Remaining illusive to music scribes, with its elusively abstruse lyrical quality and refusal to reveal its thesis on first or 1,000th listen, king of leon’s sex on fire is perhaps the form’s most densely compacted and complex song, pregnant with hidden meaning But now the band has finally broken its silence on its masterpiece. Sex on fire was just kind of a little lyric just to fill in to kill some time until we could actually write something that wasn't about sex and fire. the video was directed by sophie muller, whose credits include smile by lily allen and grace kelly by mika. The meaning of sex on fire by kings of leon it is said that followill doesn’t know exactly who the song sex on fire is about, because he wrote it while under the influence of painkillers. Kings of leon released their fourth album later the month on this release, their second in successive years, and by rights the nashville quartet would’ve be running short on ideas Kings of leon's sex on fire is 17 years old this week
Released on 4th september 2008 from the band's fourth studio album only by the night, the song catapulted the already successful band into. While the song's title and suggestive lyrics may lead some to believe it is solely about sexual desire, the deeper meaning lies in the feelings of passion and intensity that can consume a relationship.
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