Trivium – A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation

"A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" as written by Corey Beaulieu, Paolo Gregoletto, Matthew Heafy, Travis Smith and Jason Suecof....
You starve your children on neglect
Then feed their bellies with fear
Concussion bat to the brain
Witness to a battered mother

Your abuse will end right here
No longer will your family fear
A gunshot to head of trepidation
My promise if you ever lay a finger

Just look at the scars you make
Your terror makes your kids break
A broken home just as you were raised
With fist raised up to your children

Your abuse will end right here
No longer will your family fear
A gunshot to head of trepidation
My promise if you ever lay a finger

This battle is on all
You've made beautiful
Now hateful
You wretched life wrecker
Abuser
Now suffer

Open fire
On the desire of the man
Open fire
With strife we'll strike down the hand
(Open fire, build the pyre)
If I can't make you see the damage you've made
(Open fire, build the pyre)
I'll make you wish you'd never been alive x2


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"A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" as written by Jason Suecof Corey Beaulieu

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    General CommentAwesome song, amazing chorus i even the chanting towards the end that brings the chorus back one more time!

    Hey,Hey,Hey,Hey,Hey...so 80's metal ohh ya!
    loc4485on April 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General CommentI think its meant to be a play on this "hey! Hey! Hey!" which a lot bands also like metallica do live but in this song it fits the music really well ^^
    ollion April 09, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General CommentI think it's about threatening to kill someone if they harm the people they love

    And the 'hey! hey!' think is awsome, especially when they do it live
    Molon_ukon June 07, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General CommentTo be more specific I think its about him threatening to kill an abusive father. hence the "your children" and "your kids" and he also says "a battered mother" which could be the wife. Makes sense to me..........
    dennmetalon June 21, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General CommentIm in the music video for this song...they shot it on 6/21
    and I was an extra..it was soo awesome..look out for it sometime in the next month or so
    ALLHAILGODZILLAon June 22, 2005   Link
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    General Commentsweet! i wanna be an extra for it!!! damnit! was it cool? youre proabably never gonna read this and im prolly not coming back to this, i already know the lyrics... its about an abusive father...
    ishallnotfail9on July 29, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General CommentThis song resenbles something i saw on A&E today about a abusive grandfather and how his family kills him.
    triviumTBon August 19, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Commenti alos thought it mean " I think its about him threatening to kill an abusive father. hence the "your children" and "your kids" and he also says "a battered mother" which could be the wife. Makes sense to me.........."

    amazin song!!!!
    Metal Militiaon November 07, 2005   Link
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    General Comment" It's a sad and sickening thought that some people live in fear of their own families. Whether spousal abuse, child abuse, neglect or sexual abuse- it's all tragic on a life threatening scale. Monsters will create monsters through their own actions. This song reflects the outright anger that I have for these people who think they can harm another in their own family."-Matt Heafy (lead singer of Trivium) I got this off there website. Thats the real meaning of it..! =)
    PinkPrincess6916on December 19, 2005   Link
  • 0
    General Commentwell there you go
    Josueon February 01, 2006   Link

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