Story Behind The Song
inspired by a magazine article about wartorn Liberia in West Africa, the lyric applies to any unstable place where insanity runs the show
Song Description
inspired by a magazine article about wartorn Liberia in West Africa, the lyric applies to any unstable place where insanity runs the show
| Song Length |
4:39 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant, Moving |
Subject |
Violence, Murder, Rape |
| Similar Artists |
Sting, Matchbox Twenty |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
You've seen things you'll never forget
Demons in faces you've spent your whole life with
You know you'll be steeped in regret
A cloud of destruction, the air is rife with
Things that no one should have to see
Things that strip your humanity
When shadows explode hold on hold on
When you can't bear the load hold on hold on
The sky is the devil's red
The merchants of chaos descending
Fear dances its dance in your head
Dark tunnel shows no sign of ending
Things that no one should have to see
Things that strip your humanity
When shadows explode hold on hold on
When you can't bear the load hold on hold on
When the night brings on hell hold on hold on
When you've no voice to yell hold on hold on
Oh what's there to come? Will all that's just be undone?
Will the day dawn for some?
When shadows explode...