Road to Ruin
Church of Misery Lyrics


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Under cruel sunshine on 1966
Take a look to clear blue sky
My sanity has gone
I killed my mother at midnight
Then stab my wife to death
Ready for a final solution
Now I got a gun
My final day of summer
With my rifle, up to the tower
Take a look down to the ground
To searching for my target
15 people had died
Here, there and everywhere
No reason to kill someone
I just pull the trigger

Life's not worth living
If there's a hell you'll see me there
Hear my cry




Feel my fear
Still I'm in pain

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Church of Misery's song "Road to Ruin" deal with the dark and disturbing topic of a mass shooter. The lyrics describe a man who has already committed heinous crimes by killing both his mother and wife before taking a rifle and heading to a tower to open fire on innocent people. The lyrics are narrated from the perspective of the shooter, who seems to have lost his sanity and has come to the conclusion that life is not worth living.


The first verse of the lyrics speaks of a hot summer day in 1966 and the shooter's descent into madness. The line "my sanity has gone" suggests that the man has lost his grip on reality and is now driven by a desire to inflict pain and suffering on others. The second verse describes the actual shooting, with the man looking down from the tower and picking off his targets one by one. The lyrics do not offer any explanations for the shooter's actions, but instead, they paint a picture of indiscriminate violence and destruction.


Overall, the lyrics to "Road to Ruin" are a disturbing and uncomfortable reminder of the kind of senseless violence that can occur when people lose touch with their humanity.


Line by Line Meaning

Under cruel sunshine on 1966
It was a hot summer day in 1966


Take a look to clear blue sky
The sky was blue and clear


My sanity has gone
I have lost my mind


I killed my mother at midnight
I murdered my mother at midnight


Then stab my wife to death
Afterwards, I fatally stabbed my wife


Ready for a final solution
I was prepared for the ultimate resolution


Now I got a gun
I had a firearm


My final day of summer
It was my last day of summer


With my rifle, up to the tower
I was carrying my rifle to the tower


Take a look down to the ground
I gazed down at the ground


To searching for my target
I was searching for my intended victim


15 people had died
I had already killed 15 people


Here, there and everywhere
I had committed murder in various places


No reason to kill someone
I had no justifiable reason to take someone's life


I just pull the trigger
I simply pulled the trigger without remorse


Life's not worth living
I believed my life was meaningless


If there's a hell you'll see me there
I knew I was bound for hell


Hear my cry
Listen to my plea


Feel my fear
Understand my terror


Still I'm in pain
I am still suffering




Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: CARL BARAT, PETER DOHERTY

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@WolfdaddyXIII

. Road To Ruin (Charles Whitman)

[Songs by Tomohiro Nishimura & lyrics by Tatsu Mikami]

Under cruel sunshine on 1966
Take a look to clear blue sky
My sanity has gone
I killed my mother at midnight
Then stab my wife to death
Ready for a final solution
Now I got a gun

My final day of summer
With my rifle, up to the tower
Take a look down to the ground
To searching for my target
15 people had died
Here, there and everywhere
No reason to kill someone
I just pull the trigger

Life's not worth living
If there's a hell you'll see me there
Hear my cry
Feel my fear
Still I'm in pain & misery



All comments from YouTube:

@amusingtheamazing

Best COM song. Such a great guitar solo as well.

@thawedantarctican2171

If anyone is wondering about the movie parts, it's from a tv-film called The Deadly Tower with Kurt Russell as Whitman.

Love how they intersperse both archive and film footage, gripping in every way.

@napoleonsolo5929

There's also another famous fictional film shown in there called "Targets", among other things it was Boris Karloff's last movie.

@sandrozelaya3583

This is the song for my funeral!!

@antenanashi

my favorite, awesome riffs, heartbreaking lyrics

@surfboardjoker6299

this bands lyrics were overlooked completely by me for years but fuck are they intense!!!!!

@ordinarymonster1187

godlike MV the deadly tower is epic

@Guolf1005

KILLER SONG!! And that guitar solo!

@marcello72

One of the best solos from heavy metal music

@surfboardjoker6299

@Marcelo Mends and so underrated too! but i kinda think its best that way lol

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