Story Behind The Song
Watching gang-based Netflix mini-series like Peaky Blinders inspired me to write this song.
Song Description
A gang member talks about an upcoming battle between major gangs that involves hundreds of men. He anticipates his own death and regrets that his criminal lifestyle probably made his mother miserable.
| Song Length |
2:30 |
Genre |
Rock - Heavy Metal, Rock - Gothic |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Tense, Distressed |
Subject |
Violence, Doom |
| Similar Artists |
System of a Down, Metallica |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
V1
Shadows creeping in the dead of the night,
A hundred men prepare to fight,
Some with their fists, a gun or a knife,
Some pray to live and others to die.
CH
Mother, I tried to make you prouder
But this weight on my shoulders
Is killing me.
Yeah, it's killing me, yeah....
V2
Some fight for power, some fight for pride.
Some fight for truth and some for the lie.
History told by the ones who survived
Of blood that was spilled and a body count high
CH
Yeah, Mother, I tried to make you prouder
But this weight on my shoulders
Is killing me,
Yeah, it's killing me.
(Instrumental break)
(bridge)
Pray for the break of day,
Death welcomes your embrace -
Yeah, dance with the devil and you pay with your life.
(Repeat chorus to end)