Back with another great song from Sixx:A.M.! I feel like this song would make for a great music video for Avengers Infinity War/Endgame.
Bite down
You gotta blow it up
You gotta give it hell
You gotta pull the plug
And you could run away
Or you could kill the beast
And you could try to kill yourself
But you could never kill me
Hey, if this is how the world will end
Well you can burn it again
'Cause we will not go quietly
Hey, if this is how the world will end
Well you can tell all your friends
That we will not go quietly ♪ ♫ ♪
Laughing like we're crazy
Nothing mattered
Nothing fazed me
We were younger then
So much younger then
Everything seems rotten through
The eyes of the forgotten
And we were dumber then
So much dumber then
Well have I judged a book by how its bound
Am I lost or am I found
And are you with me?
Are you with me now
Come back from the dead
You've been inside your head for too long
Are you with me now
Find the places that scare you
Come on I dare you
Are you with me ♪ ♫ ♪
The social commentary in this song is deep and was unexpected. The songwriter is reflecting on how, more often than not, we unconsciously just close our eyes to the marginalized people in our society. “Is this the best that we can do?”, he asks. Hopefully, we can do better than this.
And we sit in our high-rise apartments and complain about things that don't matter
And we race through this life just to see who can die with as much as we can gather
And a few blocks away a teenage mother plays Russian Roulette with her daughter
Is this the best that we can do, is this the best that we can do
Oh my God, this is insane
How'd it get like this, or has it always been this way
Oh my God, I'm so ashamed
When we close our eyes to make this go away
This is a perfect example, in my opinion of course, of what a modern rock song should sound like. There's no hardcore screaming to distract from the beauty of the song. Just clean guitar riffs, uptempo drums and great vocals. This song starts out kinda slow, but once the chorus kicks, it just takes off. And that instrumental with the guitars, pure aural bliss especially with a great sounding headphone. One of my favorite tracks from Sixx:A.M.
I, I bit down on my tongue to see if I could feel
To see if I've been missing anything
And I, I crystallized my lungs to show you they were real
And waited for a sign that never came
If I'm not breathing, resuscitate my soul
Bring on the shame, bring on the pain
Yeah, I know that I'm sick, give me some more
I say yeah, we are the ill and the deranged
Yeah, I know that I'm sick, give me some more ♪ ♫ ♪
A beautiful alternate version of “Maybe It's Time” by Sixx:A.M. In case you're wondering, here is the original.
All the scars, all the lines
On my face they show the times
I've abandoned my own life
I can't breathe, I can't eat
So I just drink myself to sleep
And embrace this morbid pride
But maybe it's time to heal, maybe it's time to try
Maybe it's time to deal with all the pieces in my life
Maybe I'll sober up, maybe before I die
Maybe I'll finally deal with all the wreckage in my life ♪ ♫ ♪
One last good song before I drive home. Yes, I'm working at the office this week.
Also, just wanted to say, listening to this song using Version 3 of my equalizer settings for my Bose Soundsport Wired earhpones, is aural bliss. I can hear the drums clearly, like I was standing in front of the drummer when he does his drum rolls.
A modern take on the original. That said, the guitar instrumental in this track sounds like something straight up from the 80s. Like something from Joe Satriani. Beautiful.
You can't quit until you try
You can't live until you die
You can't learn to tell the truth
Until you learn to lie
You can't breathe until you choke
You gotta laugh when you're the joke
There's nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive
Just open your eyes
Just open your eyes
And see that life is beautiful
Will you swear on your life
That no one will cry at my funeral?
