DayWalker

"**DayWalker**" (stylized as "**DAYWALKER!**") is a song by Machine Gun Kelly featuring Corpse Husband. It was released as a non-album single on March 12, 2021.

## Music video

The official music video was released to YouTube on March 18, 2021, directed by Machine Gun Kelly and Sam Cahill. It features Valkyrae, who portrayed Corpse. In a video, she explained, "Corpse has actual anxiety and fear of the public and that's also why I really wanted to do this for him because I can't imagine being in his position. I feel so bad, like the struggle he goes through not just mentally but physically as well. It's crazy what that man goes through and I can't imagine that level of anxiety."

*Billboard* remarked of the visual being "guaranteed to freak you out." They continued, "And, as if the whole thing wasn't creepy enough, in the third act MGK adds a Joker-like effect to his face that makes it look like his mouth is slashed open from ear-to-ear while rapping about an invisible voice in his head that is constantly encouraging him with murderous thoughts."

## Personnel

* Brandon "SlimXX" Allen – writer, producer, programmer
* Colson "Machine Gun Kelly" Baker – vocals, writer, producer
* Corpse Husband – vocals, writer
* Fabian Marasciullo – mixer
* Stephen "BazeXX" Basil – writer, producer, bass, keyboards, programmer

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly, *CORPSE*]

Punch that motherfucker in the face

You hated what he said, right?

Beat his ass, leave him at the stoplight

I know you wanted change, but nobody's around

So, kick him again while he's on the ground, yo

I'll never be the same

I wanna know if I tell you a secret, will you keep it?

I need someone to blame (*Take it!*)

And I see somebody talkin' with a mouth that's full of teeth I wanna break (Go)

[Chorus: Machine Gun Kelly]

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2: CORPSE]

They tried to kill me in the rain

Tried to lay me down and so I dodged and ran away

Put a gun up to my face, so I'll fucking catch a case (A case)

When I find this mothеrfucker, gonna lay him in his grave

All thesе fucking razorblades

I wanna know if I tell you a secret, will you keep it?

I won't ever be the same

I bit the fucking apple, I'm surrounded by some snakes (CORPSE)

[Chorus: CORPSE, *Machine Gun Kelly*]

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight (*Yeah, yeah*), fight

[Bridge: CORPSE]

Sdnah ydoolb

Bloody

Sdnah ydoolb

[Verse 3: Machine Gun Kelly, *CORPSE*, **Both**]

I prayed to God and then I went to sleep with **bloody hands**

Inside my room, I heard the sirens **from the ambulance**

I chipped my tooth and then I found a piece **inside my pants**

He talkin' shit, when he wake up, **I go do that again**

I came back

I wanna know if I tell you a secret, will you keep it?

*If a pussy wanna say shit, then I'll fucking stomp his face in*

*Nah, not getting better, can't change it, I left blood all on the pavement*

*I'm on borrowed time, can't shake it, uh, blackout when I'm ragin', uh*

*Me and all these pills be on a fucking first name basis, uh*

There's an invisible voice that is talkin' to me and it's always tellin' me to kill

I got a problem with separating what my head is creating from things that are *real*

I'm in a room, hyperventilating and debating to pop off the cap of these *pills*

If I get angry, I'm goin' to start up a riot like people on Capitol Hill

[Chorus: CORPSE, *Machine Gun Kelly*]

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight, fight, fight

Fight, fight (*Yeah, yeah*), fight

[Outro: CORPSE]

The end

## References

1. ↑ Periwal, Saahil (March 23, 2021). ""It's crazy what that man goes through": Valkyrae shares a heartfelt message for Corpse Husband, as she reveals why she did "Daywalker"". *Sportskeeda*.
2. ↑ Kaufman, Girl (March 19, 2021). "Machine Gun Kelly Is a Street Fighter in Blood-Drenched 'Daywalker' Video: Watch". *Billboard*.