Sex on Fire Lyrics

Lyric discussion by HinterlacH 

Cover art for Sex on Fire lyrics by Kings of Leon

I personaly dont think that this wonderful and great song is about sex. I think its about rehabing from drug abuse.

If you look at the video, the vocalist (Caleb Followill) is twisting and turning in a bed while beeing sweaty and disorientated, and almost has a panic expression on his face. All of this is very simular to the "hotel room rehab method"

All the way through the video is a struggle for Caleb. The other members in the band are holding him down in his bed, meening that they are there to help him through his rehabilitation.

All through out the video there are small hints of things that you cannot do while beeing in that perticular situation. Things like, eating, not sleeping, passing out, praying, beeing paroniod etc.

Even the title of the song gives it away alittle. Sex on Fire, wich could very well be about the so called "drugfever" that you go through while rehabilitating. "Sex" the drugs "On Fire" the fever.

At the timelaps 03.00 in the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHhhcKxflMY&feature=related) Caleb rises up out of his bed and lets black smoke come out of his mouth wich i think stands for the end of the addiction and that he now is clean.

Theses are just some random thoughts of mine, BUT REMEMBER! Your thoughts and feelings about what you think the video is about and means to you is very important. So if you dont agree with me, tell me what you think its about! I would love to hear what you think!!

KOL 4 Ever!

Cheers/ Anton Hinterlach

Song Meaning

I believe you are RIGHT in ur thoughts about this song. I have thought the same for a while now and am so glad to come on here and find less naive ppl as urself picking up on the real meaning to the song. Even the chicken that he eats in the videoI think is cold turkey!!!