Badflower - Machine Gun (Lyric Video)
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There's something about singing with no instrumental that always hits 100x harder for me, so the ending was perfect for their message. And the way the ending is worded, this isn't their story, this is telling the story that has been told to them, repeating it louder for those who don't have a platform like they do.
exactly, you can tell this is about a veteran who didn't want to fight in a war. which makes it even sadder :(
i actually saw a video that josh did and he said this is more about manipulation he just used the military as an example but he said it's mainly about people gettinf manipulated.
The ending gives me chills and I cried when they played it live. So freaking powerful.
WTF?! This guy is fuckin' killin' it with uncomfortable truths that we Americans hate to hear! He's totally got a pulse on the war machine, be-a-patriot thing
Thanks for explaining Bad Flowers song, "Machine Gun" better .
"Once you leave a headstone, you never really make it home" god damn, that's a powerful line!
True that..''..Protector of the innocent, manipulate the broken'' so deep and real
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
Josh's voice makes every song so emotional that even though I've never been through most of the situations their songs talk about, they make me cry like a child
I love his music
Same
@LawlessLee Katz writes most of the songs...
Saw them live last night this song followed by family flood gates were open
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
This song is gonna cut even deeper live
oh it DOES. The ending especially.
I’m seeing them live tonight. I already have chills…
I was just commenting that. I cried. It is SO poweful live. They are the real deal.
Dude he sang this when he opened for awolnation on the 11th and DAMN it fucking did. I’ve been obsessed with him and his band since then and it hasn’t even been a full week yet. I love josh so much
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
Finally someone in the usa actually talking with brains and beautifly about it. Its almost a protest song. This shuld hit a lot harder to a whole lot of people. Make it big guys, this is the right path.
*singing about it
You would have to be intellectually dishonest with yourself to really believe the USA is the only bad guy in the world.
@@jskyler5422 its the biggest and one of the most powerfull. If the crown fits, probably its because you r the king. They are responsable for some of the worst tragedys , destructions and invations in the last century and a bit beyond. More often than not acting as a sort of international police, while installing goverments of their choosing on regions like latinamerica. You woulf have to be mentally blind to say otherwise
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
This speaks VOLUMES. You can hear the chapters and how things change throughout the song. It tells such a big story and I really hope this get big for you all. 💕
Fucking hell. That drop off at the end where its just Josh singing and no instrumental. I actually got chills. Perfect
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
I had to go back @ 3:47 with my headphones on max volume cause is just perfect.
Band, PLEASE release a vocals only version of the album
3:06 always gives me goosebumps 😢
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🐺🔥🤘
How this group is not much more well-known, is beyond me. People who don't know about Badflower are really missing out.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
@@beezybeez6285 lol
@@steel1968 🤘
I have been to war and understand what you are saying...I am 44 years old now and live with memories of what I became in order to survive...I would do it again for my brothers to come home...There is real evil out there...Believe that..I understand your song more than anyone...I wish you the best in your future and music...You have a great voice..
Same here, I'm in the active military now.
Thanks to both of you and all service men and women out there. My family appreciates what you sacrifice for us to live with freedom. Take care of yourselves and be safe!
100% brother, as a prior Army 11B.
Hoot said it best
"They won't understand.
They won't understand why we do it.
They won't understand that it's about the men next to you, and that's it.
That's all it is."
Thank you for your service.
@Dwane Browning:
Only thing is, you never give Badflower credit for telling us the TRUTH about our war machine and its motives. It has nothing whatsoever to do with 'national security' and 'freedom' here at home...it's truly because our government does, and always has, loved 'War' - don't believe it? Research our history
You're right, there is 'real evil' in the world; question is, how much of that evil are WE responsible for?
This one gave me _chills._
I was at a Badflower concert (During the like... 4th time I've seen them) and someone said "This is my favorite from them" when they were preparing to play this song. I've seen them like 6 times. If I can make it to their concert you bet I'm going.
"manipulate the broken"... isn't it the essence of our society?
Sadly that’s how Capitalism thrives
@@CirclingTheDead Don't tell me you unironically support socialism
@@Vaxels I do unironically support socialism… this song itself criticizes capitalism so I’m not sure why you’re here
@@CirclingTheDead first of all, not at least listening to artistic viewpoints makes you worse than an idiot, and secondly, this is criticizing the drafts and Vietnam War it seems especially, idk where you got the idea of capitalism from this. Also, socialism is absolutely God awful and has never once worked. With capitalism you just have to get off your ass and you'll make a living.
