Bring Me The Horizon

Released: October 27, 2011

Songwriter: Lee Malia Jona Weinhofen Matt Nicholls Matt Kean Oliver Sykes

Producer: Henrik Udd Fredrik Nordström

[Chorus 1]
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive

[Verse 1]
Over and over and over again, we play the same old games
Cards kept close to our chest that way the secret's kept
So wear your poker face, here's to the fool, here's to the thief
Fiction is bitter and you got a taste

[Chorus 2]
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand

[Verse 2]
Cut me up and wear my skin, show me how to live
Tear me down, clean me up now spill my fucking guts
Just help me find a way, just help me find a way
Just help me find a way, just help me find a way

[Chorus 2]
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand
My alligator blood is starting to show
I know that you know that, I know that you know
Can't call a bluff with a dead man's hand

[Post-Chorus]
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brains
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brains
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls

[Bridge]
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know
Now you know you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits, should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late
Now you know you can go, you can give up trying
Should've just called it quits, should've just called it quits
Leave before it's too late

[Chorus 1]
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive
Let's play a game of Russian Roulette
I'll load the gun, you place the bets
Tell me who will make it out alive, alright

[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
So put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my fucking brain, oh
Put a gun to my head and paint the walls with my brains
Put a gun to my head and paint the fucking walls

Bring Me The Horizon are a British alternative rock band from Sheffield, Yorkshire—often stylised as simply “BMTH” or shortened to “Bring Me.” Formed in 2003, the group currently consists of lead vocalist Oliver “Oli” Sykes, lead guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls, and keyboardist Jordan Fish.

The name of the band was taken from Captain Jack Sparrow’s line in the first Pirates of the Caribbean which he “Bring me that horizon.” Oli stated in an interview with Spin how the name connects with his vision of the

Right at the end of the film—it might even be the very last line—Johnny Depp says, “Bring me that horizon.” That was really inspiring. I was still living with my parents in Sheffield, England, when the movie came out [in 2003]. For me and the band, playing music was always wrapped up with the idea of touring and traveling and seeing the rest of England and the rest of the world. We never thought doing that was possible, but that’s what we wanted to do. So that quote sort of stands in for our feeling of wanting to see what the planet had to offer.

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