Burn

Five years after the release of The Underkill, Billy Burke returns with a brand new song inspired by Fire Country, CBS’ top new broadcast series of the 2022/2023 season where Billy plays Battalion Chief Vince Leone.

Burn, written and performed by Billy and produced by Tom Polce, is featured in episode 1×11, Mama Bear, broadcast on Friday, Jan. 20, 2023. On the same day CBS releases the song on all major streaming platforms. They also release a music video that includes clips from the show and footage of Billy recording in the studio. In a September interview, Billy mentioned the possibility of singing again on screen, making all his fans cross their fingers: “We’ve actually talked about it,” he said. “It’s not out of the realm of possibility.” A few months later, that possibility has become reality, giving Billy the opportunity to showcase his musical talents on a prime time show and therefore “get a lil widespread love in a pretty cool way.”

(Cover art by Lena Parker-Duncan // Photography by James Minchin)

lyrics

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Home, it’s a fragile place
It’s a million-pound gorilla in a tiny space
And I know I ain’t been around too much
I know it’s hard for everyone to keep in touch

Someone throws a match on a memory
There’s only one or two ways it can turn

It’s either gonna burn
Or it’s gonna fade away
And find that place where no one gets to save the day again
I know not everything is a-ok
If it fades away
It’s gonna burn

Blow like a winded flame
Put the wet stuff on the red stuff
And go your way
Bone dry and blistered
Doesn’t matter if she misses you
You’re gonna miss her
 
Even when together we’re lonely
But lonely’s catching up with me here

It’s either gonna burn
Or it’s gonna fade away
And find that place where no one gets to save the day again

I know not everything seems the same as it was
But if it fades away
It’s gonna burn
Burn
Burn
Burn

No, I can’t save this place
These embers all around us are waiting to blow up
In our faces

So it’s gonna burn
Or it’s gonna fade away
And find that place where no one gets to save the day again
And though not every flame burns the same
And this one fades away
It’s gonna burn

[Additional lyrics for acoustic version:]

Home, nothing takes its place
And everything but you and me can be replaced
So I won’t let us burn

music video

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