“Basement of No Hope” quite dramatically tells the story of how a little hand game can make you end up in a cold basement for the night.
The inspiration for this song was an actual game of rock, paper, scissors. While touring in 2018, the band (along with singer-songwriter Jason Manns) had rented a...
[Verse 1]
What a life and you're up all night
What a day for a friendly gunfight
You take a man to the brink of pain
You take a man and you scramble his brain
Every eyeball shooting back at me
You gotta take it, Mr. Unlucky
[Chorus]
Rock, paper, scissors
Last place in the best of three
Rock, paper, scissors
Might be a conspiracy
[Verse 2]
Here I sit in this cement box
Chained inside with no key and no lock
Ain't got no shades but there's no light to see
No desk to write my autobiography
Evil quorum ma-ma-makin' a stand
Just took four fingers and a slight of hand
[Chorus]
Rock, paper, scissors
Sent down for eternity
Rock, paper, scissors
Might be a conspiracy
[Bridge]
Rock, paper, scissors
Rock, paper, scissors
Rock, paper, scissors
Might be a conspiracy
[Chorus]
Rock, paper, scissors
Rock, paper, scissors
Rock, paper, scissors
That game got the best of me
Basement of No Hope was written by Billy Moran & Stephen Norton & Rob Benedict & Michael Borja.
Basement of No Hope was produced by Louden Swain & Zackary Darling.
Louden Swain released Basement of No Hope on Fri Mar 12 2021.