Fire

"Fire" is the first track on the album Out Of Ashes by Dead By Sunrise. It was first released on September 1, 2009 on the band's MySpace page and on September 9 as part of the soundtrack album for the Japanese film Tajomaru.

Background

Chester originally wrote the song to deal with his personal feeling about God, but it was changed lyrically to make it more about a relationship between two people rather than a relationship between him and his God. He said the song is about feeling alone and knowing that even at that moment you can look up or look outward and know you're not alone.

Speaking to The Aquarian Weekly about the song, Chester Bennington said:

"That song took a few different lyrical changes. It started out one way that was really like a sad story using interesting metaphors and that’s where the name ‘Fire’ came from. The lyric that inspired the title was, ‘There’s a fire in our hearts that’s the reason why the tears keep falling, to put out the fires that our hearts are starting.’ That’s where it came from, [but] the melodies didn’t quite seem to fit. So I started over, and kind of just ran with that, and went with a more spiritual path of getting through the tougher times. Some people may look at that song and just say, ‘Oh he must have wrote that about someone who passed on.’ Or, ‘Wow that’s really sad.’ Or some people may see it as a spiritual thing, looking up at the heavens, and you know that there is something greater than yourself that’s with you all the time. This is probably one of those songs that is written with a Linkin Park sort of a touch, because it’s more open in general.

Songs like ‘Condemned’ and songs like ‘Inside of Me’ are pretty straightforward—there is no question as to what those songs are about. This one the fact that it can be seen in so many different ways is what makes it special, and I think that’s what going to give it the ability to connect with people in a much deeper way then perhaps other songs on the record. Oh, and by the way, ‘Give Me Your Name,’ I wrote that song for my wife for our wedding."

Talking about the song to BBC Radio 1, he said, "It's the first thing you hear on the album. It has these really cool, sweeping guitars and the music for it... the beat and everything is really cool. I think it really sets the tone for the album."

Tracklist

Digital Single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Fire	Chester Bennington, Amir Derakh, Ryan Shuck, Anthony "Fu" Valcic	3:50

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Fire	Fire Tajomaru Out Of Ashes Fire / Crawl Back In	3:50	2007-2009	September 1, 2009
Fire	Demos	4:25			Home demo. Different lyrics. Different structure. Bridge used as chorus. Released on LPLive for free download on March 20, 2018.
Fire	Out Of Ashes Instrumentals	3:54	2007-2009		Official instrumental version.

Live

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Fire (Live)	Let Down (EU Single)	4:07	October 7, 2009	January 18, 2010

Live

"Fire" was debuted during Linkin Park's 2009 summer tour at the show in Stuttgart as the first song in the first encore of Linkin Park's set. After the first show, it was moved to the second song, after "Crawl Back In". Once Dead By Sunrise started touring for the promotion of Out Of Ashes, "Fire" was a part of the short, eleven song set, being featured after "Morning After". During the KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas performance, since "Morning After" was dropped, the song was played after "Condemned" for the first time, and once the band embarked on their Asian tour in 2010, "Fire" was used to open the shows. The song maintained this position for the remainder of the Asian and European tours.

Personnel

Dead By Sunrise

• Chester Bennington
• Ryan Shuck
• Amir Derakh
• Elias Andra
• Brandon Belsky
• Anthony "Fu" Valcic

Production

• Howard Benson: producer
• Tom Whalley: executive producer
• Mike Plotnikoff: recorder
• Chris Lord-Alge: mixer

Lyrics

Album Version

No need to hear your voice or see your face
To know that you are with me
No need to kiss your lips or hold your hand
To know that you can feel me
I know that you can feel me

When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)
When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)

No need to get locked up inside the past
I know it isn't changing (Oh, oh, oh)
No need to let you go or say goodbye
I know that you'll be waiting
Know that you'll be waiting

When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)
When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)

On the other side!
On the other side!

I've got to find a way
To keep my pain from burning down to the bone
I've got to find a way
To keep my pain from burning down to the bone
Down to the bone!

When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)
When I look to the stars
I know just where you are
You're looking down upon me (you're looking down upon me)

Demo Version

Fire / fire in a sky up above
There's a sea that's burning
Fueled by the wind cause the earth is turning
Fire / fire in the ground down below
It's a sea that's burning
Fueled by the earth that was wildly turning
Fire / fire in our eyes
That's the reason why our tears keep falling
To put out the fires that our hearts are starting

Find a way to keep my flesh from burning
Down to the bone
Down to the bone
Find a way to keep my flesh from burning
Down to the bone
Down to the
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone

Fire / fire in a sky up above
There's a sea that's burning
Fueled by the wind cause the earth is turning
Fire / fire in our eyes
That's the reason why our tears keep falling
To put out the fires that our hearts are starting

Find a way to keep my flesh from burning
Down to the bone
Down to the
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone

Down to the
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone
(Bone, bone, bone)
Down to the bone

Find a way to keep my flesh from burning

Gallery

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  Digital single

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  Japanese promo

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  Tajomaru

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  Dead By Sunrise song board

In Other Media

• "Fire" is featured in the 2009 film Tajomaru and was included in its soundtrack album.

External Links

• Fire (The Roxy Theatre 2009) - Dead By Sunrise TV