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.
People are alive
Msehsalkshfkauiretgyo
People are alive
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People are alive
Skefonaosdkrsfhkbdfalive
Aletayaletageto
People are alive
People are alive
Simple
For three eras have passed now
No regret
You are not a real one
Earth is life
Though life is a figment
Ways and means
Financial law is key
Is mommy gonna hurt the baby
Mercury is rising over us
Questions verses answers
Lulu's do
Just a door
A ringlet boozed
You
Along the way
Is mommy gonna hurt the baby
One
Who's a whore
For after poems
Msehsalkshfkauiretgyo
People are alive
Skfjsdfkjaftermathrthiufgfn
People are alive
Skefonaosdkrsfhkbdfalive
Aletayaletageto
People are alive
People are alive
Simple
For three eras have passed now
No regret
You are not a real one
Earth is life
Though life is a figment
Ways and means
Financial law is key
Is mommy gonna hurt the baby
Mercury is rising over us
Questions verses answers
Lulu's do
Just a door
A ringlet boozed
You
Along the way
Is mommy gonna hurt the baby
One
Who's a whore
For after poems
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Michael Masters Earth Lyrics as written by Volly Blaze Jamey Blaze
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