So goddamn easy to write this
You make it spill on the page
So drunk on yourself, self-righteous
A laughing stock of your own fucking stage

Oh but I ain't one to call names
Or throw stones in a house of glass
You try me

This is a motherfuckin' invitation
The only one you could ever need
This is a motherfuckin' invitation
You try me

Just one time you got a reason
Heard you had nothing to lose
A blind preacher for the pin-eyed congregation
It must be easy to lose

Oh but I ain't one to call names
Or throw stones in a house of glass
You try me

This is a motherfuckin' invitation
The only one you could ever need
This a motherfuckin' invitation
You try me

You can tell the same lie a thousand times
But it never gets any more true
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you

Just one time
This is a motherfuckin' imitation
The only one you could ever need
This a motherfuckin' invitation
Just one time

This is a motherfuckin' invitation
Ya' try me

Just one time(ya' try me)
Just one time(ya' try me)

Ya' try me



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"Redneck" as written by David Randall Blythe, Mark Morton, Will Adler, John Campbell, Chris Adler

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    Song Meaning:"Redneck" was written by Mark Morton about Randy Blythe due to Randy's excessive drinking and arrogance at the time. Mark said himself in an interview that it was about Randy and that he did it to have him sing about himself on stage. "A laughing stock on your own fucking stage". Randy is aware but just doesn't really care so he interprets it as being applicable to anyone which Mark would most likely agree with since the fight between them is over. All members of Lamb of God are rednecks from Virginia so it isn't anything against "rednecks" or southerners. Mark probably named it that because of Randy's misuse of the word "redneck" and boastful pride in it. The guy who said the song is about Jesus Christ saving us is retarded.
    Flag silence27on May 11, 2013   Link
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    Song Meaning:"Redneck" was written by Mark Morton about Randy Blythe due to Randy's excessive drinking and arrogance at the time. Mark said himself in an interview that it was about Randy and that he did it to have him sing about himself on stage. "A laughing stock on your own fucking stage". Randy is aware but just doesn't really care so he interprets it as being applicable to anyone which Mark would most likely agree with since the fight between them is over. All members of Lamb of God are rednecks from Virginia so it isn't anything against "rednecks" or southerners. Mark probably named it that because of Randy's misuse of the word "redneck" and boastful pride in it. The guy who said the song is about Jesus Christ saving us is retarded.
    Flag silence27on May 11, 2013   Link
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    General Comment:Jesus, speaking in the 1st person, wants us to follow Him. He wants us to embrace His teachings and follow Him. (this song is only called "Redneck" because of a couple of references in "Again We Rise").

    FIRST 4 LINES: the state of humanity

    NEXT 3 LINES: Jesus is the Prince of Peace

    NEXT 4 LINES: Jesus' death on the cross was an invitation for us to join Him in heaven.

    NEXT 4 LINES: Jesus knows we all struggle with our faith at one point or another.

    NEXT 8 LINES: Repeated from earlier.

    You can tell the same lie a thousand times
    But it never gets any more true
    So close your eyes once more and once more believe
    That they all still believe in you

    Meaning: Jesus doesn't want us to lie to ourselves and not believe in Him. He wants us to have faith, and rejoice with all the angels and saints in heaven.
    Flag metalhead1890on May 14, 2011   Link
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    My Interpretation:When I saw Randy introduce the song as "[going] out to that gentleman who was in Damageplan and Pantera..." my first reaction was to think of the lyrics as referring to William Grim*, that uninformed, pseudo-intellectual asshat who insulted Dimebag and effectively supported Nathaniel Gale's decision to murder him. Dunno, though.


    *maximummetal.com/columns/tales/…
    Flag Jackson413on April 25, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:they are calling out selfish rednecks who have no morals and no religion. they are trying to convert them to Christianity.
    Flag metalhead1890on December 09, 2010   Link
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    Song Meaning:Randy Blythe has described the song for Metal Hammer magazine: "Generally, it's not about any one person in particular. It's about people in the music industry whose egos become needlessly inflated and they show it. It's a general song. It's applicable to anyone in their life. If a fan thinks, 'Oh, well, this guy is a prick,' go ahead and take it and make it yours."

    But Mark Morton said this to Guitar World Magazine in 2009: "It's pretty clear to everyone who the song is about. Just watch the Killadelphia DVD, and you'll see what was going on. I love Randy like a brother, but that doesn't mean we don't have our problems. So if I have to be the one to say something, then I will. And if that means that someone's gonna get punched in the mouth, then someone's gonna get punched in the mouth... And if that means someone's going to have to sing a lyric about themselves, then they're gonna sing a lyric about themselves."

    :-)
    Flag Jenulon September 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I believe this song is about all frontmen whose egos are improved by the success and becomes blind of it, thinking that they are the same as in their roots... And he can't tell names cause he is a frontman too.

    But the phrase "Or throw stones in a house of glass" reminds me the biblical phrase "who is free from sin, throw the first stone", and i believe this phrase that he thinks he is free from "sin" (be blind of himself) but he could be so he won't start a battle he could lose... Or something like that :P
    Flag Emi13051990on May 28, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i agree that its an atttack i guess you might say on frontmen/women for bands.
    Flag OurDyingBreathon January 06, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:Vocalist Randy Blythe described the song's meaning in an interview with the magazine Metal Hammer:

    "Generally, it's not about any one person in particular. It's about people in the music industry whose egos become needlessly inflated and they show it. It's a general song. It's applicable to anyone in their life. If a fan thinks, 'Oh, well, this guy is a prick,' go ahead and take it and make it yours."
    Flag Hearthon November 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:oh and one more thing if you still don't believe me you could go and watch the music video. it's about him going into a nice neighborhood to a family that's never listened to metal a day in their life being shocked by metal. and they don't understand it. so you could tell what's on their mind is omgies devil worshiper music ;) yup.
    Flag deedson October 29, 2009   Link

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