Kid, don't lose your cool it's still too soon
To have to choose a brighter doom
It's hard to believe but I can see
How there could be so little left to lose
(Cracking open skulls like cans of beans on Christmas Eve)

Momma's not okay, she lights a candle for every day
That you're away
Today could be the one she burns the motherfucker down
Her final act of grace
In a pointless, endless race

Kid, you're under fire, your life is coming down to the wire
Maybe you'll take the captains hand
Carry a ship through burning sands
Cradle your rifle like a man

Momma, she said to wait, she's lost it all
So you've got to stay to make her pay
She knows the fiend upon the throne
It's a goddamn sucker for the stone
Until the day he dies alone

Succumb
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Succumb

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Succumb


Lyrics submitted by Joshjoss, edited by albooga, Tocamadera, 25cents

Wires Lyrics as written by Maurice Bryan Giles John Bryant Sherman

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    Have to agree with albooga, song about the futility of war. “She throws a fiend upon the throne” for me is about electing a ruler, “Sucker for the stone” maybe someone desperate for power and “until he dies alone” as the leader is ousted at the end of the war.

    crack22on February 19, 2023   Link
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    General Comment

    Man, I listened to this in an endless loop for 2 hours. This stuff is the chiz nit. Only Red Fang song I like though..

    Mimimeemion February 18, 2012   Link
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    General Comment

    always reminds me of the story about the lost son in the bible, about a boy who ran from home and eventually succumbed.

    OHMfockOHMon June 09, 2016   Link
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    My Interpretation

    Sounds like a straight forward song about war or more a portrait of aspects of military life as told from a couple different perspectives.

    alboogaon November 06, 2017   Link
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    General Comment

    I think its "she knows the fiend upon the throne" not "fiend upon the stones," and "succumb" instead of "so cold."

    godzilla89on July 19, 2019   Link

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