Genius Lyrics
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Avenged Sevenfold – Afterlife
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The fourth track and third single from Avenged Sevenfold’s 2007 self-titled release.
The lyrics tell the story of a person who has died young and realizes that he or she still has
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Avenged Sevenfold – The Stage
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A return to form for Avenged Sevenfold, “The Stage” is about seizing control over one’s own mind by rebelling against propaganda and complacency. A7X use religious and political
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Avenged Sevenfold – Bat Country
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This is the song that brought Avenged Sevenfold into the mainstream. It is the second single off the album.
The song’s theme functions as a reference to Hunter S. Thompson’s novel
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Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
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“Almost Easy” is the second track on their self-titled album, and was written by The Rev.
The song was originally planned to be in the Transformers movie, but as the band puts it
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Avenged Sevenfold – Seize the Day
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The fourth single from Avenged Sevenfold’s 2005 breakthrough album, City of Evil. Lyrically, the song is centered on the Latin aphorism Carpe Diem, which is usually translated as “
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Avenged Sevenfold – Danger Line
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The third track on Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio album, “Nightmare”. Like previous Avenged Sevenfold tracks such as “M.I.A.” and “Gunslinger”, it chronicles the experiences of a
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Avenged Sevenfold – Victim
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Track 8 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio album, Nightmare.
Lyrically, the song deals with the death of the band’s drummer, Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, who died on December
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Avenged Sevenfold – Critical Acclaim
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The first single from Avenged Sevenfold’s 2007 self-titled release, and the opening track of said release. This song is mainly about people who criticize members of the armed
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Avenged Sevenfold – Fiction
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“Fiction” was the final song written and recorded by original drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan. The song was originally titled “Death” by The Rev.
Sullivan gave the piece to lead
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Avenged Sevenfold – Unholy Confessions
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This song was a major development on Avenged Sevenfold’s second album, Waking the Fallen, since it features far fewer metalcore screams than most of their previous songs, a trend
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Avenged Sevenfold – Exist
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The Stage’s eleventh and last song.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, front man M. Shadows said Exist is a heavy metal interpretation of the Big Bang, having the vocal come when
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Avenged Sevenfold – Paradigm
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Paradigm is the second song off of Avenged Sevenfold’s seventh studio album, The Stage.
The song deals with the concept of nanobots, specifically how they can help cure diseases
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Avenged Sevenfold – Buried Alive
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The fourth single from Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio album, Nightmare.
This is the favorite Avenged Sevenfold song of lead singer M. Shadows.
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Avenged Sevenfold – Remenissions
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This song seem to be about war, and the ability for humans to kill one another, but there can be other interpretations as the lyrics are pretty vague. Other interpretations can be
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Avenged Sevenfold – Gunslinger
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“Gunslinger” is a song dedicated to soldiers. It’s about the people who are forced apart from their family and friends, mainly due to war. But anyone away from their loved ones
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Avenged Sevenfold – Heretic
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Track 7 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s sixth studio album, Hail to the King. Said guitarist Synyster Gates of the song:
“This was probably the first song that we wrote for the album
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Avenged Sevenfold – Streets
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Streets is the 12th song of Avenged Sevenfolds first ever album recorded in 1999 and released in 2001.
The narrator sings about growing up broke and living off the street, more of
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Avenged Sevenfold – Crossroads
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This song is about the 2 sides of politics, left and right, and how they are equally have their own problems. The person speaking is trying to choose which side to vote on, but he
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Avenged Sevenfold – M.I.A.
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This song is about the war in Iraq and how it affects the soldiers fighting it
In the video below, M.Shadows comments on the song by saying
This next song does not mean that
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Avenged Sevenfold – Scream
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“Scream” is the third track on this album, and it was designed to lower the tempo of the album and just give you a good groove.
Lyrically they wanted the song not to be violent
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Avenged Sevenfold – Planets
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Track 9 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s sixth studio album, Hail to the King. “Planets” comprises part one of a two part story that concludes the album. Said guitarist Synyster Gates of
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Avenged Sevenfold (Ft. Warren Fitzgerald) – Runaway
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A cover of Del Shannon’s “Runaway”. This song is sung by Zacky Vengeance instead of M. Shadows. Warren Fitzgerald from The Vandals is a special guest on the song as well. The song’
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Avenged Sevenfold – Simulation
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The seventh track on The Stage, this song deals with the Simulation Theory, the hypothesis that all of reality as we know it – the Earth, the galaxy, the entirety of the universe
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Avenged Sevenfold – God Damn
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The Stage’s fourth song.
The song is referencing the downward spiral of American politics. Our leaders continue to take us deeper in debt, to fight unnecessary and oppressive
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Avenged Sevenfold – Lost It All
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“Lost It All” is an iTunes bonus track for Avenged Sevenfold’s fifth studio album, Nightmare. It was also featured as a bonus track on the album’s Japanese import, as well as the
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Avenged Sevenfold – Lost
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“Lost” is the 8th song of Avenged Sevenfold’s self-titled album, released in 2007.
Lyrically the song is about how man has always waged war on each-other. Even though people
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Avenged Sevenfold – Angels
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[Verse 1] / Took me years to make my motives clear / And the days have not been kind / Once a steady gaze and charming smile / Has been buried in the lines, I find / [Pre-Chorus
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Avenged Sevenfold – Sidewinder
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This song is told in the point of view of a snake. More specifically; the sidewinder, a highly venomous pit viper. Metaphorically it represents the type of person known as a “snake
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Avenged Sevenfold – Unbound (The Wild Ride)
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“Unbound (The Wild Ride)”, originally named “Disneyland Acid Trip” is the sixth song on Californian Metal band Avenged Sevenfold’s fourth, self-titled album.
Writers M. Shadows
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Avenged Sevenfold – Acid Rain
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‘Acid Rain’ is the 10th and the last track on ‘Hail to the King’ the sixth album by Avenged Sevenfold.
Vocalist M. Shadows breaks it down in this article
There’s another song
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Avenged Sevenfold – Beast and the Harlot
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This song is about the Fall of Babylon from the Book of Revelation in the bible and how it compares to Hollywood. It was the 3rd single released off the album City of Evil. The
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Avenged Sevenfold – Chapter Four
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The song’s name and lyrics are based on the Chapter Four of the biblical book of Genesis, where the story of Cain killing Abel is told. The band also took their name from that very
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Avenged Sevenfold – God Hates Us
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“God Hates Us” follows “So Far Away”, which is a ballad, this song goes back to Avenged Sevenfold’s roots with the screaming vocals. And as all songs – except “Nightmare” and “
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Avenged Sevenfold – Set Me Free
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“Set Me Free” was originally recorded for Avenged Sevenfold’s 2013 album Hail to the King. It’s one of the slower songs in their catalog, straying away from the more aggressive
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Avenged Sevenfold – Blinded in Chains
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“Blinded in Chains,” is a societal critique of how many are blinded by their (sometimes wrong) beliefs.
The song appears in the very popular racing game: Need for Speed: Most
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Avenged Sevenfold – Betrayed
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This song is a tribute to “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, who was the guitarist for the heavy metal band Pantera, one of Avenged Sevenfold’s biggest influences. The man in the song (a
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Avenged Sevenfold – Warmness on the Soul
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Track 7 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s debut album, Sounding the Seventh Trumpet. Following the album’s release, the song was released as a single with an accompanying music video as
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Avenged Sevenfold – Burn It Down
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Burn it Down was the first single released off the album. It’s about someone who has been betrayed by the same person on many occasions. The person who is being betrayed can’t take
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