| “Givin' Back to You” | |
|---|---|
| Background information |
Givin' Back to You is a track from The Doomstar Requiem and a scene from the musical special of the same name. It was written and sung by Brendon Small.
Concept[]
On their journey to rescue Toki, Dethklok is cornered in the street by zombie-like members of The Revengencers. Being vastly outnumbered, they surrender the weapons given to them by Edgar, and attempt to win the crowd over with feel-good pop music. Rockzo also appears and lends his aid.
Dethklok sings pop
The scene is widely considered to be a parody of Michael Jackson's Thriller; the choreography and wardrobe bare a striking resemblance to the iconic music video, and the overall sound of the song is consistent with Jackson's songwriting at the time. As described by Brendon in the self-written libretto for the musical, "Very much like the Thriller video, but we substitute crappy angry musicians for zombies." It has also been referred to as Dethklok's "boyband song" as the members are shown singing in four-part harmony and dancing in unison.
Lyrics[]
[Pickles]
Oh, what's that sound?
[Nathan]
It's the sound of angry musicians congregating...
We'll have to fight our way through!!
[Pickles]
Looks like we're not out yet
These musicians ain't our friends
Obscure and broke
They hate us for never helping them bloom
[Nathan]
They're holdin' us back
We're under attack
I could fight one or two
but not all of these dudes!
We need the band
There's too many of 'em
I can't take 'em all!
We gotta think like one of 'em!
[Pickles]
Looks like they got us beat!
Looks like we'll meet defeat!
What if we gave them no reason to hate us anymore?
[Nathan]
Gimme the pen
I'm gonna write a check
so they can buy some groceries and pay the rent
[Skwisgaar]
Takes my strings!
You could probably use 'ems
[Pickles]
Take my sticks and play the drums!
[Murderface]
Take my pick and play the bass!
[Nathan]
We're gonna help you rock this place!
[All]
The only way to get on through you
is givin' it back
Give it to you!
We will beat you
but we can help you!
It took some time to realize
that we are just like you
[Pickles]
I can't believe how good it feels to be
givin' to you
you're givin' back to me!
[Nathan]
Oh no, we gotta beat 'em!
But these junkies
they need us to feed 'em!
We need some drugs!
[Pickles]
I don't have none!
[Skwisgaar]
What's we gonna do!?
[Murderface]
Oh shit, we're fucked!
[Rockzo]
C-C-C-C C-C-C-C C-C-C-C C-C-C-C C-C-C-C C-C-COCAINE!!!
C-C- I'll fend 'em off!!
C-C- You save yourselves!!
[All]
The only way to get on through you
is givin' it back
Give it to you!
We will beat you
but we can help you!
It took some time to realize
that we are just like you
[Pickles]
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
It feels so good!
Oh no no no no
It feels so good to be givin' to you!