God Forsaken

Album: True Defiance (2012)
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Songfacts®:

  • Frontman Ryan Clark told Alternative Press about Patrick Judge's guitar work on this song: "I really like how the keys bring out the lead guitar melody in the chorus," he said, "which was our producer Aaron Sprinkle's idea. You can hear Patrick's handiwork in all of the lead guitars. I especially like the creepy guitar line that comes in over the outro and finishes the song... probably because it reminds me of a Slayer lead."
  • This cut features the only tempo change on True Defiance - at the very end of the song. Clark explained to Alternative Press: "When I finished writing the song I kept hearing this tempo drop in my head, so I just had to add it. I think it adds a really unexpected dynamic to the song."
  • The chorus is made up of two chorus melodies that Clark was trying to decide between and he eventually decided to combine the two.

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