“Back from the Dead” by Halestorm

The first verse of this song lets it be known early on that the vocalist is not referring to, if you will, literally coming “back from the dead”. Rather what the lyrics read like, in their entirety, is the celebration of having gone through a harrowing, potentially deadly ordeal yet still managing to emerge victorious from it. Lzzy Hale has explained that said ordeal was a mental health battle she had to contend with over the course of some years.

Moreover the album this song is derived from is one which, in its own way, was influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. That was a moment in history that adversely affected us all, and relatedly Lzzy recognizes, in her above-noted explanation, that ultimately what she recently went through was not limited to her own personal experience.

So in that regard the vocalist can be taken as a personification and this song as one which is generally applicable. But just to note, what Lzzy credited in her explanation with bringing her “back from the dead” personally was writing and rendering music.

Lzzy Hale talks about “Back from the Dead”

According to Lzzy, the song’s lyrics are “about survival” – from a mental health standpoint.

When was “Back from the Dead” released?

This is a song that the American rock band, Halestorm, released on August 18 of 2021. It holds the distinction of being the first single from an album of the same name, “Back from the Dead”. The album was released as the band’s fifth studio album.

“Back from the Dead” is 3 minutes and 30 seconds long and is listed as the first track on the said album.

Credits

Lzzy Hale and Scott Stevens hold credits for the composition of the song. Stevens, who is an American songwriter, had worked with Halestorm several times in the past prior to this current collaboration. For example, he co-wrote several songs from the band’s 2015 hit album titled “Into the Wild Life”.

Stevens, being a record producer also, collaborated with Nick Raskulinecz to produce “Back from the Dead”.