Dez Fafara: I wrote this song in early 2019. It’s all about my agoraphobia, which I’ve had since childhood. I’ve never been comfortable around people I don’t know or large groups, so then to see it take on a whole new meaning while the world went into quarantine was actually very strange.
[Intro]
Yeah!
[Verse 1]
So sick of all the sorrow
Put down all my dreams till tomorrow
Watched you slowly slip away
While I try to live my life without you
[Pre-Chorus]
Let these thoughts and words
Rip out the sutures
Let this light burn my way
Into the future!
[Chorus]
Whatever you do
Just do it away from me
Whoever you want to be
Just be it away from me
Wherever you go
Just go there away from me
Whoever you are now
Just stay clear away from me
[Verse 2]
These shackles that hold us all here
This burden so heavy, it's not clear
Look into your eyes, it's just a vacant stare
Looking back, I can tell you never cared
[Chorus]
Whatever you do
Just do it away from me
Whoever you want to be
Just be it away from me
Wherever you go
Just go there away from me
Whoever you are now
Just stay clear away from me
[Bridge]
The reluctant and broken road
Beaten down and bruised
Deaf, dumb, and blind
From all the endless abuse!
[Chorus]
Whatever you do
Just do it away from me
Whoever you want to be
Just be it away from me
Wherever you go
Just go there away from me
Whoever you are now
Just stay clear away
Just stay clear away from me!
Keep Away from Me was written by Mike Spreitzer & Neal Tiemann & Austin D’Amond & Dez Fafara.
Keep Away from Me was produced by Steve Evetts.
DevilDriver released Keep Away from Me on Thu May 21 2020.
A May 2020 Metal Injection article quotes frontman Dez Fafara saying:
I’ve been social distancing since I was born. I’ve learned to try and embrace my Agoraphobia all my life. This is what the lyrics are about as we are all sheltered in place. They seem very clear. Now is not the time bands should...