Bloody Knuckles

## Single by Sleeping with Sirens

"**Bloody Knuckles**" is a song by Sleeping with Sirens, released as the lead single from their seventh studio album, *Complete Collapse*. It premiered exclusively on SiriusXM on June 1, 2021. In the vein of their 2019 studio album, *How It Feels to Be Lost*, they intended to head in a direction of a "heavier, darker side".

The track was written by Jack Fowler, Andrew Baylis, and Jayden Penesso in Nashville. Kellin Quinn recorded his vocals from his studio at home during the pandemic. Fowler added, "We knew this song was gonna be something new and different the second it was finished. We've been trying to get it out forever and I can't believe today is the day. Hope you enjoy the beginning of this new era.......Bang Your Heads 🤘🏻🔥🤘🏻🔥."

## Background

Quinn told *Rock Sound*, "Me and Jack [Fowler] wanted to create a song that feels a little bit different from what's been going on. I feel like a lot of bands are going more alternative, and we wanted to bring it back to our golden days with the Warped Tour sound. It's really fast, it's got a heavy breakdown, it's everything that the kids are going to want. It's just something to tide everybody over until we go into the studio and start working on new music."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Yeah

Pack your bags 'cause we got no reason to lay low

What was my line?

Fuck it

Two, three, go

Sing

La-la-la

[Verse 1]

You always said I'd be a disappointment

That I'd be nothing and I'd probably lose it all

You thought that I would trip and fall

But you'll never see me beg or crawl

Can't take it, won't fake it, punch a hole through the wall, try to break it

Can't change it, rearrange it, so I guess that I'll just have to face it

This is bloody knuckles and I'll show you how to play

It's the only way to escape from all the pain, yeah

[Chorus]

We bought a one-way ticket 'cause we're sick of it all

Pack your bags we're going

At the bottom, but we got no reason to lay low

Like you care anyway, no

Here, take one last breath

Take all you can till there's nothing left

We'll never do what you say, no

Until we drop dead, never let go

[Verse 2]

Another day, another disappointment

My head is tripping, might as well just slip away

You all think I'm crazy anyway

You all think I'm crazy

Won't give in, never fit in, it's a knife in the back that you twist in

You dig in, don't pretend, I'm already down, but you keep on pushing

Life is a fight, but you don't ever fight fair

Beat us to the ground, but we will never stay there

[Chorus]

We bought a one-way ticket 'cause we're sick of it all

Pack your bags we're going

At the bottom, but we got no reason to lay low

Like you care anyway, no

Here, take one last breath

Take all you can till there's nothing left

We'll never do what you say, no

Until we drop dead, never let go

[Bridge]

I won't give in, never fit in

It's a knife in the back that you twist in

This is bloody knuckles, I'll show you how to play

It's the only way to escape from all the pain

Away from all this pain

[Chorus]

We bought a one-way ticket 'cause we're sick of it all

Pack your bags we're going

At the bottom, but we got no reason to lay low

Like you care anyway, no

Here, take one last breath

Take all you can till there's nothing left

We'll never do what you say, no

Until we drop dead, never let go

## References

1. ↑ Carter, Josh (June 2, 2021). "Sleeping with Sirens rebuke unwanted expectations in "Bloody Knuckles"". *Alternative Press*.
2. ↑ Carter, Emily (June 2, 2021). "Listen to Sleeping With Sirens' raging new single, Bloody Knuckles". *Kerrang!*.
3. ↑ "Jack Fowler (@jacksws)". *Instagram*. June 1, 2021.
4. ↑ Rogers, Jack (June 2, 2021). "Listen: Sleeping with Sirens' Chaotic New Track 'Bloody Knuckles'".