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.
Don't wake me up I'm
Trying to find you
Oh, as I walk through
You're hiding in the corners of my mind
Never fear, I'll be close behind
My only love, I follow behind you
Won't go without you
I know your love weighs heavy on my heart
But you are my only counterpart
Well I know
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you,
I can reach through, all alone
I make mistakes but they're safely behind me
Now I can run free
The only true love I have ever known
Into yours my life has been thrown
Still, I only think so
It's just the beginning
Sing when you're willing
They say somethings are better left unsaid
But I'd take my life to stay in your bed
Well I know,
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you
I can reach through
Don't wake me up I'm
Trying to find you
Oh, as I walk through
Well I know
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you
I can reach through
Don't wake me up I'm
Trying to find you
Trying to find you
Oh, as I walk through
You're hiding in the corners of my mind
Never fear, I'll be close behind
My only love, I follow behind you
Won't go without you
I know your love weighs heavy on my heart
But you are my only counterpart
Well I know
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you,
I can reach through, all alone
I make mistakes but they're safely behind me
Now I can run free
The only true love I have ever known
Into yours my life has been thrown
Still, I only think so
It's just the beginning
Sing when you're willing
They say somethings are better left unsaid
But I'd take my life to stay in your bed
Well I know,
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you
I can reach through
Don't wake me up I'm
Trying to find you
Oh, as I walk through
Well I know
Why I lost control
Of my heart and soul
'Cause I know you
I can reach through
Don't wake me up I'm
Trying to find you
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