Orléans, France's Burning Heads have been releasing albums for longer than … Read Full Bio ↴Orléans, France's Burning Heads have been releasing albums for longer than some of their fans have been alive. Their latest album, the aptly named Torches of Freedom (2022) keeps the fire they started in 1987 roaring. Since then, they have released no less than 14 albums, plus a many EPs, b-sides compilations and splits thrown in for good measure.

Following 3 albums on French indie record labels, Burning Heads (1992), Dive (1994), Super Modern World (1996) and two back-to-back albums on Epitaph Europe with some of the most memorable melodic punk hits, 1998's Be One With the Flames and 1999's Escape, les Burning – as they are referred to by their native fans – released their first dub album, Opposite (2001), finally putting to disc the musical bridge between two styles too many considered opposites, a bridge they'd been building live for 15 years.

2004 saw the release of the more introspective and excellent Taranto (Sony France / Yelen Musiques), followed by an electro-punk side project called Never Trust a Punk…, released in common with Alif Sound System under a shared name: BHASS Project, further proof if anyone needed it of their musical diversity.

Punk rock is never far with the Burning Heads, and Bad Time For Human Kind, and the band self-recorded and self-released their 2006 in a traditional DIY way, returning to full-throttle melodic punk rock with a firm hardcore backbone.

In 2007, they kept the dub fire going with Opposite 2, and in 2009 released Spread the Fire.
In 2009 the band dropped Hear This and in 2014 Choose Your Trap, all still self-released on their own label, Opposite Prod.

Absolute legends in the French punk scene, they have also toured with bands like NOFX, Propagandhi, Down By Law, Bad Religion and Ten Foot Pole all over the world, from Europe to North America.

The Burning Heads have an ability to get their melodic choruses stuck in your head while they pummel you with aggressive punk rock at the same time.

In my head
Burning Heads Lyrics

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Sometimes when I look around
It's in my head
I get this strange feeling of life
It seems as if the world has just stopped going round,
For a moment, just for a while
I'll never give up screaming,
No need to ask me why
Sometimes I get that feeling

Looking down on the streets of our own town
Everything is falling apart inside
Behind those walls of fright
Television is on
At the window you seem so far.
It's in my head,
I hope that
It's in my head
I like that
And if I liked to get to you
I guess I'd have to be like you
And stay everynight locked in my house and scared.
It's something in my head

It keeps me burning inside and keeps me going my way
With no regrets and no pain.

Overall Meaning

The song "In My Head" by Burning Heads talks about feeling disconnected from the world around us and how it affects us. The first verse talks about how sometimes everything seems to stop and life feels strange. The second verse describes looking down at the streets of their own town and seeing everything falling apart, with everyone seemingly locked in their houses and scared. The chorus repeats the phrase "it's in my head" several times, suggesting that these feelings of disconnection and alienation are all happening internally. The singer acknowledges that they are different than others, with "something in their head" that keeps them burning inside and going their own way with no regrets and no pain.

This song seems to be about feeling like an outsider and struggling to connect with the world around you. It speaks to the experience of feeling detached, like the world is passing you by, and wanting to fight against that feeling. The chorus, repeating the phrase "it's in my head" over and over, drives home the idea that these feelings are all internal and not necessarily a reflection of the outside world. The lyrics suggest that there is something unique and valuable about this perspective, that it keeps the singer going even when things seem hopeless.

Overall, "In My Head" is a powerful and introspective song that speaks to the human experience of feeling disconnected and wanting to find a way to connect with the world. It combines punk energy with thoughtful lyrics to create a song that is both powerful and relatable.

Line by Line Meaning

Sometimes when I look around
Occasionally, when I survey my surroundings

It's in my head
It exists solely within my mind

I get this strange feeling of life
I experience an unusual sensation of vitality

It seems as if the world has just stopped going round,
It appears as though the planet has ceased rotating

For a moment, just for a while
Briefly, but not for an extended period

I'll never give up screaming,
I shall persist in shouting with vigor

No need to ask me why
There is no requirement for you to inquire as to the reason

Sometimes I get that feeling
Now and then, I experience that sensation

Looking down on the streets of our own town
Observing our municipality's thoroughfares from above

Everything is falling apart inside
My inner self is descending into chaos

Behind those walls of fright
Hiding beyond barriers formed by fear