“Crawl” is Kings of Leon’s first political song. The music peaked No. 42 on Billboard’s Top Rock Songs in 2009. Caleb Followill, band’s frontman, explained to The Daily Telegraph:
It honestly feels as if America has to learn how to crawl again before it can walk tall. In (Biblical) prophecy, it say...
[Verse 1]
You fault my pride
Don't ever need to 'pologize
As your lips unfold
Shaken purple from the cold
[Chorus]
You better learn to crawl
You better learn to crawl
'Fore I walk away
'Fore I walk away
[Verse 2]
You broke my mouth
The bloody bits are spitting out
Is your grave unscathed?
The worm is counting down the days
[Chorus]
He wants to see you crawl
He wants to see you crawl
Before I walk away
'Fore I walk away
[Post-Chorus]
The reds and the whites and abused
The crucified USA
As every prophecy unfolds
Oh, Hell is truly on its way
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
As the rat and the fly
They're searching for an alibi
As we await the wrath
They never went to Sunday Mass
[Chorus]
They want to see us crawl
They want to see us crawl
'Fore they walk away
Before they walk away
[Post-Chorus]
The reds and the whites and abused
The crucified USA
As every prophecy unfolds
Oh, Hell is truly on its way
Crawl was written by Matthew Followill & Jared Followill & Nathan Followill & Caleb Followill.
Crawl was produced by Jacquire King & Angelo Petraglia.
Kings of Leon released Crawl on Tue Sep 02 2008.
Caleb told Uncut Magazine about the background to this song:
I think that just came from us being a band that pretty much grew up in Europe, and we couldn’t really enjoy the success that we had because every time we went to a restaurant, everyone looked at us like we were these people that came fro...