1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in… Read Full Bio ↴1. Christian hard rock outfit Disciple rose out of Knoxville, Tennessee, in the mid-'90s, eventually breaking out with their Dove Award-nominated second album, 1999's This Might Sting a Little Bit. Over the following decade, Disciple's heavy alt-metal style continued to earn fans thanks to popular albums like Scars Remain and Southern Hospitality. By the 2010s, they'd also established themselves as a consistent crossover act, extending beyond the Christian charts onto Billboard's Hard Rock and Top 200 charts with releases like O God Save Us All and Attack. After a handful of crowdfunded projects, Disciple signed with Tooth & Nail at end of the decade and released Love Letter Kill Shot in 2019.

Disciple was formed in 1992 by friends Kevin Young, Brad Noah, Tim Barrett, and Adrian DiTommasi (who would leave the band shortly after inception) in an attempt to spread the gospel while playing the loud, metallic music they loved. Over the years, their style evolved into one similar to many secular alternative metal groups, as they toured churches, high schools, colleges, and similar venues. Their self-released debut, What Was I Thinking, came out in 1995, followed by an EP, My Daddy Can Whip Your Daddy, on Warner Resound in 1997. Their sophomore full-length effort, This Might Sting a Little Bit, followed two years later on Rugged Records. By God followed in 2001 on the same label.

2003's Back Again found the band on a new label, their own independent Slain Records. That year, the trio became a quartet with the addition of bassist Joey Fife to their lineup. The group signed with INO Records the following year and released a self-titled LP in June of 2005. Scars Remain arrived on Integrity in late 2006. After years of nominations, the album won the band their first Dove Award for Rock Album of the Year.

In 2008, Noah and Fife stepped down from the band and their spots were filled by bassist Israel Beachy and guitarists Andrew Welch and Micah Sannan. Southern Hospitality arrived later that year. Before their next release, founding drummer Tim Barrett would also part ways with Disciple, replaced by Trent Reiff. Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Disciple's eighth LP, came out in April 2010. It topped the Christian chart and entered the Billboard Top 50. As the band's popularity grew, they embarked on a handful of tours with other top Christian acts like Thousand Foot Krutch and Skillet.

2012 saw the release of O God Save Us All, as well as a flurry of lineup changes. After four years with Disciple, Welch left the band to join Thousand Foot Krutch, while Sannan and Beachy were replaced by Josiah Prince (Philmont) and Jason Wilkes (High Flight Society). By early 2013, Reiff exited and was replaced by Joey West. Andrew Stanton also joined the band, leaving Young as the only original member.

The refreshed quintet forged ahead with the crowdfunded release of 2014's Attack, which became their highest Billboard 200 entry to date, peaking at number 44. Produced by longtime Disciple producer Travis Wyrick, Attack also rose to the number two spots on the Hard Rock and Christian charts. It would be the first and last album with Wilkes on bass, who left the band the next year. Vultures, a six-song EP recorded during the Attack sessions, was released at the end of 2015. Another EP, Live in Denmark, arrived the following year, accompanied by a series of concert videos from Denmark's RiverFest.

The band -- now a quartet -- issued another crowdfunded effort in 2016. Their 11th album, Long Live the Rebels, debuted at number 125, making it the group's sixth Billboard 200 entry to date. After signing with the Tooth & Nail label at the end of 2018, Disciple released their 12th full-length, Love Letter Kill Shot, in September 2019.

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Go Ahead
Disciple Lyrics

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Here comes your empty talking
Empty words and empty soul
Here comes the smile
Appearing Every time you
See me fall break me

I feel the poison cutting through me
Spreads like a cancer all over me

Could it be that you're so insecure
That you have to curse me?

Go ahead with all you got
Try to break me down
Do you think you can hurt me?
All the pain you inflict
Will make me stronger

You lie in wait, you analyze
You're looking down on me
You try to take me down

Down to your level but
You don't change

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Disciple's song Go Ahead are all about a person who is trying to bring the singer down but failing to do so. The first few lines describe the person's words and soul as empty, meaning that they lack any depth or real meaning. However, the person always seems to be smiling whenever they see the singer fail or fall, which implies that they take pleasure in the singer's misery. The singer acknowledges the effect this person has on them, as they can feel the poison cutting through their soul and spreading like a cancer.

The next verse questions the reason why this person is trying to bring the singer down. Is it because they are so insecure that they have to curse the singer? The chorus is then introduced, which insists that the person can go ahead and try to break the singer down, but it won't work. The pain that the person inflicts upon the singer will only make them stronger. The last verse shows the singer's awareness of the person's scheme. They are lying in wait, analyzing the singer and looking down on them, but the singer will not stoop down to their level. In the end, the person does not change, but the singer becomes stronger and more resilient.

Line by Line Meaning

Here comes your empty talking
You only have empty words to say

Empty words and empty soul
Your soul is negative and has nothing to offer

Here comes the smile
You enjoy seeing me fail

Appearing Every time you See me fall break me
You smile whenever I fail, hoping to break me

I feel the poison cutting through me
Your negativity is harming me

Spreads like a cancer all over me
Your negativity is spreading inside me

Could it be that you're so insecure
Are you so insecure that you need to bring me down?

That you have to curse me?
Do you really need to bring negativity to my life?

Go ahead with all you got
Do your worst and try to break me

Try to break me down
Try to bring me down as much as you can

Do you think you can hurt me?
Your actions will not affect me