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."
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."