Song Review: Burn - Ellie Goulding

Title: Burn
Artist: Ellie Goulding
Album: Halcyon Days
Release Date: July 5th, 2013
Record Label: Polydor Ltd
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"Burn"

We, we don't have to worry 'bout nothing
'Cause we got the fire, and we're burning one hell of a something
They, they gonna see us from outer space (outer space)
Light it up, like we're the stars of the human race (human race)

When the light's turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

We don't wanna leave, no. We just wanna be right now (r-r-right now)
And what we see, is everybody's on the floor acting crazy getting loco til the lights out
Music's on, I'm waking up, we stop the fire and we burn it up
And it's over now, we got the love, there's no sleeping now, no sleeping now (sleeping now)

When the light's turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

When the light's turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world

We gonna let it burn burn burn burn (burn burn)
Burn burn burn burn (burn burn)

We can light it up, up, up
So they can put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can put it out, out, out
We can light it up, up, up
So they can put it out, out, out

When the light's turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
Gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn
We gonna let it burn, burn, burn, burn

When the light's turned down, they don't know what they heard
Strike the match, play it loud, giving love to the world
We'll be raising our hands, shining up to the sky
'Cause we got the fire, fire, fire
Yeah we got the fire, fire, fire

And we gonna let it burn

I have an... interesting relationship with Ellie's Music. This is because her voice is so pretty but I feel like she can do more with it. Sure, her music is catchy, but with her range and ethereal voice, I think she can move on from just pop music.

This song had a LOT of background music that, obviously, fit the idea but made me a bit iffy. Not sure how I feel about it. As well, she kind of sounded...dead. The idea of the song is basically about letting loose and having fun, but it didn't sound like Ellie was having fun. It kind of just sounded... dull.

It's still very catchy and easy to dance to! It's on the radio all the time. The video is also quite gorgeous as well as the bridge because it's just some basic piano. I recommend this song to dance to, but it wouldn't be something I'd sing if I was doing a concert or a recital.