Story Behind The Song
Distress over killing of innocents in senseless gun violence.
Song Description
Sullivan Brill's Fountain of hate is a strident cry for help balanced by Christian themes, and hip hop grooves.
"We were all shocked and hurt by Newtown," says Brill.
"I felt emotionally and artistically compelled to craft this tune. This song addresses the dark, tragic evil of gun violence."
The fountain is the media. This spotlights any of the gratuitous violence contained in films, games, television, print, and music.
Hatred and its relatives, rage, revenge, and hopelessness emerge from this source.
"It's ironic that while a finger is pointed at the media, there's another pointed back at us as a society. We continue to buy tickets to drink from this fountain," says Sullivan Brill.
"Over the past two years, our hearts were squeezed at Tucson, Oslo, Seal Beach, Aurora, Oak Creek, and Newtown. And many wonder, why do such tragedies occur? Why do the innocent suffer?"
The answer to those questions and most questions of life are found in the book, the Bible.
| Song Length |
4:45 |
Genre |
Rap - Hip Hop, Unique - Unclassified |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Troubled, Composed |
Subject |
Guns, Violence |
| Similar Artists |
Cameo, Usher |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
Fountain of Hate. (lyrics)
(radio static)
COMMENTATOR: The truth is . . . Guns don't kill people. People kill people.
(gunshots)
(piano, vocalist)
SULLIVAN BRILL: Evil walks among us, squeezing our collective hearts through gun violence. Please, listen.
(fx, music)
Fountain of hate that men, that men drink from.
Hopeless and mad that go, that run for guns.
Fountain of hate.
The good is bad, and the bad is good.
The fountain of hate is understood.
Fountain of hate.
In tunes, in films, in games galore,
violence is the god that men adore.
Fountain of hate.
Why do sick, these sick acts happen?
Look in the book to find such actions.
Fountain of hate.
Fountain of hate that men, that men drink from.
Hopeless and mad that go, that run for guns.
(repeat)
Fountain of hate.
(repeat three times)
Calm it down.
The fountain of truth that men drink from calls the honest and meek to peace as one.
(repeat)
Hate is the problem as you can see.
The trigger that's killing society.
The fountain of truth.
(repeat twice)
Fountain of hate.
(repeat three times)
(piano, vocalist)
Fountain of hate, fountain of hate.
Fountain of truth. Which one will you choose?
Father, father, please keep us safe.
Father, please protect us.
(end)