punk
punk rock
strung out
no use for a name
alt punk
pennywise
power punk
alternative punk
Story behind the song
This was recorded from a live performance on April 25th, 2004 in Cardiff's Barfly. If you listen, you'll notice the drums lose time on the intro.
We wrote this song over a period of a few months. We had the intro to it but didn't know where to go with it, so we left it for a bit. After we trashed our setlist from a gig in January, we came back to this song, and everything seemed to fall into place. Sam wrote the lyrics in a matter of 5 minutes and it went from there really.
Lyrics
It's not the right time to be a hero
It's not the right time to stand out from the crowd
You're just a modern day fucking Nero
You know it takes more than a pretty face
Don't put your head on the block for them
They will only pay you back in blood
Cut you life supply off at the stem
Leave you squirming in the midday Sun.
It's justified
Far too hot to stay in here
And don't look back
The fires of hell are hot on your heels