Suffocate
by Cold

Album: Year Of The Spider (2003)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is about a relationship that seemed real but was actually fake. A girl breaks up with a guy, leaving his heart broken. The guy get confused, the girl gets greedy, and the guy realizes he can never take her back. When lead singer Scooter Ward found success with Cold, he dealt with a lot of people who glommed onto him because he was famous.

Comments: 4

  • Zero from The Abyss, NjIf Gandalf says Bilbo Baggins is a burglar than a burglar he is...wtf?

    This is a really good song and the girl singing in the background is Sierra Swan who also sang on a few other Cold songs.
  • Rebka from Crapville, Wygandalf sad this song is really stupid. so it is!!
  • Philicia from Lincoln, Nei think this is a really great song. my favorite part of it is the girl singing in the backround, i think it adds a lot
  • Randell from Mounds, OkDuring Edgefest 2003 in Tulsa, Ok Scooter (the frontman) got nailed in the face with a shoe. Scooter yelled "I know who the F*#@ did this and after the show im gonna kick your F*#@$ing a$$" After the gig the band jumped the guy who threw the shoe. It was pretty funny!!
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