I know exactly what it means right from Mr. Murphey's mouth. He really didn't have a real clue "exactly" what it all meant. He basically had a dream about it one night, something about a ghost horse and Native American legends that his grandfather used to tell him about when he was young, and he awoke thinking about his dream and making it into a song. He was living with his writing partner at the time, Larry Cansler, and they wrote the song. Mr. Murphey also has a Christian background and he believes that it also subconsciously came from the White Horse in the Book of Revelations. In a recent concert Michael also told the audience that Wildfire is symbolic of freedom. Ironically, he said he would never name one of his horses he owned, Wildfire. That changed when he purchased a palamino and the name Wildfire fit the pony perfectly. It is one of the finest modern country/pop composition lyrically and musically ever created.