Fall Out Boy - We Didn't Start the Fire (Lyric Video)

I thought about this song a lot when I was younger. All these important people and events- some that disappeared into the sands of time- others that changed the world forever. So much has happened in the span of the last 34 years- we felt like a little system update might be fun. Hope you like our take on it…

FOLLOW FALL OUT BOY

LYRICS

Captain Planet
Arab Spring
LA Riots Rodney King
Deep fakes
Earthquakes
Iceland volcano
Oklahoma City bomb
Kurt Cobain
Pokémon
Tiger Woods
MySpace
Monsanto GMOs

Harry Potter
Twilight
Michael Jackson dies
Nuclear accident Fukushima Japan
Crimean peninsula
Cambridge analytica
Kim Jong Un
Robert Downey Jr Iron Man

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it

More war in Afghanistan
Cubs go all the way again
Obama
Spielberg
Explosion Lebanon
Unabomber
Bobbit, John
Bombing Boston marathon
Balloon Boy
War on terror
Qanon

Trump gets impeached twice
Polar bears got no ice
Fyre fest
Black Parade
Michael Phelps
Y2K
Boris Johnson
Brexit
Kanye West
Taylor Swift
Stranger Things
Tiger King
Ever given suez

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it

Sandy Hook
Columbine
Sandra Bland and Tamir Rice
ISIS
Lebron James
Shinzo Abe blown away
Meghan Markle
George Floyd
Burj Khalifa
Metroid
Fermi paradox
Venus and Serena

Michael Jordan 23
YouTube killed MTV
Spongebob
Golden State Killer caught
Michael Jordan 45
Woodstock ‘99
Keaton Batman
Bush v Gore
I can’t take it anymore

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
No we didn’t light it but we’re trying to fight it

Elon Musk
Kaepernick
Texas failed electric grid
Jeff Bezos
Climate change
White rhino goes extinct
Great pacific garbage patch
Tom DeLonge and aliens
Mars rover
Avatar
Self-driving electric cars
S-S-S-R-Is
Prince and the Queen die
World Trade
Second plane
What else do I have to say?

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning
We didn’t start the fire
But when we are gone
It will still burn on, and on, and on
And on, and on, and on, and on, and on

We didn’t start the fire
It was always burning since the world’s been turning

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[jmoney]

It is officially someone's artistic responsibility to continue this again in thirty years

[caspian_opus]

"It was always burning" hits different when it's the second time this song has been done. It's nothing new, but it won't be ending soon

[avatarofasura]

My grandma is a boomer and she was alive during all the events of the first song, and it blows my mind that I was able to live through half of the events listed in this song while she lived through both songs

[NattyFlump]

"No we didn't light it but we're trying to fight it" - single best update line in my opinion. Anyone reading this don't stop trying, never stop trying.

[Jogwheel]

Definitely bothers me that this isn't ordered chronologically (like Joel's original was), but _"World Trade, second plane - what else do I have to say?"_ is an incredible line to end on.

That said, FOB could have easily borrowed the "wars" rhyme of the '89 ending and closed out theirs with, _"Never ending culture wars, I can't take it anymore."_ I mean. It's right there, guys.

[brentbaker]

At the age of 56 and a lover of the original I have wondered many times how an "updated" version of this would sound. I LOVE IT !!

[DrewFloyd]

"JFK blown away, What else do i have to say" has to be the most poignant line in the original verson, as well as the most significant tragic event in most people lives of that generation, with 9/11 being my generations. "World Trade, Second plane" sure hit me right in the gut.

[jazzyjswift]

As a millennial the first song's theme never really 'clicked'.
I understood the concept - the world keeps turning despite the whole world feeling like it's engulfed in fire, but that's just the way the world is, generation after generation, we didn't start it, and neither did our parents generation.

But it wasn't until right now, today, that this song hit me in a way that the original never could.
I lived through all but a few of these. These are childhood memories, things that are engrained in my memories as watching it happen live. My Homeroom teacher came into the library one day in middle school and abruptly announced "We've just been attacked" and immediately pulled out the TV and turned on the news.
I watched the second plane hit live from my middle school library, Ender's Game in my lap.
I grew up watching Captain Planet, and SpongeBob, and Jordan play for the Bulls, and listening to Jackson stun the world with his pop music.
This summed up the world around my life. And it hits, hard. Because it's been a sh*tshow for most of the time. And it provided a sense of peace and hope in thr future to know that the world's always been on fire like this. This isn't new. And life goes on.

I hope Gen Z / Gen Alpha get their own version in a couple of decades. Because you can't truly feel this song until it echoes your existence.

[kentuckyfried]

I was frozen and in a cube for 34 years. Im glad i am now caught up. Thanks fall out boy.

[tsetsefliegenfrau]

Can we please introduce the tradition that, every few decades, someone sums up everything that's happening in the world, with this song

[juliachapman]

I like how in the old version it says: “we tried to fight it” but in this new version it says “we’re TRYING to fight it” that was a nice touch 😌

[BlueSpiritFire]

I actually like how it's not chronological. Really encapsulates how the last ten or so years have been a blur to me. I can't even remember the chronology of these events in my own lifetime, I just feel like everything's on fire.

[redcarkyle]

Shows how ironically how accurate the ending lines are of "But when we are gone, it will still burn on and on" of the original song and this song. Cause the fire just keeps on going.

[AustinJASMR]

Kinda poetic how the original song mentions Queen Elizabeth starting her reign, while this one mentions her death

[davecommentator]

The original by Billy Joel is one of my favourite songs ever. I have been saying for SO many years that someone should do an up-to-date version of it, and I was so happy when I first heard this version! I really hope that Fall Out Boy and Billy Joel perform together someday and sing both versions back to back. Also, I especially love the little homages to the original in the lyrics here - especially "Ever Given Suez" referencing "Trouble in the Suez" - genius!

[Mrs_Boots]

I think it's an unspoken rule that somebody, somewhere, wakes up one day and suddenly realizes they have the responsibility of re-creating this song.

and the cycle will continue every 20 years.

[Ravenhaart]

It almost feels like a continuation more than it does a cover. Extremely well done. We Didn't Start the Fire is one on my all-time favorite songs.

[sonsique]

you see this is actually a legal response to burning their records in the “light em’ up” video

[L_mattox]

I hope this becomes a tradition among the music industry, to make an update to this song every 25 - 30 years or so.

[homunculi]

Those haughty taughty critics can cry all they want but this song is fire and should be updated every couple of decades.