Nothing Left
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| Single by As I Lay Dying from the album An Ocean Between Us |
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| Released | 2007 | ||||
| Recorded | 2007 | ||||
| Genre | Metalcore | ||||
| Length | 3:43 | ||||
| Label | Metal Blade | ||||
| Producer | Adam Dutkiewicz Tim Lambesis |
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Nothing Left is the first single from the Metalcore band As I Lay Dying's fourth album An Ocean Between Us. The song received a Grammy nomination in "Best Metal Performance" category in 2007, however, Slayer's "Final Six" won.[1]
[edit] Lyrics
The song appears to be commenting on moral decay in society; "Like those gasping for their last breath. We cannot hide, there's nothing left" "This world was never worthy, but how can I call it 'unfaithful'? Every promise was fulfilled as decay crawled from its throat." On the album version of the song, both the clean and the screamed vocals in the chorus are sung by vocalist Tim Lambesis, but in the live video shown on Fuel TV's "The Daily Habit", drummer Jordan Mancino sings the clean lyrics.
[edit] Video
The video was directed by Brian Thompson. It starts as the instrumental intro "Separation" was part of the song. It shows a dark future in which everyone who is "infected" is condemned. Several televisions throughout the video show the image of a supposed dictator with the subtitle "Condemn The Infected". The story starts with a woman who notices a mark on her neck, the mark of the infected. She wears a scarf to conceal the mark, but the scarf is removed later on. Consequently, several people notice and point their fingers at her. The dictator arrives on the scene and takes her to the ancient Roman Colosseum. At the Colosseum, she is stripped of her clothing and humiliated in front of thousands of spectators. She is then taken from the Colosseum and led to the edge of a cliff, where the video ends. The video for The Sound of Truth continues this story.
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