Burn!
Super Collider
2013
Duration: 4:16
Track number: 3
Writers
Lyrics by: Dave Mustaine
Music by: Dave Mustaine
Theme
A song about living with reckless abandon and embracing a destructive path, summarized by the mantra **'Born to lose, I'll die to win'**. The constant urging to **'Burn!'** refers to igniting chaos, finding a perverse sense of 'satisfaction' in self-immolation and destruction, and symbolically burning down a 'crooked past' to make a 'great escape' from fate.
Lyrics
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 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
Solo - Dave
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 one**
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**
