What It Is to Burn (song)

"What It Is to Burn"
Single by Finch
from the album What It Is to Burn
Released	2003
Format	CD
Genre	Alternative rock, post-hardcore
Length	4:29
Label	Drive-Thru
Writer(s)	Nate Barcalow
Finch singles chronology
"Letters to You" (2002) "What It Is to Burn" (2003) "New Beginnings" (2003)

"What It Is to Burn" is the title track off the album What It Is to Burn by the U.S. post-hardcore band Finch. It was released as a single in 2003 and was featured in the pilot episode of One Tree Hill. There was a demo version of the song released on the Drive-Thru Records compilation CD Welcome to the Family in 2001. In an interview with AOL, lead singer, Nate Barcalow says he wrote this song from the viewpoint of a man in hell sending a letter to his loved one.

Official versions

• "What It Is to Burn" - 4:29
• "What It Is to Burn" (Demo) - 4:51

External links

• AOL interview
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics