I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
Your not my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
You think you're my friend
But you just take from me
So now it's the end
Don't fuckin' smile just get the fuck away from me
Bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
You use your fake friends
Use them then throw them away
So now it's the end
Don't fuckin' smile just get the fuck away from me
Get the fuck away
Bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Now you have forsaken all that I have known
Now you've really taken me for everything I own.
And I want it back
I doubt you'll ever see
It's you that has to pay the price, and me who is set free
You're not my bro
You're not my bro
You're not my bro!
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it Don't you pretend
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
You think you're my friend
But you just take from me
So now it's the end
Don't fuckin' smile just get the fuck away from me
Bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
You use your fake friends
Use them then throw them away
So now it's the end
Don't fuckin' smile just get the fuck away from me
Get the fuck away
Bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Now you have forsaken all that I have known
Now you've really taken me for everything I own.
And I want it back
I doubt you'll ever see
It's you that has to pay the price, and me who is set free
You're not my bro
You're not my bro
You're not my bro!
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it
Don't you pretend that you're my bro
Don't say it Don't you pretend
Lyrics submitted by ScreamingInfidelity
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Angry song.. I love it.
THIS SONG IS FUCKEN RAD DUDE
I love it ! and i love goldfinger this song is one of my favorite
one of the best goldfinger has produced very good meaning no ones my bro u call me it i will go off as well
This song rocks! I love the tone of da whole song!
Well it could mean
Dont call me your good friend (bro) cos you dont treat me like that. Or dont say your my bro, hes nice and thats not you.
yeah, pretty obvious what it's about...he was betrayed in some way by a friend, and the other guy thinks they're still cool but the narrator is saying fuck you, you're not my friend, so get away from me.