Poison (Song)

## Poison

*Poison* is a 2020 song performed by WE ARE FURY in collaboration with Derek Joel. Rainimator used the song in his animation of the same name.

## Background

WE ARE FURY talked about “Poison” in their official album commentary release:

Joachim Speidel:
“Poison” with Derek Joel was our first stab at a dubstep record. I wrote this verse at first, and I had an idea of the kind of writing the theme of the track. So this is a track that started with the theme first. And then George Shrouder, who’s like a friend of ours in LA, tracked some guitar for it. And then for the drop, we re-sampled the bass from the first heavy track, and then made some wave tables, made some cool growls with that. And thematically, the song has like, I wanted it to have like two takes on it, where it could have been like a relationship angle, but also like a political angle.

Stuart Brookes:
It’s cool to be able to include things that allow people to sort of see and interpret the lyrics in their own way, given the few different angles.

Joachim:
I wanted it to be about this person who basically portrays himself in a different way. And as time passes, they start finding out all these things, and it ends up they’re not the way they were portraying themselves. And it’s like a constant reminder like “Oh, the things you said. You’ve gone so far from home.” Just so far from truth the reality is. So this can be in a romantic sense, with like a partner, but also I wanted to have this political angle, where it could be a politician or someone in the corporate world, who, you know, preaches a certain narrative or whatever, and ends up doing the total opposite and disregarding what the people want, type thing.

Stuart:
And it’s something that we all encounter all the time in real life.

## Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Held down by the darkness
Stuck in the in-between
It feels like I'm haunted
I don't know what's wrong with me

[Pre-Chorus]
I was calling out your name
I was crying out in pain
You don't even feel the shame
No, no, no

[Chorus]
Drink the poison
Don't you know
That you have gone so far from home?
Drink the poison, close the door
I've had enough, I want no more
Drink the poison
Don't you know
The things you said so long ago?
Drink the poison
Your heart's so cold
Tried to run, you won't let go

[Drop]
Poison
Drink the Poison
Poison

[Verse 2]
My life left behind me
I'm not who I used to be
There's something inside me
That's begging to be set free

[Pre-Chorus]
I was calling out your name
I was crying out in pain
You don't even feel the shame
No, no, no

[Chorus]
Drink the poison
Don't you know
That you have gone so far from home?
Drink the poison, close the door
I've had enough, I want no more
Drink the poison
Don't you know
The things you said so long ago?
Drink the poison
Your heart's so cold
Tried to run, you won't let go

[Drop]
Poison
Drink the Poison
Poison

[Bridge]
You won't let go

[Chorus]
Drink the poison
Don't you know
The things you said so long ago?
Drink the poison, close the door
I've had enough, I want no more
Drink the poison
Don't you know
The things you said so long ago?
Drink the poison
Your heart's so cold
Tried to run, you won't let go

[Drop]
You won't let go
You won't let go

## Videos

WE ARE FURY - Poison (feat. Derek Joel) -Visualizer-Visualizer