6/21/2023 0 Comments Shinedown i dare you![]() ![]() ![]() Barry Kerch just pummels away on those skins. The drumming though is an even brighter side of the song. The guitar riffing by Jasin Todd is fantastic. It has moments of softness and heaviness as the singer battles against those thoughts in heads. The song is a slower track, but not a ballad. Of course, you can say it is about whatever you think it is, but this is what I pull out of it. It feels like addict trying to deal with the demons of being an addict and struggling every day wanting that next hit, but fighting off those voices to choose the right way. He struggles every day with that voice telling him to something he knows is wrong and it is tempting to give in. The protagonist is daring the evil side to tell him to walk through fire, but he won’t do it. The opening verse below is pretty clear in my book…ĭecide, which voice in your head you can keep alive“ That voice in your head that tells you do one thing while another tells you to another. I’ve seen a lot of interpretations about the song on what it means, but my view point is that is about the good & evil inside us all. The song was written by Brent Smith, Brad Stewart and Tony Battaglia. He did such a good job, it made me check out the band and I have been a fan ever since. That was Octoover two years after its release. I actually had heard of the band, but didn’t really know anything about them until I was watching American Idol and Chris Daughtry sang this song. The song was a minor hit reaching #2 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart and was my introduction to the band. It was the 2nd single from the album and released in February 2006. The song is off their 2005 album ‘Us and Them’. ![]() For My Sunday Song #329, we will talk about the song “I Dare You” by Shinedown. ![]()
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