The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event
As lead singer, Mikel, said on the band’s website’s news post about the song, the song was written ”in the helmet” while on a recent motorcycle trip across the Rocky Mountains from Omaha to Los Angeles this song is about a bad relationship only going worse.
[Verse 1]
I held on as long as I could possibly
My blind faith pushing me to my knees
I felt the warmth of a touch
And it made me believe
I knew it well
[Verse 2]
I stood at the doorway hoping you might let me in
My head spinning 'round
My nerves jumping from my skin
I felt the stinging ragged cold of the devil's heart embrace
And I knew it well
[Hook]
And you took me to hell and back
How many times can I walk away from you
My mind's like a one way track
And every one is taking me back to you
And you tell me just one more time
And you'll lie like you always do
And I know it well
[Verse 3]
I must've walked a thousand miles or more trying to keep you off my mind
I've knocked on a thousand doors I'm sure, just to see what I might find
I slept in the arms of a fallen angel crying next to me
And I knew her well
[Hook]
And you took me to hell and back
How many times can I walk away from you
My mind's like a one way track
And every one is taking me back to you
And you tell me just one more time
And you'll lie like you always do
And I needed just one more lie then there's nothing that I can do
And I need it just one more time then I swear that I'll be through
Yeah I know it well
[Bridge]
And you took me to hell and back
My mind's like a one way track
And you tell me just one more time
And you'll lie like you always do
Yeah I know it well
[Hook/End]
And you took me to hell and back
How many times can I walk away from you
My mind's like a one way track
And every one is taking me back to you
And you tell me just one more time
And you'll lie like you always do
And I needed just one more lie then there's nothing that I can do
And I need it just one more time then I swear that I'll be through
Yeah I know it well
Yeah I know it well
Hell and Back was written by Mikel Jollett.
Hell and Back was produced by Pete Min.
The Airborne Toxic Event released Hell and Back on Fri Sep 13 2013.
On the band’s website’s “White Noise” section, Mikel Jollett wrote about other musician’s influences that helped him create this song:
I wrote this song for the Dallas [Buyers] Club. At the time, I’d only heard a description of the plot and watched a trailer. But the melody and general idea for the...