Summary Of Nothing More's 'Let' Em Burn

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Nothing more’s “Let ‘em Burn” is song about the truth of the matter that we need to start over because our world is clearly chaotic and mess up. The song has a deep and sensible summary, and some interesting connotations, and plus the tone has to be discussed as well. The summary is something really straight forward. The speaker is a person sick and tired of the people of this world. The speaker knows that the best thing to do about this is to wipe on the face of the earth or quote “Let ‘em Burn.” In the beginning of the song “Let ‘em Burn” by Nothing More the speaker is addressing the public. The is clearly to see since most of the first stanza is just saying “everybody.” Then the next two stanzas are about people and their flaws. Then goes

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