BURN

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* "INSIDE MY HOUSE"

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"**BURN**", also registered as "**Burn**", is a released song by James Lares. It is the fourth, and final track that is featured on his debut extended play (EP), *INSIDE MY HOUSE*. It was released on August 12th, 2022 as his debut single, and re-released on July 15th, 2023.

## Background

Before the official release or announcements, Lares quoted a partial lyric of this song on his Twitter on February 8th, 2022. A day later, Lares had teased the entire chorus of this song on his Twitter, replying "#exactly" with a screenshot of the lyric attached to it. The person Lares replied with has since then been taken down or deleted.

Starting August 1st, 2022, Lares began posted a snippet of this song to all his socials promoting it as his independent debut single.

The lyric video was released on August 13th, 2022 on YouTube to promote the single more, being the first song on the EP to have a lyric video.

## Theme

During the announcement on August 1st, 2022, Lares explained the theme of this song on his Instagram post:

## Lyrics

**[Chorus]**

I'd rather burn

Than to have to let you know

'Cause you know me so well

Yet you can't see me in this hell

You say a thousand things

That you would kill, just to save me

You say a thousand things

But i just can't let you be in

Pain, just to try to save me

Better off really not knowing

The things I go through daily

**[Verse 1]**

You say that you wanna know

But I can't let you heal my soul

The past I can't let it go

I can't let it be your goal

**[Bridge]**

I know that someday

You'll find your way to the truth away

You know it's hard to say

The truth of how you feel somedays

I have to learn that there are stars

In the sky, so we can shine-ine-ine-ine

**[Chorus]**

I'd rather burn

Than to have to let you know

'Cause you know me so well

Yet you can't see me in this hell

You say a thousand things

That you would kill, just to save me

You say a thousand things

But i just can't let you be in

Pain, just to try to save me

Better off really not knowing

The things I go through daily

**[Outro]**

You know you have power, push it to my core,

And if we're falling we can fuse our souls, yeah

Yeah, grab me and please don't let me go

We can share our knowledge till we find our home

## Videos

James Lares - BURN (Official Lyric Video)James Lares - BURN (Snippet)
## Trivia

* The cover art was created by his friend, smokiazo, the same illustrator who created the cover art for *INSIDE MY HOUSE*.
* This is the shortest track on the EP (2:51), while the longest is "KEEP YOU CLOSE" (4:27).
* Lares quoted a lyric from this song on his Twitter on February 17th 2023.
* According to the tweet from February 8th, 2022, the hook from the chorus originally had the word, "*myself*" on it; while "*to have to*" was removed, hence to the original: *"I'd rather burn myself than let you know"* instead of *"I'd rather burn than to have to let you know"*.
* This is the only song on the EP that did not get a promotional photo, mostly because it was already introduced.
* Based on Tunebat, the song's greatest quality is its energy (67 out of 100).
* On Lares' Spotify profile, this song is the most popular with over 1k streams.

## References

1. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/KEEP-YOU-CLOSE-James-Lares/5lxaXKoBW6ZjLgHymOTckR
2. ↑ https://music.apple.com/us/album/inside-my-house-ep/1696544309
5. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgs0xhMj7vP/
7. ↑ https://tunebat.com/Info/BURN-James-Lares/2eZa439rNw0VXaNG7zpERk