Fireproof — Pre-Pro Sheet

p. 22 — Pre-Pro

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Lead Single — Core of the Record

Core Concept

"Everyone was telling me I was on fire. I didn't realize I wasn't fireproof."

This is the song the album was born from. Burnout, full stop. The story of pushing too hard, burning the wick at both ends, drinking the gasoline because everyone kept telling you not to stop. The world rewards high performers right up until the moment they collapse. This song is the moment of collapse, written with honesty and without apology. It is the emotional center of Midnight Church Aftermath.

Emotional Arc

Opens with the seduction of the grind, the "do what you love" mythology that sets the trap. Builds into the chorus where the world is cheering you on while you're quietly disintegrating. Verse 2 is the pivot into the aftermath, mask on, boots up, axe in hand, trying to save what's left. The song doesn't resolve neatly. It ends in the ash. That's the point.

Thematic Language

Do what you love and you'll never work a day — the lie

Drinking the gasoline thinking it's fuel

The shorter the fuse, the longer the burn

Everyone cheering while the fire eats you

The mask, the boots, the axe — performing strength in crisis

The aftermath. The ashes. The beginning of the record.

Sonic Palette

Role on Album

This is the emotional anchor. Production should reflect that weight. It earns its bigness.

Overall Vibe

TBD — production direction to be developed with co-producer. Should feel as big as the concept.

Demo Status

Direction to be developed. This one deserves full attention in session given its role as the lead single.

Music Video

Full Music Video — Confirmed

Concept: A montage of high performers at their peak and their breaking point. Olympic athlete training — beautiful form, but zoom in and her feet are cracked and bleeding. A ballerina mid-routine, then her toes up close. A CEO commanding a board room, then alone at 2am with only the computer screen lighting his face.

The thread: Every scene shows the glory and the cost side by side. The world sees the performance. The camera shows the fire.

Live element: Intercut with Kris and band performing the song. Fire present on stage — either a ring of flame around the stage, fire in the background, or a lit sign. The performance footage is the emotional anchor that ties the vignettes together.

Production note: Explore public domain footage and Storyblocks for the high-performer vignettes before committing to a full film shoot. Budget accordingly given this is the lead single.

Open Questions

Full production direction to be developed with co-producer in session

MV: Storyblocks / public domain sourcing vs. original film shoot for vignettes

Live performance fire element — practical fire on set vs. production design

Single release timeline and rollout strategy

p. 23 — Lyrics

Lead Single — Core of the Record

Verse 1

Do what you love
And you'll never work a day
Cause if you know what you're doin'
They just get in your way
So you work
Your fingers to the bone
And before you know
You're lost and all alone

Goin' up in smoke

Chorus

But everyone's yelling and telling you
Don't stop now, you're on fire
So you drink the gasoline
And you think that it's getting you higher
The longer you burn
The shorter the fuse
And once you start to believe that it's true
It's a matter of time
Until you find
You ain't fireproof

Verse 2

So you put on your mask
You pull up your boots
You pick up your axe and
Run into the room
And try to save anything left
In the aftermath
Of the ashes

Chorus

Solo

Guitar Solo

Chorus (Double Tag Out)