Lyric discussion by bontemps504 

Cover art for Pyro lyrics by Kings of Leon

On their website Caleb says that he was inspired to write this song because of something he saw on the news. He said that it was about a Christian group that lived way up in the mountains (kind of like a cult) and federal agents went to go an investigate and they ended up killing everyone there.

Yeah, I thought he was referring to Ruby Ridge, not sure though. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Ridge

Also the burning theme could have something to do with the Waco Siege. Just a thought...

llscience - you are correct. I was listening to XM radio the other day and Caleb was talking about his inspiration for the song.