The Burn video features a reflective and tormented
Usher once again singing about if things are working right for one partner and not necessarily the other, then the best thing may be just to end the relationship altogether. The “
burn” metaphor is carried on throughout
the Burn video as the surface of a pool, a bed and the palm trees of California all burn while Usher sings the song. In the end, in his car on the streets of Los Angeles, Usher comes to the realization that sometimes you have to just let a relationship end, or, in his words, burn. This is one of those videos where special effects work to accentuate the meaning of the lyrics.