Burn Out

This classic country heartbreak ballad paints a vivid picture of a guy who was consumed by a girl. He once was so on fire with love, but after the relationship disappeared into ashes he's just left with his "smokin memories." Watchin' cigarettes burn out 'Til all the neon gets turned out I was so on fire for you it hurts how Fast a cigarette can burn out The forlorn guy now spends his evenings in a bar surrounded by empty glasses and burnt out cigarettes, which are a metaphor for his hollow heart.

The song's music video was filmed in Billy Bob's Texas, a country & western nightclub located in the Fort Worth Stockyards, Texas, The clip was inspired by Midland's wish to capture a real Texas honky-tonk experience. "Billy Bob's is the biggest [honky-tonk bar]," explained vocalist Mark Wystrach to Billboard, "and probably the most famous honky-tonk in all the world." He added: "We were just kind of trying to recreate that pure, raw, sweaty, hot, wild Saturday night."

"Burn Out" was created during the same two-day writing session with Shane McAnally and Josh Osborne as "Drinkin' Problem." Mark Wystrach told reporters he sees it as more or less a sister song to Midland's breakout hit. "It could tell the story of how the character in 'Drinkin' Problem' could get to that place, as usually is the case through heartache," he explained.