"Inside the Fire" is a single by American heavy metal band Disturbed. According to guitarist Dan Donegan, "Disturbed from their fourth studio album Indestructible, which was released on June 3, 2008. The track started airing on the radio on March 24, 2008 and was released through digital download on the iTunes Store and Amazon.com on March 25. The song, along with the tracks "Indestructible" and "Perfect Insanity", are available as downloadable tracks for the video game Rock Band since June 3, 2008.According to guitarist Dan Donegan, "It's about a he [vocalist David Draiman] was in a relationship with. She committed , and he just has the voice of the devil over his shoulder trying to provoke him to take his own life to join her again, because the only chance for him to be with her again is if he takes his life. We're not condoning off of this, it's just more of the temptation to join a friend that was very confused and messed up and wanted out."
When asked by a fan during the DeepRockDrive Concert, if Devon was really his friend, Draiman replied: "That wasn't actually her real name, in "Inside the Fire", a lot of people have asked what that's about. It is actually, unfortunately about a true incident of that happened when I was a young kid, about 14, [or] 15 years old. I had a who was a addict and, on the wrong path and got obsessive compulsive, became way too attached and wanted to tell my parents about our relationship that I wasn't allowed to have, I was going to a religious boarding school at the time, and I wasn't even allowed to talk to a , let alone date a . Couldn't see movies, couldn't read newspapers, couldn't, had to bless before I ate, after I ate, pray three times a day, all that kind of stuff. But, unfortunately, she took her own life, and it's been something that has haunted me for a very, very long time."