Gallows frontman Frank Carter (From Kerrang! magazine April 18, 2009):
“I was thinking about all the forgotten children who die before their parents, and this song is about one of those poor bastards becoming Death’s apprentice. Death to me is a much more imaginative concept than God – I thought it...
[Act I]
[Verse]
When you work for the father of sinners never saved
You carry the net and he holds the spade
You will drag the lakes, he will rob the graves
You will be remembered, no one will speak your name
[Chorus]
Cursed are the places you have been
You led us there and forced us in
Take the girls to become the daughters
And if the horses won't drink, drown them in the water
[Verse]
When you work for the father of sinners never saved
You carry the net and he holds the spade
You will drag the lakes, he will rob the graves
You will be remembered, no one will speak your name
[Chorus]
Cursed are the places you have been
You led us there and forced us in
Take the girls to become the daughters
And if the horses won't drink, drown them in the water
[Interlude]
[Act II]
[Verse]
When you work for the father of sinners never saved
You carry the net and he holds the spade
You will drag the lakes and he will rob the graves
You will be remembered, no one will speak your name
[Pre-Chorus]
Live by the sword, die for the lord
Call down the vultures to dine on the corpse
[Chorus]
Cursed are the places you have been
You led us there and forced us in
Take the girls to become the daughters
And if the horses won't drink, drown them in the water
[Verse]
When you work for the father of sinners never saved
You carry the net and he holds the spade
You will drag the lakes and he will rob the graves
You will be remembered, no one will speak your name
[Pre-Chorus]
Live by the sword, die for the lord
Call down the vultures to dine on the corpse
[Chorus]
Cursed are the places you have been
You led us there and forced us in
Take the girls to become the daughters
And if the horses won't drink, drown them in the water!
[Outro]
This is the end
The Vulture (Acts I & II) was written by Frank Carter & Laurent Barnard & Lee Barratt & Steph Carter & Stu Gili-Ross.
The Vulture (Acts I & II) was produced by Garth Richardson & Frank Carter & Laurent Barnard & Lee Barratt & Steph Carter & Stu Gili-Ross.
Gallows released The Vulture (Acts I & II) on Wed Apr 22 2009.