The Guards You Never Test
The genre pairs harsh, growled verses with a big, cleanly sung chorus, and this take frames that swing with an acoustic guitar most metal songs skip entirely.
The stories behind The Guards You Never Test
- Liner Notes: Inside the Melodic Death Metal of "The Guards You Never Test" — The genre pairs harsh, growled verses with a big, cleanly sung chorus, and this take frames that swing with an acoustic guitar most metal songs skip entirely.
- "The Guards You Never Test" Sings About the Safety Layers Inside Anesthesia Machines — The melodic death metal track is an ode to the fail-safes that run quietly in the background of every case, seen only by the people who service them.
Lyrics
Before the first breath,
before you go back
We tested the guards,
you will never stand
Fell behind the valve
Spring behind the spring
Fail safe, stacked on fail safe
Quiet under everything The pressure holds its line
The oxygen won't cut
We don't call it magic
We call it what we built
We are the gods you never test
But it while you rest
A hundred silent locks in line
So the breath you take
Stays yours
Stays all
I am
Never touch the circuit
If you don't know its name
Respect before you open it
That's that's the only claim
The checks run in the background,
unseen,
unsung That's the whole design,
invisible and strong
We are the guards you never test
Running while you rest
A hundred silent locks in line
So the breath you take stays yours,
stays all
I found one spring gone
tired On a slow
Tuesday check
Caught a call before the first case
of the day
No headline runs, no one claps
No round of thanks
Just a note in the file, and the guard
holds a gun
We are the gods you never never test
Running while you rest
A hundred silent locks in line
So the breath you take
Is yours
Stars fall
Before the first breath
Breath, before you breathe
We tested it already
Trust the Bad
