Like Light to the Flies

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“Like Light to the Flies”
Single by Trivium from the album Ascendancy
Released	2005
Format	CD
Genre	Metalcore
Length	5:40
Trivium singles chronology
Like Light to the Flies (2005) Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr (2005)

Like Light to the Flies or Like Light as it is often referred to, is the first single and debut video released by (previously) Metalcore band Trivium. The single was released in 2005, and features a mix of screaming and singing. The version used in the video is not the album version, but the demo version found previously on the MTV compilation album MTV2 Headbanger's Ball: Volume 2.

[edit] Meaning

"This song is about people's attraction to all forms of tragedy. It seems like everywhere you turn to today (e.g., television, newspaper, magazine, movies, etc.) it's all about murder, violence, war, cruelty- and it's because this is what sells; people are totally captivated by subjects in this vein. We are the flies." - Matt Heafy ^[1]

[edit] Trivia

• The video can be found on Roadrunner Records
• The bassist in the video is Brent Young, Paolo joined the band shortly after its release.
• The song is heard in the 2007 film Smokin' Aces.
• The song is also heard in the video game The Sims 2, in simlish

[edit] Sources

v • d • e Trivium Matt Heafy · Corey Beaulieu · Paolo Gregoletto · Travis Smith Brent Young · Brad Lewter Studio albums Ember to Inferno · Ascendancy · The Crusade · Trivium's fourth studio album Extended Plays Trivium Singles "Like Light to the Flies" · "Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr" · "A Gunshot to the Head of Trepidation" · "Dying in Your Arms" · "Entrance of the Conflagration" · "Anthem (We Are the Fire)" · "The Rising" Categories Albums · Songs