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.
My eyes can't lie to you
My kiss my kiss can only tell you true now
You say you have your doubts
But I say I don't know what that talks about now
My world, I have given you
I never gave myself the way I gave myself to you
What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you're the one for me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you
I say what's in my heart
There is no other love
I know that God knows you're the only one so
Why can't you believe when I tell you
There ain't nobody
There ain't nobody but you in my heart
Long as we've been together
You should know by now the love I feel
I feel forever
What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you're the one for me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you I say what's in my heart
I'll never walk away, I'll never leave your side
I'll never break your heart
Looking in someone else's eyes
Your the one I need, the air that I breathe
I won't live one day without you, believe me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you I say what's in my heart
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
My kiss my kiss can only tell you true now
You say you have your doubts
But I say I don't know what that talks about now
My world, I have given you
I never gave myself the way I gave myself to you
What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you're the one for me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you
I say what's in my heart
There is no other love
I know that God knows you're the only one so
Why can't you believe when I tell you
There ain't nobody
There ain't nobody but you in my heart
Long as we've been together
You should know by now the love I feel
I feel forever
What have I gotta do
To make you believe I love you
What have I gotta say
To make you believe you're the one for me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you I say what's in my heart
I'll never walk away, I'll never leave your side
I'll never break your heart
Looking in someone else's eyes
Your the one I need, the air that I breathe
I won't live one day without you, believe me
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
When I say I love you I say what's in my heart
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't my heart tell you true
That I could only love you
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
Didn't you hold me last night
Didn't you look in my eyes
Didn't I, didn't I say what's in my heart
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