@@Vaxels “we satisfy a rich man’s greed” “the treatment for my shell shock, they don’t even pay for it.” The entire basis is that governments send the poor to die for them in war to make money. That’s the entire point of the song.
This isn’t just about the Vietnam war, this is about every war. War is one of the biggest money makers there is… why do you think we’ve invaded Iraq and several other Middle Eastern countries.
And I don’t think you know what Socialism is, because it has worked nearly every time. You just don’t think it’s worked because the CIA assassinates socialist leaders and replaces them with puppet capitalist/fascist leaders so socialist countries don’t nationalize their resources. Look at every Central American country, look at Libya, look at the fucking USSR. Socialism has done what it was meant too every single time. Nationalizing oil or other resources and then redistributing that wealth to programs to lift people out of poverty has always worked.
In capitalism, you get off your ass and get to jobs just to barely make ends meet. Majority of Americans can’t handle a 500 dollar random fine. America has one of the highest levels of poverty, medical debt, and homelessness in the world.
Badflower is anti-capitalist and anti-conservative… I mean, have you heard the song Die??
This is the best album I’ve ever heard in my life.
omg the ending😭😭😭 his voice is so sad and emotional.
Real shit. Manipulate the broken to fight someone else's war(the riches greed).
Woah, I feel like this song is also fitting for WW II. This pretty much describes what my father's uncle went through in WW II. He was enlisted when he was just 17 or 18 and trained to be a fighter pilot. He had to drop bombs on villages and cities. Whenever he came home he'd be devastated and say he couldn't do it anymore. He'd always see dead bodies flying through the air. So one day he dropped his bombs on a forest, not on a village. Someone reported him and he was sentenced to participate in something that was practically a suicide mission. In short, he paid his humanity with his life. Shot in the back he managed to land his machine but died in the hospital.
Thinking about all the people who ever had or have to feel this way makes me choke up.
He was a liar
@@TheInfantry98 You shouldn't judge others by your own standards.
@@TheInfantry98 How was he a liar??
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
"they said we were the good guys but what if We're the terrorists?"
"They gave me a machine gun, But I don't wanna hurt no one"
"I Fired that machine gun, i never meant to hurt no one"
"As my friends and foes bleed, We statisfy a rich man's greed"
These are my fav. lines and then in the below lines he even explains that he doesn't understand it all perfectly but he can atleast write about it for them
"Maybe i don't know a dam thing, i've never been through anything"
"He Fired That Machine Gun, She Never Meant to Hurt No OneCause once you leave the head stone, You never really make it home"
"they said we were the good guys but what if We're the terrorists?"
Ask any country we've invaded this question and see what kind of response you get. We Americans have been indoctrinated for so long we go into a fucking seizure when questioned whether we're the 'good guys' or not
The “once you leave a headstone, you never really make it home” is about soldiers who have killed in war carry the weight of taking a life with them forever and never forget the life they took. Nightmares PTSD and being forgotten about once they do come home, government tells them to go kill the enemy and then abandon them and their health especially the mental and emotional toll they carry with them.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
Hero of war by Rise Against vibe and similarity in meaning, I dig it.
Yeah that's what I thought initially....I love this but Hero of war is the hardest hitting song of all time in my books
@@raphaelovicstrassovic9440 well Rise Against and Badflower are both some of my all time favorites, So I'm not complaining. Badflower is amazing but Rise Against is king
I thought the same. Maybe inspired loosely?
So glad you said this because I thought same thing!!
Yeah this song gives me a mix of Hero of War but also a built or Survivor’s Guilt by Rise Against as well
The ending got me nonstop crying. It feels a little too relatable. Outside of war, I’ve never been in. I talk to my family who have been in war. Listen to their raw emotion, I turn it into my own story, to help them feel acknowledged. To feel understood.
His voice gives me chills! You can FEEL his pain! This is an AMAZING song. I wanna know who it's about or who he saw go through this. Vietnam Vet is a parent here so it's powerful for us. It makes you bawl because you have been there and saw and felt everything he mentions.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
This is so powerful for all generations still above ground that have lived or still live this. I made it home (OIF) and so did my father ( Vietnam) but I had to fight for 10 years for military medical benefits and as of year 2015 my father has been fighting from cancer and diabetes due to agent orange that our government doesn’t want to acknowledge . Sadly the fight doesn’t stop if you’re able to make it home. To all generation : past, present, and future ones, I hope, pray, and wish for you to not have to fight longer than your enlistment and that you stay safe.
Thank you for making such an impactful and deep meaning ballad.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
As somebody who almost said yes to this life, this song hits hard. much love for this band!
