Burning In The Skies

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Template:Infobox single "Burning In The Skies" is the third track on A Thousand Suns, as well as the album's fourth single. The song features prominent use of piano and ambient electronics, and also features a guitar solo during the bridge. The song's verses are composed in 6/4 time, while the choruses are in 4/4. Along with its uniqueness, it is one of few Linkin Park songs to feature fingerpicked guitar.

Background

In reference to the Robert J. Oppenheimer speech in "The Radiance" that precedes the song, the band felt that the speeches used on the album were connected to the world in a way that the lyrics could not convey, the speeches bringing a new emotional aspect to the songs. The speeches resonated with the songs in a different way than by themselves, giving the songs a stronger emotional punch.[1]

Tracklist

CD Single

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1 Burning In The Skies Linkin Park 4:13
2 Blackout (Live) Linkin Park 4:36

Music Video

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Studio

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
Burning In The Skies A Thousand Suns

Burning In The Skies

Transformers: Dark Of The Moon - The Album (RUS Edition)

4:13 2008-2010 September 8, 2010
Burning In The Skies (Edit) Burning In The Skies (UK Radio CD) 4:01 2008-2010 2011
  • Shortened intro.

Live

Title Album Length Recorded Released Notes
Burning In The Skies (Live From Hamburg, 2011) A Thousand Suns - Live Around The World 4:12 June 21, 2011 June 19, 2012

Live

"Burning In The Skies" had a short run in the setlists. Initially, the chorus of the song was exclusively sung over the extended bridge of "Bleed It Out" starting at the show in Chile until the show in Melbourne, Australia, where the song got its full debut alongside "Blackout", right after "Numb". The song was then played periodically throughout 2011. During the 2011 North American Tour, the song was only included in Set C-5 and C-6, after "Waiting For The End". The song was played a bit more frequently on the 2011 European and Asian tours, however. In Sets A and C, it was played right after "Waiting For The End", though it was dropped for the first time Set A was played in Irvine, California and in Imola, Italy, both of which were shortened shows for festivals. Despite how few times the song was performed in full, the chorus of the song did continue to be sung over the extended bridge of "Bleed It Out", usually in conjunction with the first verse and bridge of "A Place For My Head". After the A Thousand Suns tour cycle ended, "Burning In The Skies" was dropped from the setlists, and hasn't been performed since.

Promotion

Personnel

Lyrics

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I used the deadwood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies
I filled my cup with the rising of the sea
And poured it out in an ocean of debris
Oh
 
I'm swimming in the smoke / of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve
 
We held our breath when the clouds began to form
But you were lost in the beating of the storm
And in the end we were made to be apart
Like separate chambers of the human heart
Oh
 
I'm swimming in the smoke / of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve
It's in the blackened bones / of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve
 
Oh, woah, oh, oh
Oh
 
I'm swimming in the smoke / of bridges I have burned
So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve
The blame is mine alone / for bridges I have burned
So don't apologize / I'm losing what I don't deserve
What I don't deserve
What I don't deserve, oh, woah
What I don't deserve
 
I used the deadwood to make the fire rise
The blood of innocence burning in the skies

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In Other Media

  • "Burning In The Skies" was released in 2010 as part of a DLC for the 2010 videogame Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock.
  • "Burning In The Skies" is featured in the 2012 film The Expendables 2.
  • "Burning In The Skies" is featured in the 2014 film How To Train Your Dragon 2.

External Links

References

  1. NME, September 6, 2010