheep all on display
With all your lies piled up around you
I can take it all away
Something inside of me
Has opened up its eyes
Why did you put it there?
Did you not realize?
This thing inside of me
It screams the loudest sound
Sometimes I think I could
I'm gonna burn this whole world down
I never was a part of you
I am your savior
I am corruption
I am the angel
Of your destruction
I am perversion
Secret desire
I am your future
Swallowed up in fire
With all your lies propped up around you
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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