World On Fire

Album: Afterglow (2003)
Charted: 72
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  • Hearts are worn in these dark ages
    You're not alone in this story's pages
    The light has fallen amongst the living and the dying
    And I'll try to hold it in, yeah, I'll try to hold it in

    The world's on fire, it's more than I can handle
    Tap into the water, try to bring my share
    Try to bring more, more than I can handle
    Bring it to the table, bring what I am able

    I watch the heavens but I find no calling
    Something I can do to change what's coming
    Stay close to me while the sky is falling
    I don't wanna be left alone, don't wanna be alone

    The world's on fire, it's more than I can handle
    Tap into the water, try to bring my share
    Try to bring more, more than I can handle
    Bring it to the table, bring what I am able

    Hearts break, hearts mend
    Love still hurts
    Visions clash, planes crash
    Still there's talk of
    Saving souls, still the cold
    Is closing in on us

    We part the veil on our killer sun
    Stray from the straight line on this short run
    The more we take the less we become
    The fortune of one man means less for some

    The world's on fire, it's more than I can handle
    Tap into the water, try to bring my share
    Try to bring more, more than I can handle
    Bring it to the table, bring what I am able

    The world's on fire, it's more than I can handle
    Tap into the water, try to bring my share
    Try to bring more, more than I can handle
    Bring it to the table, bring what I am able Writer/s: Pierre Marchand, Sarah McLachlan
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 5

  • Amber from San Francisco, CaI always suspected that this song was written about 9/11 but I was never positive until I read this page. Such a beautiful song, but did you expect anything less from Sarah? She is truly one of the greatest and most talented artists of our time and I have always been a fan of hers.
  • Kami from New York City, NyI love this song. Sarah McLachlan made a great video. I knew that it's good to give money. I never thought of taking movey I'd spend on like a shopping spree and using it on something good
  • Nader Balata from Toronto, CanadaSarah had said in many interviews that this song is a response to the 911 attacks. Incidentally, if you watch the video it seems like a message about the worsening conditions of Africa.
  • Eric from Brantford, CanadaWhen asked why she wrote this song, I have heard a number of stories from Sarah. The most obvious is the 9/11 attacks on New York, but there's still more. I think it might have something to do with her own life.
  • Andrew from Ny, Nyi lost 2 friends in the towers. healing is still being done.
    songs like theis, and the boss's, really help.
    thank u!
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