I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
It's gonna burn for me to say this
But it's coming from the heart
It's been a long time coming
But we've been falling apart
Really wanna work this out
But I don't think you're gonna change
I do but you don't, think it's best we go our separate ways
Tell me why I should stay in this relationship
When I'm hurting baby, I ain't happy baby
Plus there's so many other things I gotta deal with
I think that you should let it burn
Sendin' pages I ain't supposed to
Got somebody here but I want you
'Cause the feeling ain't the same
Find myself callin' her your name
Now tell me do you understand?
All my fellas do you feel my pain?
It's the way I feel, I made a mistake
Now it's too late, she ain't coming back
What I gotta do now to get my shorty back?
Ooh-ooh
Man I don't know what I'm gonna do without my boo
You've been gone for too long
It's been fifty-eleven days, umpteen hours
I'll be burnin' till you return
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go
'Cause the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn, let it burn
Deep down you know it's best for yourself if you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
We know that it's through, let it burn
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go
'Cause the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn, let it burn
And deep down you know it's best for yourself if you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But when you know that it's over
We know that it's through, let it burn
Gotta let it burn
Gotta let it burn
But it's coming from the heart
It's been a long time coming
But we've been falling apart
Really wanna work this out
But I don't think you're gonna change
I do but you don't, think it's best we go our separate ways
Tell me why I should stay in this relationship
When I'm hurting baby, I ain't happy baby
Plus there's so many other things I gotta deal with
I think that you should let it burn
Sendin' pages I ain't supposed to
Got somebody here but I want you
'Cause the feeling ain't the same
Find myself callin' her your name
Now tell me do you understand?
All my fellas do you feel my pain?
It's the way I feel, I made a mistake
Now it's too late, she ain't coming back
What I gotta do now to get my shorty back?
Ooh-ooh
Man I don't know what I'm gonna do without my boo
You've been gone for too long
It's been fifty-eleven days, umpteen hours
I'll be burnin' till you return
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go
'Cause the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn, let it burn
Deep down you know it's best for yourself if you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But you know that it's over
We know that it's through, let it burn
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
When your feeling ain't the same and your body don't want to
But you know gotta let it go
'Cause the party ain't jumpin' like it used to
Even though this might bruise you
Let it burn, let it burn
And deep down you know it's best for yourself if you
Hate the thought of her being with someone else
But when you know that it's over
We know that it's through, let it burn
Gotta let it burn
Gotta let it burn
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Burn Lyrics as written by Jermaine Dupri Usher Raymond
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