The title track off Dogs Eating Dogs is a play on the famous proverb, “It’s a Dog Eat Dog World” popularized in 1931. This idiom alludes to a situation where competition is ruthless and fierce. A twist on another ancient proverb, “Dog does not eat dog”.
[Verse 1: Mark Hoppus]
I've got a feeling, I've got a feeling
These broken nights and bitter ends
We would always starve and devour
Our closest friends my, beautiful friends
Paranoia, my paranoia
Can't let it go, it never lets me go
What am I feeling, why am I feeling?
Forecast into the freezing cold
[Pre-Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
I'm the last and the first, in a very sad set of eyes
To the bone, to the knees, to the factory line
I am numb to the shot, I have a crippling fear of heights
Cause the fall sounds a lot like a symphony of cries
[Verse 2: Mark Hoppus]
Your only hope is burning down the chapel
All getting washed out with the tide
We need to find some middle ground
It's always sex or suicide
[Pre-Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
I'm the last and the first, in a very sad set of eyes
To the bone, to the knees, to the factory line
I am numb to the shot, I have a crippling fear of heights
Cause the fall sounds a lot like a symphony of cries
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Pre-Chorus: Mark Hoppus]
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
Dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs, dogs eating dogs
[Chorus: Tom DeLonge]
I'm the last and the first, in a very sad set of eyes
To the bone, to the knees, to the factory line
I am numb to the shot, I have a crippling fear of heights
Cause the fall sounds a lot like a symphony of cries
Dogs Eating Dogs was written by Tom DeLonge & Travis Barker & Mark Hoppus.
Dogs Eating Dogs was produced by Chris “Hollywood” Holmes & blink-182.
blink-182 released Dogs Eating Dogs on Tue Dec 18 2012.