She’s just a girl, and she’s on fire/
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway.
“Girl on Fire” is a great woman’s anthem from Alicia Keys. This Girl on Fire sounds a bit like a superhero: she’s on top of the world, hottest of the hottest girls, can fly away, so bright she can burn your eyes. But during the bridge we find out that she is sometimes a lonely girl in a lonely world…so it turns out there are two sides to this superhero.
The song has a great chorus and overall, the melody is good-as is the message. Like many Keys’ songs it is mixed heavily with percussion which makes for a good dance mix. This song shows off the different styles of Keys’ singing voice: and it sounds great throughout. Some of the verses and the bridge sound softer, and contrast with her anthem-y choruses.
Keys’ is one of the best of the current diva singers. Her voice is always under control, she rarely uses superfluous runs, and the emotion always sounds genuine.
Girl on Fire Lyrics
She’s just a girl, and she’s on fire
Hotter than a fantasy, longer like a highway
She’s living in a world, and it’s on fire
Feeling the catastrophe, but she knows she can fly away
Oh, she got both feet on the ground
And she’s burning it down
Oh, she got her head in the clouds
And she’s not backing down
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She’s walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Looks like a girl, but she’s a flame
So bright, she can burn your eyes
Better look the other way
You can try but you’ll never forget her name
She’s on top of the world
Hottest of the hottest girls say
Oh, we got our feet on the ground
And we’re burning it down
Oh, got our head in the clouds
And we’re not coming down
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She’s walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Everybody stands, as she goes by
Cause they can see the flame that’s in her eyes
Watch her when she’s lighting up the night
Nobody knows that she’s a lonely girl
And it’s a lonely world
But she gon’ let it burn, baby, burn, baby
This girl is on fire
This girl is on fire
She’s walking on fire
This girl is on fire
Oh, oh, oh,
She’s just a girl, and she’s on fire
Songwriters: Jeff Bhasker / Alicia Augello-Cook / Salaam Remi / Billy Squire / Nicki Minaj