A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation
Trivium Lyrics


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You starve your children on neglect
Then feed their bellies with fear
Concussion bat to the brain
Witness to a battered mother

Your abuse will end right here
No longer will your family fear
A gunshot to head of trepidation
My promise if you ever lay a finger

Just look at the scars you make
Your terror makes your kids break
A broken home just as you were raised
With fist raised up to your children

Your abuse will end right here
No longer will your family fear
A gunshot to head of trepidation
My promise if you ever lay a finger

This battle is on all
You've made beautiful
Now hateful
You wretched life wrecker
Abuser
Now suffer

Open fire
On the desire of the man
Open fire
With strife we'll strike down the hand
(Open fire, build the pyre)
If I can't make you see the damage you've made




(Open fire, build the pyre)
I'll make you wish you'd never been alive x2

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Trivium's song "A Gunshot To The Head Of Trepidation" are a scathing rebuke of domestic abuse, particularly that which occurs within the realm of the family. The lyrics chastise the abuser for starving their children emotionally and psychologically before manipulating them with fear. The song condemns the perpetrator's abuse and promises to take radical action to end it, even if that entails resorting to violence. The lyrics paint a bleak picture of the way that abuse begets abuse, as the children of the abuser grow up to be abusive themselves.


Line by Line Meaning

You starve your children on neglect
You deprive your children of the basic necessities of life due to your ignorance


Then feed their bellies with fear
You manipulate your children through fear tactics, in order to feed your own ego


Concussion bat to the brain
You use violent methods to control and punish your children


Witness to a battered mother
Your children have to witness the physical abuse that you inflict upon their mother


Your abuse will end right here
I won't let your abusive behavior continue any further


No longer will your family fear
Your intimidation tactics will no longer be effective on your family


A gunshot to head of trepidation
Your fear-mongering tactics will be met with swift and severe consequences


My promise if you ever lay a finger
I vow to take action if you ever physically harm your family again


Just look at the scars you make
Your violent behavior leaves a lasting impact on your children and their emotional well-being


Your terror makes your kids break
Your controlling and oppressive tactics are causing your children to suffer mentally and emotionally


A broken home just as you were raised
You were raised in a dysfunctional household and are repeating the cycle with your own family


With fist raised up to your children
You use physical violence to assert dominance over your own children


This battle is on all
It is up to all of us to stand up against abusers like you


You've made beautiful
You have taken something beautiful (your family) and turned it into something ugly through your abusive behavior


Now hateful
Your family members now hate you due to your treatment of them


You wretched life wrecker
You are a despicable human being who has caused lasting damage to those around you


Abuser
You are someone who uses their power and control to harm others


Now suffer
You will face consequences for your actions and suffer the same pain that you have inflicted upon others


Open fire
I will take action and put an end to your abusive behavior


On the desire of the man
I will put an end to the desire of abusive men to control and harm their families


With strife we'll strike down the hand
We will use conflict and struggle to put a stop to the harmful actions of abusers


(Open fire, build the pyre)
We will take bold action and hold abusers accountable for their actions


If I can't make you see the damage you've made
If you refuse to acknowledge the harm you have caused, I will take action to end your abusive behavior


I'll make you wish you'd never been alive x2
You will face the full force of the consequences of your actions and regret the pain you have caused to others




Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
Written by: COREY BEAULIEU, JASON SUECOF, MATTHEW HEAFY, PAOLO GREGOLETTO, TRAVIS SMITH

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Most interesting comment from YouTube:

my december

You starve your children on neglect
Then feed their bellies with fear
Concussion bat to the brain
Witness to a battered mother

[Chorus]
Your abuse will end right here
No longer will your family fear
A gunshot to head of trepidation
My promise if you ever lay a finger

Just look at the scars you make
Your terror makes your kids break
A broken home just as you were raised
With fist raised up to your children

[Chorus]

This battle is on all
You've made beautiful
Now hateful
You wretched life wrecker
Abuser
Now suffer

Open fire
On the desire of the man
Open fire
With strife we'll strike down the hand
(Open fire, build the pyre)
If I can't make you see the damage you've made
(Open fire, build the pyre)
I'll make you wish you'd never been alive x2



All comments from YouTube:

Anton Oakenshield

Matt is Legend. A criminally underrated musician and artist.

hope deroche

Trivium will takeover the metal world my friend.

Imperius XC

@hope deroche😊

zonic26

I don't consider Matt or Trivium underrated, they're one of the best known bands to emerge in the 2000s

Jarl Stensson

@zonic26 shitty disturbed has 5 times more monthly listeners so

Hutvágner András

Matt was only 19 when they wrote this song. I really hope he's gonna be a legend one day.

Hutvágner András

thanks for correcting :)

GARRET D

They fell rather hard after this album. haven't been able to get back to this place, I hope they become a stadium band like AX7 one day.

Matt TheMotoGuy

Hutvágner András I thought they were all around 19-21?

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KaylinMajestic

Its literally hard to believe that this is the same Matt.
Trivium's sound has changed so much, Matt looks so different, its like two different bands altogether.
Still a fan since '04, love everything

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