The Dirty Americans have toured across the USA and the UK, and have appeared on some of the most prestigious music festivals around the world such as: The Donnington Festival with Metallica, KoЯn & Slipknot; the Festimad Festival with Jet and Ben Harper; the Iggy And The Stooges Reunion; the Summer Sonic Festival with Green Day, Beastie Boys, the Go-Go's, MC5 & Silvertide; the Rock Am Ring & Rock Im Park with KoЯn, Yellowcard, & the Black Eyed Peas; the Detroit Harley festival with Trapt, Clutch & Tantric and the Alice Cooper tour.
The Dirty Americans EP is currently spinning on over 200 stations including CHUO, WCUR, WSUM & WLUR. "Jet Black Holy Water", "Roll Like A Stone" and "No No No" are just samples of what's to come and now available digitally! Look for an upcoming album release later this year on Takes The Biscuit.
"If you're into the hell raisin, psychedelic, vintage sounding stuff - you'll love this motor city band." ~ (Web Review)
Straight up Rock n' Roll for the soul is what these guys have to offer. This is "Dirty Americans" release titled "Strange Generation".
Burn You Down
Dirty Americans Lyrics
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You had to go
Learn a world that you didn't know
And all the things that make that kind of girl
On a wire
You take a walk
You can't look down or you will fall
[Chorus]
Burn you down
Gone too far this time around
Burn you down
Light it up, it'll burn you down
When you were young
You built a wall
All by yourself you had it all
Saw the storm coming and the wind
That could make it fall
All alone
You had to go
And take a beating from this world
And all the storms that make that kind of girl
[Chorus]
Yeah, I talked to your demons, baby
They said it'd be alright
For the strangest thoughts of you to cross my mind
It sucked me dry of all my strength
And left me sleeping for days
Now that's a million dollar fix to a fifty-cent haze
[Chorus: x2]
The lyrics of Dirty Americans' Burn You Down revolves around the idea of resilience and the ability to stand up for oneself even when the world seems to be doing everything in its power to bring you down. It talks about a girl who took a stand and left her known world to learn new things, but now finds herself in a precarious situation. She's walking on a wire, and if she looks down, she will fall. The lyrics suggest that there's no going back for her, and she has to make it work in this new world. The chorus reiterates the idea that if you go too far, it will burn you down.
The second verse talks about how the girl built a wall around her when she was young and had everything under control. However, the storms that came made her wall shaky, and she knew it might fall. So she had to go through everything alone and take the beating that the world was giving her. The chorus repeats, confirming that if you don't strike the balance, it can take everything away from you.
The bridge of the song is a conversation with the girl's demons; they tell the singer that everything will be alright, but the strangest thoughts about her cross his mind, sucking him dry of all his strength and leaving him sleeping for days. The song ends with the chorus, reiterating the same idea.
Line by Line Meaning
You took a stand
You made a decision to do something
You had to go
You had to leave and do something else
Learn a world that you didn't know
Experience things you have never encountered before
And all the things that make that kind of girl
All the traits that define you
On a wire
In a perilous situation, having to balance and make careful moves
You take a walk
You move forward, even though it's dangerous
You can't look down or you will fall
You need to focus and be careful or you will fail
Ain't no way to make it in this world
It's difficult to succeed in this world
[Chorus] Burn you down Gone too far this time around Burn you down Light it up, it'll burn you down
You've gone too far this time, and you're going to pay for it
When you were young
In the past
You built a wall
You protected yourself
All by yourself you had it all
You were self-sufficient
Saw the storm coming and the wind
You saw the problems on the horizon
That could make it fall
That could cause your protection to fail
All alone
By yourself
You had to go
You had to leave
And take a beating from this world
You had to endure the hardships of life
And all the storms that make that kind of girl
All the struggles and difficulties that shape who you are
[Chorus]
You're going to pay for your mistakes this time
Yeah, I talked to your demons, baby
I know your secrets and fears
They said it'd be alright
Your fears are unfounded
For the strangest thoughts of you to cross my mind
Unusual and unexpected thoughts about you occurred to me
It sucked me dry of all my strength
It exhausted me completely
And left me sleeping for days
It caused me to be numb for days
Now that's a million dollar fix to a fifty-cent haze
It cost me a lot to fix the problem that wasn't worth much
[Chorus: x2]
You're going to pay for your actions
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: JEFF PIPER, JERIMIAH PILBEAM, MYRON KOSOUCH, PAUL EBERSOLD, PETE BEVER
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
阿部レイジ
Rock'n'Roll Never Die!!
Tom Hamon
Love the guitar in the back in 1:36
thephoenix4ever
Awesome song, beats sooo many others.
Kimochiii
i love the effing bass part to this song!!!!
Christin Pelly
2019 and I whipped out the ole ATV Offroad Fury 3, found so many of these good songs!
José Antonio R.
Christin Pelly Good memories from that game lady :')
WraithDrake
so its 2017 and i just decided to sell my ps2 when i was looking through my games i found ATV Offroad Fury 3 and thought to myself wait why am i selling this again? this game was my childhood...
TheAmazingFirehawk
facts bro
Sl33pSkillS
awsome song rock on
bayoubilly1
great song dude