The track here is a Romeo and Juliet-style story done in a more realistic setting, telling the tragic tale of a man who wants to die, and his girlfriend helps him commit suicide. While the first half of the song is written from the man’s perspective, the last part shifts to the girlfriend’s as she grapples with the guilt of killing the love of her life, ultimately ending with her taking her own life as well.
About the lyrics, according to Robb Flynn, "Phil Demmel, our guitarist, came in with a riff and said, I don’t really have much, just this… (plays the main riff). We jammed on it, and I was like, Yeah, it’s a fucking cool riff, man. After practice, I jumped in my car and drove home, which took about 20 minutes. During that drive, I wrote the rest of the song in my head. When I got home, I immediately called Phil and said DUDE, I FINISHED THE FUCKING SONG! We jammed on it some more, but at one point, the song took on a really melodic, almost poppy nature, and it freaked me out. I was like I don’t know, eeeaaarghhh… I need to write some crazy lyrics for this. So I ended up writing a tragedy story about a guy who wants to commit suicide, his girlfriend helps him, and then she takes her own life too. And I thought, Okay, this can work."
The track here is a Romeo and Juliet-style story done in a more realistic setting, telling the tragic tale of a man who wants to die, and his girlfriend helps him commit suicide. While the first half of the song is written from the man’s perspective, the last part shifts to the girlfriend’s as she grapples with the guilt of killing the love of her life, ultimately ending with her taking her own life as well.
About the lyrics, according to Robb Flynn, "Phil Demmel, our guitarist, came in with a riff and said, I don’t really have much, just this… (plays the main riff). We jammed on it, and I was like, Yeah, it’s a fucking cool riff, man. After practice, I jumped in my car and drove home, which took about 20 minutes. During that drive, I wrote the rest of the song in my head. When I got home, I immediately called Phil and said DUDE, I FINISHED THE FUCKING SONG! We jammed on it some more, but at one point, the song took on a really melodic, almost poppy nature, and it freaked me out. I was like I don’t know, eeeaaarghhh… I need to write some crazy lyrics for this. So I ended up writing a tragedy story about a guy who wants to commit suicide, his girlfriend helps him, and then she takes her own life too. And I thought, Okay, this can work."