Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto described the song’s meaning in a feature for TeamRock. He said:
Musically, most of the riffs in the song kind of stayed the same, but once I figured out where it was going to go lyrically, we were able to shape it a lot more. I listened to this guy, Dan Carlin; he...
[Intro]
Can we make sense of it all?
The lies our fathers told
To find the beauty in the sorrow
[Bridge]
So young
Did it even matter?
So young
Did it even matter?
[Verse 1]
It felt so strange
Living in my grave
Count each breath
Waiting to expire
Remember home
Dying here alone
Hollow words
Anthems from the choir
[Chorus]
Can we make sense of it all?
The lies our fathers told
To find the beauty in the sorrow
[Post-Chorus]
The lies they told
Can we make sense of it all?
The beauty in the sorrow
[Bridge]
So young
Did it even matter?
So young
Did it even matter?
[Verse 2]
It felt so strange
Looking at your grave
An early end
I read letters to remember
So I moved on
Or so the story goes
Shots rang out
Red flowers, a reminder
[Chorus]
Can we make sense of it all?
The lies our fathers told
To find the beauty in the sorrow
The beauty in the sorrow
The beauty in the sorrow
[Bridge]
So young
Did it even matter?
So young
Did it even matter?
[Chorus]
Can we make sense of it all?
The lies our fathers told
To find the beauty in the sorrow
[Post-Chorus]
The lies they told
Can we make sense of it all?
The beauty in the sorrow
Beauty in the Sorrow was written by Matthew K. Heafy & Paolo Gregoletto.
Beauty in the Sorrow was produced by Josh Wilbur.
Trivium released Beauty in the Sorrow on Fri Oct 20 2017.