“Unsung” was the lead single to Helmet’s second album Meantime in 1991, released on Interscope Records. Throughout the years it has made several appearances in popculture, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Beavis and Butthead, Guitar Hero and many others, making it the most well-known Helmet...
[Verse 1]
Your contribution left unnoticed some
Association with an image
Just credit time for showing up again
Attention wandered, I'm left with it
[Chorus 1]
Gone by sin too slowly
Can't pass it up
Then I thought nothing is right
I turned it off
[Verse 2]
To die unsung would really bring you down
Although wet eyes would never suit you
Walk through, no archetypal suicide
Die young is far too boring these days
[Chorus 2]
Your will to speak clearly
Exposed too much
Unsung once too often
Could not rub off
[Instrumental Outro]
Unsung was written by Page Hamilton.
Unsung was produced by Steve Sisco & Howie Weinberg & Andy Wallace & Wharton Tiers.