| Your Life | ||
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| Length: | 3:25 | |
| Released: | October 27, 2017 | |
| Writers: | Charlie Scene, Courtney Ballard, Danny, J-Dog, Jarod Poythress, Johnny 3 Tears | |
| Producer: | J-Dog | |
| Key: | B major | |
| Tempo: | 92 BPM | |
| Album: | V | |
| Last single: | We Own the Night | |
| Next single: | Whatever It Takes (Mixtape) | |
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Your Life is a song from the band's fifth studio album, V.
Background[]
In an article by Scene for Dummies, the song is discussed:
"[The song] closes V with elegiac keys, jagged riffing, and an 808-boom propelled by edge-of-your-seat raps and an undeniable plea, 'It's your life. It's do or die.' 'We were shitfaced drinking in the rain under an awning on Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood at three in the morning,' recalls J-Dog. 'That's how the chorus came about.' 'It's true,' smiles Johnny 3 Tears. 'I love when ideas come about organically. It's personal, but it's a statement for everyone. It might be cliché to say, but it needs to be repeated: You can't waste your fucking time. It's a self-affirmation. Every moment you waste worrying is a moment you could've been done something that might actually have consequence by the day you die.'"
Music video[]
The music video for the song was released on January 17, 2018.
Personnel[]
- Rob Cantin - co-producer, key gaffer
- Brian Cox - director, producer, post-production editor
- Simon David - camera operator
- Jen Deveroux - wardrobe stylist
- Christian Fidler - actor
- Devan Halsh - production assistant
- Alexa King - actress
- Anthony Salas - production assistant
- Annette Serrato - hair & make-up
- Faisal Shah - director of photography
- Ben Smith - assistant camera
Lyrics[]
Johnny 3 Tears: Fuck it, fuck every single memory
Have you done wrong? But who's the real enemy?
You better figure out not a single thing is meant to be
The only thing that matter’s how you live before you're put to sleep
That's how you're living if you're living just to breathe
I never waste a sentence, better listen when I speak
Or you’re gonna know the truth when they put you underneath
And no one's gonna listen when you're six feet deep
I keep my heart tucked in my chest
I hide it underneath with a bulletproof vest
Who's next? I, no, I never gave a fuck
I was too busy dying, too busy giving up
Yeah, trust me
All: (Trust me!)
Johnny 3 Tears: Just breathe
All: (Just breathe!)
Johnny 3 Tears: One day you're gonna see
Yeah, trust me
All: (Trust me!)
Johnny 3 Tears: Just breathe
All: (Just breathe!)
Johnny 3 Tears: Otherwise you're living on your knees
Danny: This is your life, it's do or die
The sun may never rise again, so be the light, the vision
This is your life, it's slipping by
You try to run but fall again, you get back up, that's living
J-Dog: Every day I feel like I wanna forget
And everywhere I go, I see the angel of Death
To the left I see what's right b-but I hold it in the wrong hand
It's a fight, I see my life given no chance
It's hard to wake up but I wanna believe
That I'm not alone with a broken dream
All the glitter ain't gold, don't be naive
Leave it all behind and just follow me
Yeah, trust me
All: (Trust me!)
J-Dog: Just breathe
All: (Just breathe!)
J-Dog: One day you're gonna see
Yeah, trust me
All: (Trust me!)
J-Dog: Just breathe
All: (Just breathe!)
J-Dog: Otherwise you're living on your knees
Danny: This is your life, it's do or die
The sun may never rise again, so be the light, the vision
This is your life, it's slipping by
You try to run but fall again, you get back up, that's living
Charlie Scene: Today I finally felt like I wasn't in a dream
This ain't who I am inside or how it's supposed to be
My mind is on an endless road and I've been losing sleep
And as the road is crumbling these demons start to creep
I can't hold back
All: (Hold back!)
Charlie Scene: You couldn't stop me if you tried
You should know that
All: (Know that!)
Charlie Scene: And when the fire burns inside
You can't hold back
All: (Hold back!)
Charlie Scene: To anything that never dies
You should know that
All: (Know that!)
Charlie Scene: You can't hold back
Danny: This is your life, it's do or die
The sun may never rise again, so be the light, the vision
This is your life, it's slipping by
You try to run but fall again, you get back up, that's living
Personnel[]
- Hollywood Undead
- Charlie Scene - vocals
- Danny - clean vocals
- Funny Man - gang vocals
- J-Dog - production, vocals
- Johnny 3 Tears - vocals
- Additional
- Brian Gardner - mastering
- Dan Lancaster - mixing
- Rhys May - mixing assistant
Trivia[]
- This is the second song that the band has officially confirmed was written while they were under the influence of something. The first was Guzzle, Guzzle.
- The band said the message behind the song is “taking advantage of every moment you have on Earth.”