The Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl stated in an interview with OK! Magazine that ‘No Son of Mine’ pays homage to Lemmy of the band Motorhead. The song, beginning with a ‘country swing’ later developed into a ‘something a but more aggressive’ said Grohl. In his interview, Grohl spoke of the ‘influence’ Lem...
[Verse 1]
No son of mine will ever do
The work of villains, the will of fools
If you believe it, it must be true
No son of mine, no son of mine
[Verse 2]
No son of mine will ever need
To beg forgiveness, no wicked deed
Head full of evil, heart full of greed
No son of mine, no son of mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Here we are, the livin' dead
Hand to God with one foot in the grave
Age of lost innocence
Don’t forget what your good book says
[Chorus]
No son of mine, no son of mine
No son of mine, no son of mine
[Verse 3]
No son of mine will ever be
Under the power vested in thee
March into slaughter, down on his knees
No son of mine, no son of mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Here we are, the livin' dead
Hand to God with one foot in the grave
Age of lost innocence
Don't forget what your good book says
[Chorus]
No son of mine, no son of mine
No son of mine, no son of mine, woah
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 4]
No son of mine will ever say
Words of illusion, oh, this I pray
Heretofore takin’ my name in vain
No son of mine, no son of mine
[Pre-Chorus]
Here we are, the livin' dead
Hand to God with one foot in the grave
Age of lost innocence
Don't forget what your good book says
[Chorus]
No son of mine, no son of mine
No son of mine, no son of mine
No son of mine, no son of mine
No son of mine, no son of mine, woah
No Son of Mine was written by Rami Jaffee & Chris Shiflett & Taylor Hawkins & Pat Smear & Nate Mendel & Dave Grohl.
No Son of Mine was produced by Foo Fighters & Greg Kurstin.
Foo Fighters released No Son of Mine on Fri Jan 01 2021.
According to Dave Grohl:
This is the kind of song that just resides in all of us and if it makes sense at the time, we let it out.
Lyrically it’s meant to poke at the hypocrisy of self-righteous leaders, people that are guilty of committing the crimes they’re supposedly against…