Analysis Of Billy Joel's Song We Didn 'T Start The Fire'

Billy Joel’s song mentions noteworthy happenings in world history, politics, and culture from a forty-year span to show the relevance that they still have up till this day. The song lyrics, “We didn’t start the fire, it was always burning since the world’s been turning” means that the time in which Joel lived is not at fault for the new accommodations made for future generations. People have always fought to accommodate themselves but consider looking into the eyes of a more modern perspective when trying to judge of those events of the past. When Joel sings, “It was always burning since the world’s been turning,” he means that as time progresses, history is being made and it cannot be stopped. The issues that are being faced as time progresses
is not at fault from previous generations. Fire symbolizes conflict. No age is to be blamed for the fire, society on its own starts the fire by trying to accommodate oneself.