JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Bat Country" merupakan lagu dari Avenged Sevenfold, band yang terbentuk sejak 1999 dan digawangi oleh M. Shadows.
Lagu ini mendapat inspirasi besar dari buku Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) karya Hunter S. Thompson, di mana salah satu tokohnya berkata, "We can't stop here. This is bat country,"
Berkat video klip lagu ini, Avenged Sevenfold mendapat penghargaan Best New Artist Video pada acara MTV Video Music Award 2006.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Seize the Day - Avenged Sevenfold
Berikut lirik dan chord lagu "Bat Country" dari Avenged Sevenfold.
[Intro]
Am C Am Am
Am C Am Am
[Verse]
Am C D E Am C D E
Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.
Am C Am Am
I tri-i-i-i-i-ied to drive all through the night,
Am C Am Am
the heat stroke ridden weather, the barren empty sights.
Am C D E Am D C E7
No more oasis here to see, the sand is singing deathless words to me.
[Chorus]
Am D C
Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
G C G
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
Am D C
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
G C G
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.
[Verse]
Am C Am Am
As I-I-I-I-I-I adjust to my new sights
Am C Am Am
the rarely tired lights will take me to new heights.
Am C Am Am
My hand is on the trigger I'm ready to ignite.
Am C Am Am
Tomorrow might not make it but everything's all right.
Am C D E Am D C E7
Mental fiction, follow me; show me what it's like to be set free.
[Chorus]
Am D C
Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
G C G
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
Am D C
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
G C G
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.
[Bridge]
Am D G G/F# Em D C
Soooo sorry you're not here I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Am D G G/F# Em D C
Now take a trip with me but don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem.
Am C D E Am C D E
Caught here in a fiery blaze, won't lose my will to stay.
Am C D E Am C D E
These eyes won't see the same, after I flip today.
[Solo]
Am C Am Am
Sometimes I don't know why we'd rather live than die,
Am C Am Am
we look up towards the sky for answers to our lives.
Am C Am Am
We may get some solutions but most just pass us by,
Am C Am Am
don't want your absolution cause I can't make it right.
C G Am C G Bb E E7
I'll make a beast out of myself, gets rid of all the pain of being a man.
[Chorus]
Am D C
Can't you help me as I'm startin' to burn (all alone).
G C G
Too many doses and I'm starting to get an attraction.
Am D C
My confidence is leaving me on my own (all alone).
G C G
No one can save me and you know I don't want the attention.
[Outro]
Am D G G/F# Em D C
Soooo sorry you're not here I've been sane too long my vision's so unclear.
Am D G G/F# Em D C
Now take a trip with me but don't be surprised when things aren't what they seem.
Am D G B7 Em D C
I've known it from the start all these good ideas will tear your brain apart.
Am D G B7 Em D C
Scared but you can follow me I'm too weird to live but much too rare to die.