Though not the first official single off of their 2014 album The Dream Walker, “Paralyzed” is the first Angels & Airwaves song since their 2011 album Love II.
Tom DeLonge wanted this new album to be a “left turn from what people know of Angels and Airwaves,” detailing to Rolling Stone:
I think...
Let's go!
[Verse 1]
I wake to a fire in the realm
Little lion safe and sound
It's a wild life, so wild crazy
Cannot tame the crowd
White feast in the hole you're MIA
A little hell, you're gonna pay
You're a whore at home, the telephone
The king that's here to stay
[Chorus]
Sleep, and waking to life for a hell of a ride
Sleep, and waking to life with your hands at your side
Paralyzed
[Verse 2]
Out cold in the gentle rain, a star
Little lion set your fire
Push away and go, the stereo
A tear ruled death depart
Nineteen with a wicked MRE
What a waste, a memory
Gotta study hard, and play the part
Now a victim to the scene
[Chorus]
Sleep, and waking to life for a hell of a ride
Sleep, and waking to life with your hands at your side
[Bridge]
It's more the same, a silly old shame
A dimly lit road, it will wither and go
I climb the light post, illuminate the road
For miles away, so safely on your way
[Chorus]
Sleep, and waking to life for a hell of a ride
Sleep, and waking to life with your hands at your side
Paralyzed
Paralyzed was written by Ilan Rubin & Tom DeLonge.
Paralyzed was produced by Aaron Rubin.
Angels & Airwaves released Paralyzed on Mon Oct 06 2014.