World On Fire

Album: Afterglow (2003)
Charted: 72
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Songfacts®:

  • McLachlan wrote this song in response to the September 11 attacks on US. The song finds her feeling helpless in a world where such horrific events unfold:

    The world's on fire and
    It's more than I can handle
  • The video simply shows McLachlan performing the song in a plain room. A graphic reveals that the video cost $150,000, but only $15 was spent to make the video. The rest was donated to various charities.

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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