I really wanted that but im disabled but im a dad now so
Damn.....I'm a infantry Veteran and I feel this.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
3:06 damn the vocal here is insane, and the message and meaning of the song is amazing, very underrated.
By far their best political statement.
i agree they are brave and not an easy statement when you re american i guess !!
I love that at the end all you can do is be the voice for someone else's grief
That’s a really
Good song. I want to hear some other versions too. That was a good one for people who can feel that.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎧
This song came out about a week after my grandpa died. He raised me not as his grandson, but his son. He was enlisted at 17, and this song is just how he used to tell stories to me. Whenever I miss him, I listen to this track.
I'm a "peace time grunt" but I connect with a lot of the lyric in this song, epically with where I am stationed the local population isn't too fond of us.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🐺🔥🤘
I saw bad flower a few months ago in Seattle and I didn't care much for their show or personas, but this song was a good one. I'm not a veteran but I still had to hide my tears from my wife, and months later this is still the song that sticks with me from their show. Very well written.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🐺🔥🤘
The guitar riff reminds me of U2's Every Breaking Wave and both these songs are immaculate. The riff and melody just makes it emotional
oml i found this band like a year ago and i absolutely love their songs. not only do they have good lyrics, but the instrumentals are fucking awesome! and a lot of the songs are actually really deep y’know? like they take real matters and turn them into a compelling song. i’ve been trying to get more of my friends to listen to them because of how amazing they are, and so far i’ve gotten two of them to listen lmao. i cant believe how underrated badflower are!!
Think this has to be my favourite Badflower song, they need a Music Video for this it would be so good ❤
This describes most wars is too much for me. What a great band
It’s never too late to say it all. You can still save so many.
Well this hits different now...
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
I love this album 😭 This one is one of my favorites 🥀🖤
God damn...that last line.
Saw y'all for the third time a week or so ago, and I will never be disappointed in your shows. You rocked so hard even with Laryngitis. These songs are amazing, as I expected. Some of them are hitting very hard... Thank you guys! I'll see you again soon.
I was there too! They fucking killed it
@@DoubleOPossum Hell yeah man!
" He fired that machine gun, SHE never meant to hurt no one, because once you leave a head stone .... "
Song makes you think... I love it.
This song flew under the radar for me until I saw Josh do it live... then WOW... got it... so great!
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
John lennon would probably like this song, To me it has a late 60's vibe to it... I think they should do one about the prison business next, The falsely accused, Crooked police, etc.... .
This song is soooooooo goooooooooooddd i just saw them live. Shut almost brought me to tears.
The building is perfect. Fits really well. Much emotion. I'm very wow.
The thing the gets me is the backvocals. Or however that thing is called.
I can't wait for the official music video.
I listened to this so much when it came out, and now i feel nostalgic every time i hear it, even if it's not that long ago since it came out.
That last line. "Once you leave a headstone, you never really make it home." It's interesting, because it can be interpreted in two intertwined ways. Either you're killed, and you as a person don't make it home- even if your body might, or you kill someone else, physically leaving a headstone, and mentally never making it home. Theres a lot of little nuances like this in this song, which is part of why I love it so much
Badflower gets better and better with every album!
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
Saw Badflower for the second time at Louder Than Life and they never disappoint...I LOVE THEM!!!! I want to see them in Nashville soon!!!!
"Maybe I don't know a damn thing, I've never been thru anything.
This is all I can be - a voice for someone else's grief."
💔
"Treatment for my shell shock, and they won't even pay for it." Yup my soul felt that one.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
First listen I fell in love. Just like with Ghost, Promise Me, and Family
You guys kicked ass last night in Green Bay!!!!
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
Sad news today: US military hero, Roberta Lynne Garrett has passed away AKA Roberta Jessmon a true Mom, Teacher and friend to many in Marion Indiana. May you rest in Heaven and I will meet you there One day. (From:her son Joe. This 1 is for you mom. I will honor you by living.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
Lots of love from Manipur, India 🇮🇳
I like this one alot
This is how I honestly believe war is like greedy old me sending the young to die for their agenda
@@haydnpierson9447 it really is. The US corporations have used the military to overthrow democratically elected socialist govts all around the world, look at south America, Asia, Africa and the middle east. Iran in the 50s, Allende in Chile 1973, etc. The US was lobbied by corporations who exploited the resources and workers of these "poor countries", to stop the working class revolutions that happened there. Look up how many socialist govts the US has destroyed in third world nations, there are no "poor nations", they are just "over exploited!". These poor nations are RICH in natural resources, but capitalist imperialism from the US prevents those countries from nationalizing/socializing their own resources, so US corporations can come in and take them and exploit the workers there.
