“Silver Tongue” by Alter Bridge
The simplest way of describing “Silver Tongue” is as it featuring the vocalist taking on the role of violence itself. In other words, what he is portraying is a concept, not a person. Or put otherwise, Myles serves as the personification of a thought process – that, once again, being violence.
And even though a thesis sentiment is not stated explicitly, it can be gleaned that this piece is speaking out against such practices. For instance, the title, “silver tongue”, is actually a well-known metaphor, and what it points to is usually the idea of an entity which possesses the attribute of being seductive, i.e. able to convince others, against their own wishes, with its words, if you will.
What the vocalist is getting at is that making the decision to behave violently comes about in a similar manner. And it all begins, as presented, along the lines of the intended victim feeling as if they are emotionally invincible, as if they have too much self-control to find themselves behaving in an uninhibited fashion.
But the vocalist, i.e. violence itself, is dedicated to ‘finding a way’ to penetrate such psyches nonetheless. And before all is said and done, as inferred, such a person may find themselves committing a violent, even criminal act that they can’t really rationalize afterwards.
There is also an outline of mental ingredients listed – “fear, “rage”, “spite”, “hate” and “strife” – which ultimately bring about “decay”. So it can be said that this song is premised on the idea of some people not really being naturally violent. But the devil is out to get them, so to speak. And if they allow certain thoughts to seep in and intermingle, it can culminate in an act of violence – one that can destroy the life of the perpetrator even.
Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge is a group of rockers from Orlando. They have been in the game since 2004. Despite being from Florida, they have proven more progressively popular in the UK and Switzerland, as opposed to the United States. For instance, their past four studio albums all scored within the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart.
Alter Bridge is a band which ascended from the ashes of Creed. This is a group that was most notably extant for about a decade, beginning in the mid-1990s. That is to say that the following members of the act were originally part of Creed:
- Mark Tremonti
- Brian Marshall
- Scott Phillips
So basically, Alter Bridge is Creed, though with the addition of vocalist Myles Kennedy (who beforehand was down with a crew called The Mayfield Four) as opposed to Scott Sapp.
“Silver Tongue”
“Silver Tongue” was officially released by Alter Bridge on 2 August 2022. It is the second single from Alter Bridge’s “Pawns & Kings” studio album.
It’s M. Kennedy and M. Tremonti who wrote this song. The song’s producer, on the other hand, is one Michael “Elvis” Baskette.
The music video to this track is an animated affair, as assembled by director Ollie Jones.
Pawns and Kings meaning?
I dunno. I don’t think everything is always political, but it kind of seems to fit hand in glove with being sung from the point of view of Donald Trump on Jan 6. I doubt that’s what it is about, but the words almost fit that scenario perfectly…
It is absolutely a commentary on Trump.
Stupid shit this is…Anybody remember the 4 months of violent riots? 30 plus dead? 2 billion in property damage with 30% of that property damage done to black owned businesses?
Antifa, BLM?
Trump voters? Hardly!
Where are the songs written about that garbage?
Ignorant!
You and your MAGA bros are some sick puppies, you watch tucker carlson and just parrot all his stupid talking points. Fun fact, I am an Uber far right conservative. All the political parties suck and so does the government. That being said, I’d rather be ruled by well meaning (mostly) honest silly idealists (dems) than a personality cult of unaacountable power hungry tribalistic narcissistic lying hillbilly redneck wannabe closeted klansmen (45 worshippers). You see my dear friend, we are all [sadly including you] entitled to our own opinions but not our own facts. Despite the fact I don’t necessarily agree with the ideology of mainstream media personalities and some of the stuff they’re trying to mainstream, I do frankly know “they” have a reputation to uphold and “they” stick to the facts reporting the news. You can claim bias all you want and I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with that assessment but their news is factual and reliable. 45 called MSM the enemy of the people when HE was the enemy, famous 45 strategy, accuse your opponents of exactly the behavior or behaviors you’re guilty of or planning on executing yourself, like 45’s hero, putin….
ANTIFA and BLM are not liberal entities, they are on one hand a group of left leaning anarchists and on the other racially based organization that is about ending excessive force in policing against black persons. MAGATs or, Make America Great Again Terrorists, are a group of angry psychotic mostly white gen x’ers and boomers who JUST CAN’T TAKE the white race losing control of the “we are the good guys” narrative. Guess what? When you try to usurp the peaceful transfer of power in what was once the greatest (though inherently flawed) nation on earth you’re nothing of the sort. You’re just what you claim to hate, an ANGRY, POWER-HUNGRY VIOLENT MOB. Now sit down and shut your trump-sucker. Or alternatively I’ll buy you a set of kneepads and a ticket to palm beach so you can go worship 45 on your knees with a 75 year old kielbasa in your mouth like you’ve been aging aching to do ever since you decided you wanted to be a mindless cult zombie and let some rich guy do all your thinking for you.
Sell that sh-t somewhere else. We’re all stocked up here.
I think it’s taking the piss about being pawns in the music business. Taking all while artists take nothing