I've got a sickening feeling
My life is standing still
It's clear that fate is closing in
But this is the life I choose
I've got so much time to kill
Born to lose, I'll die to win
Burn, baby burn, 'cause it feels so good
I'm getting on my own nerves
And I get no satisfaction
Till I light it up and I burn it down
One match lights my fire
And it starts a chain reaction
That burns my crooked past to the ground
Burn, baby burn, 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire, my desire to burn
I hear the darkness call
The sirens are growing near
It's time I make my great escape
The flames are getting tall
Inside my rear view mirror
Just a spark is all it takes
Burn, baby burn, 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire
I've got the fire, burning desire
And it burns, yeah, baby it burns
It burns; yeah, it burns, hotter than hell
Sifting the damage done
I'm burning up all the proof
I won't be going down in flames
At large, I'm on the run
They're tightening up the noose
It's too late; I need to get away
Burn, baby burn, 'cause it feels so good
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
My life is standing still
It's clear that fate is closing in
But this is the life I choose
I've got so much time to kill
Born to lose, I'll die to win
And I get no satisfaction
Till I light it up and I burn it down
One match lights my fire
And it starts a chain reaction
That burns my crooked past to the ground
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire, my desire to burn
The sirens are growing near
It's time I make my great escape
The flames are getting tall
Inside my rear view mirror
Just a spark is all it takes
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
Fire, I've got the fire
Fire, burning desire
I've got the fire, burning desire
And it burns, yeah, baby it burns
It burns; yeah, it burns, hotter than hell
I'm burning up all the proof
I won't be going down in flames
At large, I'm on the run
They're tightening up the noose
It's too late; I need to get away
Burn, baby burn like I knew it would
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Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine explained the song's meaning during Hardradio.com's Shockwave podcast: "'Burn' is, obviously, about fire," he said. "The song is about somebody who's got a questionable past, and rather than doing the obvious, what most people do, lying about it, he just burns it up. There is no proof; there is just a bunch of ashes behind him. And if people try and figure out what this guy is about, they need to sift through the ashes to try and find any proof. I am not an arsonist - I don't condone lighting fires and stuff like that, so I don't want anybody to get the wrong message - but it's basically about somebody who's got a questionable past and is trying to make a new start, but he's doing it in a very questionable way."