Burn The House Down

‘Burn The House Down’ is a song by the indie pop band AJR. It was used as the theme song for director Morgan Spurlock’s documentary, Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken. They wrote it once they watched it and said "We were blown away after watching the film, and we immediately connected with Morgan’s passion as an underdog trying to shed light on this corrupt giant… We wanted to create a song that captured that passion. If enough underdogs band together, real change can happen, and we wanted to help inspire that change in “Burn the House Down.”

[Verse 1: Jack] Used to keep it cool Used to be a fool All about the bounce in my step Watch it on the news Whatcha gonna do? I could hit refresh and forget Used to keep it cool [Verse 2: Jack] Should I keep it light? Stay out of the fight? No one’s gonna listen to me If I write a song Preaching what is wrong Will they let me sing on TV? Should I keep it light? Is that right? [Chorus] Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line You’re only serving lies You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down We gon’ burn the whole house down [Verse 3: Jack] Yeah, used to let it go Walk into the show Gawking at the tricks up your sleeve Too good to be truth- Full, I’m in a room Full of entertainers and thieves Used to let it go Woah, oh no (Woah, oh no) [Chorus] Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line You’re only serving lies You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down We gon’ burn the whole house down [Bridge: Jack] (We gon’ burn the whole house down) Should I hang my head low? Should I bite my tongue? Or should I march with every stranger from Twitter to get shit done? Used to hang my head low Now I hear it loud Every stranger from Twitter is gonna burn this down [Chorus] Way up way up we go Been up and down that road Way up way up, oh no We gon’ burn the whole house down Watch me stand in the line (whoa oh) You’re only serving lies (yeah) You’ve got something to hide We gon’ burn the whole house down Woah oh, yeah We gon’ burn the whole house down We burn it down, we burn it down We gon’ burn the whole house down