Red, White & Boom Lyrics
Red, white, boom
I can't hear you
Red, white, boom
[Verse 1: Chris Motionless]
You can't come up for air when you're living on a dime
The truth is all around us if you read between the crimes
We ride the wheel of misfortune just like a carousel
We each are our own devil, and we make this world our hell
[Chorus: Chris Motionless]
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over-stimulated
So run for your life, or detonate it
[Post-Chorus: Chris Motionless]
Red, white, boom
I can't hear you
Red, white, boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
[Verse 2: Chris Motionless]
They say you can't forget the past if you won't give up its ghost
The difference between medicine and poison is the dose
Our carpal tunnel vision is our social suicide
So smile for the camera, aim it right between your eyes
Cold and isolated
Sold out, violated
Over-complicated
So run for your life, or detonate it
[Spoken Post-Chorus]
Please keep your hopes and dreams inside the vehicle at all times
Free will is no longer permitted on this ride
[Bridge: Chris Motionless, and Caleb Shomo]
Here we go
1, 2, fuck you
It's hard to take a breath when dying to survive
The truth is all around, just read between the crimes
Our coffin's rent to own, we're swinging from a rope
The symptoms of control, if undiagnosed, are doomed to explode
[Chorus: Chris Motionless and Caleb Shomo]
Cold and isolated
Force-fed, violated
Divided states of hope and hatred
So run for your life, or detonate it
Go fuck the algorithm
I won't bow down to a broken system
Where madness is celebrated
So pull the pin and detonate it
Detonate it
Red, white, boom
I can't hear you
Red, white, boom
The land of the free, the sick, and depraved
About
This song is the 12th track on Motionless in White’s sixth studio album Scoring The End of The World. It features Caleb Shomo from Beartooth on guest vocals. It’s a sequel from A.M.E.R.I.C.A which is on 2012’s Infamous.
Q&A
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I think this is the weirdest song on the record. It kind of happened piece by piece in ways that just did not fit together, but then somehow fit together. It felt very punk rock, like, ‘Let’s fucking rip it up.’ When I think about bands in the rock world that are doing that right now, I think of Beartooth and Caleb. I wanted to have him feature in the song to kind of put the cherry on top of the feeling it gave me. It’s loud, in your face and doesn’t give a fuck.
—via Apple Music
- 1.Meltdown
- 2.Sign of Life
- 3.Werewolf
- 4.Porcelain
- 6.Masterpiece
- 11.Cyberhex
- 12.Red, White & Boom
