The opening track to ATTENTION ATTENTION not including “THE ENTRANCE”. “DEVIL” was released as the first single for Shinedown’s 6th studio album on March 7th of 2018 despite previously being “promised” that a single would release in February of the same year. The song became Shinedown’s 12th Billboa...
[Intro]
Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up
Pick up the phone
[Verse 1]
You said it yourself: you're scared of being alone
You said it yourself that you can crack the code
But the static you hear automatically keeps you exposed, on your own
I hope you're ready, steady, smashing through the levy
The drama, the trauma, don't play the prima donna
My God
You said it yourself that you would never stop
Until you felt the needle drop
[Pre-Chorus]
Now you pack your bags, the party's such a drag
And everyone can tell that you're poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes, except what you create
You need to know your place
[Chorus]
'Cause it's about to get heavy (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It's about to be on (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin', slingin' napalm (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
[Verse 2]
The silence, the silence
The blinding ultraviolence
Knockin' at your door (Hey)
Pacin' back and forth
What now? (What now?)
The whispers and the screams
The stereotypical profiling ritual
Vicious and obscene
[Pre-Chorus]
So now you pack your bags, the party's such a drag
And everyone can tell that you're poisoning the well
But there are no mistakes, except what you create
You need to know your place
[Chorus]
'Cause it's about to get heavy (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It's about to be on (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin', slingin' napalm (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
[Interlude]
[Chorus]
'Cause it's about to get heavy (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
It's about to be on (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, I'm bangin', slingin' napalm (Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's in the next room
[Outro]
(Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, the devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
Yeah, the devil's in the next room
(Heavy, heavy, heavy, heavy)
So nobody move
'Cause I was sent to warn you
The devil's right beside you
DEVIL was written by Brent Smith & Eric Bass.
DEVIL was produced by Eric Bass.
‘Devil’ is about being afraid, ‘Devil’ is about being terrified of not only yourself, in some respects, but the world around you, and understanding that there are so many things and so many different situations and people and places and atmospheres and exposure that human beings are put in front of...