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Shinedown

HEADCASE

Release date: 4th May 2018

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'HEADCASE' by Shinedown is a 2018 hard rock track from the album 'ATTENTION ATTENTION'. The lyrics cast a claustrophobic mind-set, with feelings of losing it paired with images of armour and preparation, as well as superstition and blame directed towards upbringing. “I feel like I'm losing it” gives the entry point to a paranoid spiral, before the song reaches lines that speak of entrapment and an uneasy social hierarchy. It’s a tense, confrontational sketch of isolation and volatility, delivered with the blunt urgency hard rock tends to favour.

"HEADCASE" is a track by Shinedown, from the album ATTENTION ATTENTION, released 4th May 2018. It's filed under Hard Rock. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

HEADCASE

[Intro]

I feel like I'm losing it

I feel like I'm losing it

[Verse 1]

Ammunition

All I need is ammunition

Superstition

Yeah, you got a real condition

Isolated

Yeah, I know you're complicated

Transparent

Yeah, I know you blame your parents

[Pre-Chorus]

White trash kingdom

With an ocean view

I hope you don't regret it

'Cause you're born to lose

You're trying to negotiate

The hammer of the gun

But I'm already convinced

That you're an oxymoron, so...

[Chorus]

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

It's hard to be happy

When you don't know how

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

I heard you're hearing voices

But I hope it works out

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

[Post-Chorus]

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase?

[Verse 2]

Ironic

Yeah, it's ironic

That you're losing your mind

As promised

Decisions

Yeah, I got a premonition

That you need

Aton of supervision

White trash kingdom

With an ocean view

I hope you don't regret it

'Cause you're born to lose

You're trying to negotiate

The hammer of the gun

But I'm already convinced

That you're an oxymoron, so...

[Chorus]

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

It's hard to be happy

When you don't know how

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

I heard you're hearing voices

But I hope it works out

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

[Post-Chorus]

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase?

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase? (Hey)

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase? (Hey)

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase? (Hey)

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase? (Hey)

[Chorus]

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

It's hard to be happy

When you don't know how

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

I heard you're hearing voices

But I hope it works out

Who's the headcase?

Who's the headcase now?

[Post-Chorus 2]

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase now?

(Headcase) Who's the headcase?

[Outro]

(Who's the headcase

Who's the, who's the headcase?)

Who's the headcase now?

(Who's the headcase

Who's the, who's the headcase?)

Who's the headcase now?

(Who's the headcase

Who's the, who's the headcase?)

Who's the headcase now?

(Who's the headcase

Who's the, who's the headcase?)

Who's the headcase now?

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Track details

From ATTENTION ATTENTION

2018
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ATTENTION ATTENTION
ATTENTION ATTENTION
Shinedown
4th May 2018
Release year
2018
  1. 1THE ENTRANCE
    0:39
  2. 2DEVIL
    3:28
  3. 3BLACK SOUL
    3:23
  4. 4ATTENTION ATTENTION
    3:51
  5. 5KILL YOUR CONSCIENCE
    3:52
  6. 6PYRO
    3:51
  7. 7MONSTERS
    4:08
  8. 8DARKSIDE
    3:53
  9. 9CREATURES
    3:56
  10. 10EVOLVE
    2:57
  11. 11GET UP
    4:06
  12. 12special
    3:44
  13. 13THE HUMAN RADIO
    4:09
  14. 14BRILLIANT
    4:34
  15. —MONSTERS
    4:08
  16. —HEADCASE
  17. —ANWTD
  18. —GET UP
    4:06
  19. —DEVIL
    3:28

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