‘The Stains’ is Paradigm’s first venture into more dark and tragic subject matter, and is arguably their most mature song musically and lyrically.
It is bassist Nathan Holbrough’s favourite Paradigm song:
The lyrics and theme of the song hold a lot of weight and the song itself really surges to th...
Moonlight beating down on my skin
Illuminates all my sins
Can’t hide the stains on my white shirt
Blood of the foes I have hurt
Pointing their tattooed arms, they gave my lover a grin
They had dark minds, she had dark skin
The look of shock, they thought they’d never see me again
But I am guilty just like them
But I never wanted to fall into this hole
I couldn’t take control, woah
It starting pouring as the clouds turned ashy grey
But the stains, they never washed away
And not much time had passed when the law surrounded the street
They threw me in the backseat
But I never wanted to fall into this hole
I, I couldn’t take control, woah
I never wanted to fall into this hole
I, I couldn’t take control, woah
My vengeful feelings had resulted in the stains
And I could never wash them away
Paradigm released The Stains on Fri Nov 29 2019.