Songs & Lyrics
Burning Bright (Field on Fire)
“Burning Bright (Field on Fire)” appears on Not The Actual Events (2016) and has returned in setlists across multiple touring eras.
- Record type
- Lyrics available
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First record
- Halo 29 · Not The Actual Events
- Known versions
- 2
Song details
About This Song
Two titled versions are documented.
- Classification
- Official NIN composition
- First documented release
- Halo 29 · Not The Actual Events
- Release date
- December 23, 2016
- Track position
- 5
- Running time
- 5:50
- Tempo
- 128 BPM
- Known versions
- 2
Live History
- Performance span
- I Can't Seem To Wake Up 2017 through Cold And Black And Infinite Tour
Versions
- Burning Bright (Field On Fire)
- Burning Bright (Field On Fire) (Instrumental)
Sources: NIN Wiki — Burning Bright (Field On Fire), revision 69668 (reviewed September 28, 2026). NIN Wiki song record
Words
Lyrics
Of course I am
As if I ever had a choice
Back to what I always knew I was
On the inside
Back to what I really am
Look at this pathetic place I made
With little bits of sticks and hair
And anything I found along the way
And tell yourself, you know?
You're not really what you know you are
You know?
Of course you do
I think I may have even listened to you
I think I may have even listened to you
At the height of my demise
Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe…
Break through the surface and breathe
I am forgiven
I am free
I am a field on fire
And oh my God, I have missed you
It has been so long
And I am stronger than I have ever been in my decline
I am stronger than I have ever been in my decline
For now I know, now I know, now I know for certain
Now I know for certain
Oh, burn motherfucker
Carry the carcass and throw it on
Pull up a chair and watch
The flies come roaring out
And will surround the entire world
And blacken out the sky and every last one of you
Like a plague of locusts
Like an exit
Like an end
Like an end
Like an end
Like the end
Breathe, breathe, breathe, breathe…
Break through the surface and breathe
I am forgiven
I am free
I am a field on fire
I can't tell if I am dreaming anymore
Now I know for certain
Shedding any
Burn motherfucker
Like an end
Like an end
Like the fucking end
Like the end
It's getting hard to know which side is the dream
Lyrics reproduced with permission for non-profit educational use.
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