Matt Shadows their lead singer says the song was written as per request from the developers of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4. Watching the initial trailers for the game & looking at production sketches reminded him of the 'S-Town' podcast & its main protagonist, John B. McLemore. Matt also comments specifically on the lyrics: "I decided that the lyrics would shadow McLemore's life." In 2012, antiquarian horologist John B. McLemore sent an email to the staff of the show 'This American Life' asking them to investigate an alleged murder in his hometown of Woodstock, Alabama, a place McLemore claimed to despise. After a year of exchanging emails & several months of conversation with McLemore, producer Brian Reed traveled to Woodstock to investigate. Reed investigated the crime & eventually found that no such murder took place, though he struck up a friendship with the depressed but colorful character of McLemore. He recorded conversations with McLemore & other people in Woodstock. McLemore killed himself by drinking potassium cyanide on June 22, 2015 while the podcast was still in production. In the narrative of the podcast, this occurs at the end of the second episode; subsequent episodes deal with the fallout from McLemore's death while exploring more of McLemore's life & character.
îä ÷åøä ùà òì äçåó, éìãéà ùçåîéà òà úåó
òà ëéðåø åèîáåøéï, ìèà ä ÷èðä úåôñéÃ, à ää
à ê äéà áøçä à ì äîãáø, ø÷ æðá ÷èï ðùà ø
äà áåëéà ëé áà îú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
éìãéà äëå áúåó, úáùøå à ú áåà äñåó
äáå ÷èåøú åðøåú, ÷åððå äìéìéåú, à ää
ùèåó ëáø âùà æìòôåú, æåäîä îäøçåáåú
÷øà æîéø áèøà òú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
âùà úÃ, çæøå ìçåó éìãéà ùçåîéà òà úåó
îú÷éðéà çìéìéåú îæðáåú ùì ñîîéåú, à ää
à ê éåúø à éðà éåãòéà à à æå îðèä à å éñîéï
îä ì÷çú, à éê ìúú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
îéúøéà áëå úôéìåú åäæéúé áìéìåú
à éê ðîñ îäöìéìéà ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
à éù äùå÷åìã ùìé
à ää.
òà ëéðåø åèîáåøéï, ìèà ä ÷èðä úåôñéÃ, à ää
à ê äéà áøçä à ì äîãáø, ø÷ æðá ÷èï ðùà ø
äà áåëéà ëé áà îú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
éìãéà äëå áúåó, úáùøå à ú áåà äñåó
äáå ÷èåøú åðøåú, ÷åððå äìéìéåú, à ää
ùèåó ëáø âùà æìòôåú, æåäîä îäøçåáåú
÷øà æîéø áèøà òú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
âùà úÃ, çæøå ìçåó éìãéà ùçåîéà òà úåó
îú÷éðéà çìéìéåú îæðáåú ùì ñîîéåú, à ää
à ê éåúø à éðà éåãòéà à à æå îðèä à å éñîéï
îä ì÷çú, à éê ìúú, à éù äùå÷åìã ëáø îú, à ää.
îéúøéà áëå úôéìåú åäæéúé áìéìåú
à éê ðîñ îäöìéìéà ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
ìá äùå÷åìã ùìé
à éù äùå÷åìã ùìé
à ää.
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