Welcome to another Music Monday! Today we are graced by Beartooth’s impacting song “Beaten in Lips.” I intend to be brief on this post as the words pretty much speak for themselves. Listen to the song or read the lyrics and you should get the gist of it. I also copied an excerpt from Alternative Press where Caleb Shomo, the band’s lead vocalist/writer/instrument player, discusses (among other things) the inspiration for the song. I encourage you to read the interview in its entirety as it is profound for a guy who is so young.
I talk to people at shows I talk to people who tell me they’ve dealt with that, or that they deal with active abuse. It’s a pretty common thing. It’s sad. Going to shows for some people is a big release from being abused. It’s so sad and literally shatters my heart to talk to someone who’s been cutting him or herself for years and years because he or she has dealt with family abuse, or is heavy into alcohol and drugs just to bury it. That was a big inspiration-just seeing the sheer reality of it. […]
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Beartooth
“Beaten In Lips” Lyrics
Everything that I say won’t mean anything less
When I’m down in a grave
And you’ve put me to rest
Everything that I say won’t mean anything less
When I’m down in a grave
And you’ve put me to rest
Will the story end
Will it ever change
I never knew a person could be so deranged
Does it make you feel good
Do you feel strong ruining the lives of everyone you love
As if life isn’t hard already
Add it to the list of things to forget
With one chance to define ourselves
We’re gonna keep on living
Keep on living
This is for the kids with the beaten in lips
Whose parents try to shut them up using their fists
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
This is for the kids with a soul like mine
When people tell you living is a waste of your time
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
Pull the plug with a single decision
Your way of life is a contradiction
Go to rehab celebrate with ketamine
Mend the wounds and light it with kerosene
Light my wounds with kerosene
As if life isn’t hard already
Add it to the list of things to forget
With one chance to define ourselves
We’re gonna keep on living
Keep on living
This is for the kids with the beaten in lips
Whose parents try to shut them up using their fists
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
This is for the kids with a soul like mine
When people tell you living is a waste of your time
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
Listen to the sound of your children revolting
Listen to the sound of the lives you’re ruining
This is for the kids with the beaten in lips
Whose parents try to shut them up using their fists
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
This is for the kids with the beaten in lips
Whose parents try to shut them up using their fists
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
This is for the kids with a soul like mine
When people tell you living is a waste of your time
Keep living loud and proud
They never can hold you down
Everything that I say won’t mean anything less
When I’m down in a grave
And you’ve put me to rest
Everything that I say won’t mean anything less
When I’m down in a grave
And you’ve put me to rest
