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.
Sheltered safe, come out anew
I'll be there the whole day through
Abelone, sweet Abelone
Come out quick, my Abelone
Feel the weather on your skin
Let me out and I'll let you in
Abelone, oh Abelone
Find me here, my Abelone
Darkness likes me better alone
Then I'll suffer baby suffer
I'll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
But it's in your eyes
You've gone a million miles
Slepp lys gjennom sprinklene i taket på ditt rom
Du ser meg gjennom gulvet mitt og stolen min er tom
Abelone, oh Abelone
Kom te meg Abelone, Abelone kom
Det er bare du som kjenner meg sånn
Å du lir og du lir
Å kor du lir
Ser det på ditt smil i ditt fotografi
At du for lengst har reist
You’ve gone a million miles
And I don’t mind your reasons for living
I don’t mind the hell that you’ve seen
And I don’t mind the holes that you’ve fallen in
I don’t mind
Oh, but you'll suffer, baby suffer
You’ll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
When it’s in your eyes
You’ve gone a million miles
Oh, but suffer, baby suffer
I’ll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
But it’s in your eyes
You’ve gone a million miles
If the whole world’s crashing then we’ll move along
We’ll move along
The whole world’s crashing, but one day we’ll be gone
One day we’ll be gone
I'll be there the whole day through
Abelone, sweet Abelone
Come out quick, my Abelone
Feel the weather on your skin
Let me out and I'll let you in
Abelone, oh Abelone
Find me here, my Abelone
Darkness likes me better alone
Then I'll suffer baby suffer
I'll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
But it's in your eyes
You've gone a million miles
Slepp lys gjennom sprinklene i taket på ditt rom
Du ser meg gjennom gulvet mitt og stolen min er tom
Abelone, oh Abelone
Kom te meg Abelone, Abelone kom
Det er bare du som kjenner meg sånn
Å du lir og du lir
Å kor du lir
Ser det på ditt smil i ditt fotografi
At du for lengst har reist
You’ve gone a million miles
And I don’t mind your reasons for living
I don’t mind the hell that you’ve seen
And I don’t mind the holes that you’ve fallen in
I don’t mind
Oh, but you'll suffer, baby suffer
You’ll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
When it’s in your eyes
You’ve gone a million miles
Oh, but suffer, baby suffer
I’ll suffer so well
In our last minute photograph
But it’s in your eyes
You’ve gone a million miles
If the whole world’s crashing then we’ll move along
We’ll move along
The whole world’s crashing, but one day we’ll be gone
One day we’ll be gone
Lyrics submitted by itsAmeAmario
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