Dalam lantunan melodius David Bowie, "You Will Set the World on Fire" mengisahkan sosok seniman yang berani dan memiliki pengaruh kuat. Lirik lagu ini menggambarkan suasana malam yang penuh gairah di lingkungan Village yang ikonik, di mana para musisi, penulis lagu, dan aktivis berkumpul. Di tengah hiruk pikuk dan ketegangan sosial, seorang wanita muda yang berapi-api muncul dengan lagu-lagunya yang provokatif, mengguncang dunia yang mapan. Lagu ini memuji kekuatan seni untuk membangkitkan perubahan dan menyoroti peran penting yang dimainkan oleh individu-individu berani dalam membentuk masa depan.
(You Will) Set the World on Fire Lyrics
David Bowie
Midnight in the Village
Seeger lights the candles
From Bitter End to Gaslight
Baez leaves the stage
Ochs takes notes
When the black girl and guitar
Burn together hot in rage
You've got what it takes
You say too much
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Kennedy would kill
For the lines that you've written
Van Ronk says to Bobby
She's the next real thing
Crouched in the half light
Screaming like a banshee
You're in the boat, babe
We're in the water
You say too much
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Seeger lights the candles
From Bitter End to Gaslight
Baez leaves the stage
Ochs takes notes
When the black girl and guitar
Burn together hot in rage
You've got what it takes
You say too much
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
Kennedy would kill
For the lines that you've written
Van Ronk says to Bobby
She's the next real thing
Crouched in the half light
Screaming like a banshee
You're in the boat, babe
We're in the water
You say too much
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
I can work the scene babe
I can see the magazines
l can hear the nation
I can hear the nation cry
You will set the world babe
You will set the world on fire
You will set it on fire