Badflower, you are so important to me since i discovered you in 2018, the best and worst year of my life. Thanks for your music, and this new album is pure as fuck ♥
Thanks alot for bringing light on what we go through
My dad was drafted into the vietnam war 68-69. Makes me think of him. Don't wrry he's still alive.
Hello I am completely new, literally my first listen or even hearing of them but this is really good
Well get ready bc they have so many bangers
Completely understood. This needs to be every where
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
song reminds me bout Seal Team Seps
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
THIS SONG is by far Badflower's most important contribution to society. Sing it loud, sing it often, then sing it some more! Cuz we Americans have been so fucking indoctrinated we have a very difficult time digesting truth
Indoctrinated by the left
that sounds powerful
this really hits for me.
Mother mary on spotify would hit me harder tho :)
stoppp i've seen all your comments so far lmao
i won't mind this comment on all there videos.. we do need mother marry on spotify
Gahhh. My favorite song.
This is a very very truthful song!!! I can hear it in his voice and the whole song is just 😥
Sadly this is something you learn when it's too late. You know what I mean if you've been there.
Boy is this song relavent rn
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
Such a beautiful song you guys deserve to be way bigger
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
This song is amazing
Couldn't be more spot on
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
Talk about a tear jerker:
Damn, a band I really like in this era!
Reminds me of Smile Empty Soul "This Is War".
Just caught y’all in Little Rock, epic show guys great energy! Come back soon
Sweet jesus this is an amazing and useful song! Beautiful!
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
This song honestly hit me hard, 2 years and 6 months into my first contract this song makes some very valid points however the ending hits hard more so since I’m off on a deployment overseas next year
Edit: this now hits me even harder 2 years later, got injured during my deployment combined with some past service injuries and now I’m at the point I gotta deal with the VA and other stuff Just Overall bluh
Best of luck to you. I know it had to be a hard decision.
imagine playing it for WW3 soldiers today.
i love how real these songs are
Well I'm pretty sure this is the best song on the album!! The others were all great so far but this one is so well written and tells a story like no other song explains! The vocals were amazing! Melodies were great! Love this song! The ending is powerful enough I think it could've ended the album!!
Yes true we are being mislead to fight against each other while real agenda is completely different to what we are told bad flower I got more respect for you guys 🙏
🔥🔥🤘
Amazing song.
Now, My fav...by far.
Ty for spoken up, not erverybody is made for WAR, not everybody wants to be in there. Your Text is so importent, now and ever
COME TO EL PASO TX PLEASE!!!!!!!
I feel this should be the Bioshock theme song. 😂 Beautiful song; love the lyrics.
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
Ftw forever together wherever
Damn, this hits home
Chills
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘
@@beezybeez6285 will look for em! Thanks!
this gives me WIII by Grandson vibes
nice
It’s like it except not rapped
This song really hits home right now with the war drums beating in the background over ukraine and Taiwan. War is imminent. One on a scale none of this generation has ever seen, and this time America will not be beyond reach.
Como cambia esta canción desde la perspectiva actual 😳
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧🐺
This song. ❤
This song is really good love it
That's so true... And so actual... I've just bought "This is how the world ends" and it such a good album! So hard and true, so intense, so human... and also really touching❤️
Love that... I really hope I will be in Milan to see these guys in December!
I finally found a new band to listen and listen again...
And I also fell in love with Josh, I admit😍😅
Kisses from Italy
This is so good but you must hear “Whispering Wolf” or “Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🎧
Feels like a spiritual successor to Hero Of War, and I’m so fuckin here for it
Absolutely. This is the post-war anthem for all the millennials who went to fight and are now back home grappling with what they had to do. To add insult to injury, the terrible way we left Afghanistan and now the fact that the enemy is back in control of the country… kinda feels like it wasn’t really worth it and all of those young men died for literally nothing but to enrich the military industrial complex and politicians… but you’re right, this is definitely the spiritual successor to “Hero of War”.
🎶This is how the world is
This is how they suck you in
Manipulate the broken
To suffer every consequence
They gave me a machine gun
But I don’t wanna hurt no one
There's nothing here to fight for
This is someone else's war 🎶
So much talent in one band
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ouah very good lyrics !!
I love the subtle secondary political hits in a lot of their songs, like “they treat me for my shell shock, but they won’t even pay for it” about US and VA healthcare, or the line about refugees in My Funeral. Gets you thinking about the interconnectivity of our national and global problems.