Trend: Fire

"Tonight, we are young. So we set the world on fire, we can go higher than the sun." (We Are Young - Fun) This song represents youth. Youth is generally when most suicides occur. It is literally suggesting for a group of teenagers to burn the world because they are young.

"Somebody call 911, shawty's fire burning on the dance floor." (Fire Burning - Sean Kingston) There is an adolescent girl being burnt whilst dancing on the dance floor. People are watching since there is a clear witness. 


"Cause I'm T.N.T., I'm dynamite." (T.N.T. - AC/DC) There is a man that could potentially explode since he is or at least has dynamite in his system. 


"'Cause I told you once. Now I told you twice. We gon' light it up like it's dynamite." (Dynamite - Taio Cruz) Again, the artist suggests for the people to set something on fire. He told you two times already. 


"'Cause baby you're a firework...make them go ah ah ah as you shoot across the sky." (Firework - Katy Perry) I really hope you do not take this one literally; you are an explosive, and you are supposed to blow everybody's mind as you blow yourself up.


First, to make some things clear, I would like to say I am not saying music is cynical because of its lyrics. (Although, in some way it is, but I don't mean this entry that way. Plus, I'm not against music being cynical.) 


I know Burn Journals is not entirely related with the actual, physical fire he used to kill himself. I am not sure if the author interprets the fire as I do. But what I have encountered is that the fire is a metaphoric tool understood as what made him comprehend his life, and what it really was. 


These quotes just demonstrate the impulse humanity has on fire. Why is fire always used as a metaphorical device?