Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent
Billy Talent have stated that the song was written right after the DC sniper attacks in 2002, and were also inspired by Timothy McVeigh, who orchestrated the 2001 Oklahoma City bombing, to write from the perspective of a straight arrow, ex-military man pushed too far.
[Verse 1]
Rejected since day one
My name is bastard son
I've been damned so many times I've lost count
Blue collar working man
Devises master plan
Bipolar with a mental side arm
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sick and I'm twisted
I'm broken you can't fix it
Don't make me, cause I'll do it
Red button and we'll all go
[Chorus]
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
They'll think I'm insane
But you'll all know my name
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
I'll take all the blame
The front page and the fame
[Verse 2]
Contraption made up of
Nuts and bolts creates the
New monster to burn your family tree down
Tick-tocking, times up now
Split second, the world frowns
Lonely heart, never had nobody
[Pre-Chorus]
I'm sick and I'm twisted
I'm broken you can't fix it
Don't make me, cause I'll do it
Red button and we'll all go
[Chorus]
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
They'll think I'm insane
But you'll all know my name
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
I'll take all the blame
The front page and the fame
I'll take all the blame
The front page and the fame
[Bridge]
Into the river below!
Into the river below!
Into the river below!
Into the river below!
[Chorus]
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
They'll think I'm insane
But you'll all know my name
Into the river below
I'm running from the inferno
I'll take all the blame
The front page and the fame
Yeah, I'll take all the blame
The front page and the fame
But you'll all know my name
And they'll think I'm insane
But you'll all know my name
And you'll think I'm insane
River Below was written by Ian D’Sa & Benjamin Kowalewicz.
River Below was produced by Gavin Brown.
Billy Talent released River Below on Tue Sep 16 2003.