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Pray For Villains Lyrics
Bitter Blood on the blood-stained highway
We're brothers in arms 'til we get it right
You're gonna want it your way, it's gonna be done now
Don't take it too far, gonna get it right
Move on from the past
Agree to disagree
Every sorrow has its source and your conscience isn't free
In the dog days of Summer on another sober September
This was meant for you
Am I not my brother's keeper?
All is what it seems to be
I'm A strong rival
A bitter enemy
Best friend till the end
The man you wish to be
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down...
The ties that bind he clock that winds
As the oceans meet the sky
On the hour of my death
Will you be standing by
Every sorrow has its source and your conscience isn't free
In the dog days of Summer on another sober September
This was meant for you
Am I not my brother's keeper?
All is what it seems to be
I'm A strong rival
A bitter enemy
Best friend till the end
The man you wish to be
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down...
Bless the broken road as we limp back home
You get off on the sound of everything coming down, so down
Walk down the broken road!
We're brothers in arms 'til we get it right
You're gonna want it your way, it's gonna be done now
Don't take it too far, gonna get it right
Agree to disagree
In the dog days of Summer on another sober September
This was meant for you
All is what it seems to be
I'm A strong rival
A bitter enemy
The man you wish to be
When their heroes let them down
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down...
As the oceans meet the sky
On the hour of my death
Will you be standing by
In the dog days of Summer on another sober September
This was meant for you
All is what it seems to be
I'm A strong rival
A bitter enemy
The man you wish to be
When their heroes let them down
They pray for villains
When their heroes let them down...
You get off on the sound of everything coming down, so down
Walk down the broken road!
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sickening On Jul 11, 2009
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the song is about how its not always the typical "white knight" hero that saves the day. How the badass anti-hero can get the job done too (and usually quicker). He does what needs to be done but not always for the right reasons. its meant to mess with our perception of a hero and what makes a hero.
Holy crap, this song rips. I'm shooting in the dark on this one, but what I get it from it that his brother was thought of as the golden child and when he wasn't, they looked to the black seed of of the family.
i think if you take the song for face value it is as oroborous said above,however do a bit of read between the lines. i seem to think its about how most people will be nice and stand by you and help you in certain situations becoming your hero and you've realized that they arent that type of person, they are 'grinfucking' you. villains or people you've looked down on as bad apples etc are really the only 'real' people out there as they show their true colors with no bullshit. basically we all try to be heroes but at the end of the day we are all guilty and victims of something deceitful,hence we 'pray for villains' true friends.
Oroborous is exactly right. In an interview, Dez said how this song is actually about western films, and how you need an unorthodox badass like Clynt Eastwood (his favorite) to save the day.