Story Behind The Song
With all the police brutality on the news lately, I needed to write about it.
Song Description
This song is a story of Erik Garner being choked to death for selling cigerettes, but it could be about any number of incidents happening throughout our country regarding police
| Song Length |
3:16 |
Genre |
Folk - Alternative, Folk - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Enraged, Nervous |
Subject |
Protest, Violence |
| Similar Artists |
Bon Iver Pink Floyd |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Call off the dogs
They are right outside your window
They are right outside your window as we speak
Call off the dogs
Holler if you need me, they are trained to attack you and me
Call off the dogs
They would bite the hand that feeds them
Don't you understand they are no friend of man
Call off the dogs
They are neither saint nor demon
And they're runnin wild all accross our land
Here I lie, Here I lie, Here I lie
Someone help me I can't breath
Here I lie, here I lie,
Someone help me
Call off the dogs
Only they disturb the stillness
You can tell them by the company they keep
Call off the dogs
They will work in to a frenzy
My body's tired, my baby's tryin to sleep
Here I lie, Here I lie, Here I lie
Someone help me I can't breath
Here I lie, here I lie,
Someone help me
Step back from your window
Get back in your bed
There's nothin to see here
You hear what I said
Step back from your window
Get back in your bed
And shut off that camera now
Here I lie, Here I lie,
Someone help me I can't breath
Here I lie, here I lie,
Someone help me I can't breath
Here I lie, Here I lie
Someone help me I can't breath
Here I lie, here I lie
Someone help me
Someone help me