Whiplash is the third single off of British metalcore band Architects' eleventh studio album The Sky, the Earth & All Between. “‘Whiplash’ is about the way we treat each other, tribalism and our inability to get along when we have a difference of opinion” as put in the words of Dan Searle.
[Intro]
Move
Come on
Move
[Verse 1]
Can we ready ourselves for the outrage?
Have they got you in an iron lung?
Every rodent wants to live in a gilded cage
Till the soldiers come and take your tongue
[Pre-Chorus]
They say move, move
Fuck you if you disapprove
You're doomed, too
Quit talking like you're bulletproof
[Chorus]
Is the world done fucking around?
We bow to the crown, dripping in blood, lit under halos
Welcome here in the crowd, we're safe and we're sound
But who gives a fuck unless you're one of us?
[Post-Chorus]
Move, move
Move, move (Yeah)
Fuck you if you disapprove
[Verse 2]
Did you bury your neighbour in the earthquake?
Were you sitting by a smoking gun?
Light a fire in the shrine, we're the absolute
Christ preaching to the fucking scum
[Pre-Chorus]
They say move, move
Fuck you if you disapprove
Doomed youth
You're fucking lying if you tell the truth
[Chorus]
Is the world done fucking around?
We bow to the crown, dripping in blood, lit under halos
Welcome here in the crowd, we're safe and we're sound
But who gives a fuck unless you're one of us? (Yeah)
[Bridge]
Echoes of a recent past, all tears when the culture starts to crash
Will we ever ask, "Was I built for the whiplash?"
To the holy rats and all the prophets they attract
Will you ever ask, "Was I built for the whiplash?"
[Refrain]
Was I built for the whiplash?
Was I built for the whiplash?
Was I built for the whiplash? Bitch
[Breakdown]
You got something to say? What?
You motherfucker, yeah
Quit talking like you're bulletproof
[Chorus]
Is the world done fucking around?
We bow to the crown, dripping in blood, lit under halos
Welcome here in the crowd, 'cause we're safe and we're sound
But who gives a fuck unless you're one of us?
[Post-Chorus]
Oh my God
Everything is going to be fine
[Breakdown]
Move
Do you disapprove?
Motherfucker
[Outro]
(-face, chef) Yeah? You're pissed, are you? (I'm not)
Fucking look at me, look at me in the eyes
Not as pissed as I am
You fucking are
Donkey
Whiplash was written by Jordan Fish & Dan Searle & Sam Carter.
Whiplash was produced by Jordan Fish.
Architects released Whiplash on Tue Nov 19 2024.
Sam Carter said in an interview with NME,
We were talking about having a bouncy, Limp Bizkit-type party riff, and making a heavy song – in the world of Slipknot’s ‘Iowa’ era – that had a catchy chorus. Dan came up with the big boy riff.
Dan Seale said in the same interview,
It’s really overtly ag...