This song seems to be the account of someone falling into insanity or “slippin' into darkness” as the people he loves are taken away from him. It deals with the theme of insanity, which is fitting as a song included on the “Suicide Squad” soundtrack.
I was slippin' into darkness
When they took my friend away
I was slippin' into darkness
When they took, when they took my friend away
You know he loves to drink good whiskey
While Laughing at the moon
Slippin' into darkness
Take my mind beyond the dreams
I was slippin' into darkness
Take my mind beyond the dreams
Where I talk to my brother
Who never said their name
Slippin' into darkness
All my trouble so I choose
I was slippin' into darkness
All my trouble so I choose
I got a wife and a baby
Now my love hath gained its fame
Slippin' into darkness
When I heard my mother say
I was slippin' into darkness
When I heard my mother say
You've been slippin' into darkness
Pretty soon you gonna pay
Slippin’ Into Darkness was written by Howard Scott & Lee Oskar & Charles Miller & Lonnie Jordan & B. B. Dickerson & Harold Brown & Papa Dee Allen.
Slippin’ Into Darkness was produced by Jerry Goldstein & Chris Huston & Papa Dee Allen & Harold Brown & B. B. Dickerson & Lonnie Jordan & Charles Miller & Lee Oskar & Howard Scott.
War released Slippin’ Into Darkness on Mon Nov 01 1971.