When Heaven Burns is a 2011 Hong Kong television serial produced by TVB and starring Bowie Lam, Moses Chan, Charmaine Sheh, Maggie Shiu and Kenny Wong. First revealed during TVB's Sales Presentation 2009 in 2008, filming took place in late 2009 to early 2010, with the first episode airing both in Hong Kong and TVB's overseas affiliates and partners on the 21st of November 2011. On December 27, 2011, the show was blacklisted by the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television, making it the first Hong Kong television drama to be censored in Mainland China in more than two decades.
Despite being the second lowest-rated TVB drama of 2011, When Heaven Burns gained a strong cult following online and received critical acclaim in Hong Kong, winning Best Drama at the 2012 TVB Anniversary Awards.
Eighteen years after a tragic event drove them apart four friends reunite, and in coming to understand the strangers that they have become to each other and themselves, remember who they once were.
My perfect heaven turns to grey
Storm is rising through the dark of night
I shiver deep inside
As the memory fade away
I reach into the light
Waiting for the end of night
Heaven is burning without you
(It's burning me inside)
I'm falling down
The world is not turning
Without you
(It's breakin' me inside)
My heaven burns
Will this ever be the same
I hear the emptiness
Call my name
My memory betrayed
Will I ever break the chains
I reach into the light
Longing for the end of night
Silence starts to whisper
That sad lullaby
Of you and I
I'm driftin' into darkness
When I close my eyes
I start to cry
Fading illusions
Lost in the