MUDVAYNE - Not Falling (From the OST Ghost Ship)

Artist: MUDVAYNE
Song: Not Falling
Album: Ghost Ship (Original Soundtrack) (2003)
Album: The End of All Things to Come (2002)
Genre/ Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Rock, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, Jazz Fusion, Industrial Rock, Industrial Metal, Groove Metal, Thrash Metal, Nu Metal, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal, Death Metal, Experimental Rock, Experimental Metal, Extreme Metal, Math Metal, Metalcore, Neo-Progressive metal, Neo-Progressive Rock, Shock Rock
Label: Epic Records
Producer: David Bottrill and MUDVAYNE
Production:
David Bottrill – production, engineer, mixing
Brent Sigmeth – assistant engineer
Aimee Macauley – art direction
Nitin Vadukul – photography
Released: November 2002
Studio: Pachyderm Studio, Cannon Falls, Minnesota

MUDVAYNE:
Chad Gray – lead vocals
Greg Tribbett – guitars, backing vocals
Ryan Martinie – bass
Matthew McDonough – drums

"Not Falling" is featured in the 2003 film Ghost Ship

The End of All Things to Come is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Mudvayne. Released on November 19, 2002, the album expanded upon the sound of the band's first album, L.D. 50, with a more versatile range of sounds, dynamic, moods and vocalization. The End of All Things to Come derives influence from several styles, including death metal, progressive rock, jazz metal and harmony-filled classic rock. AllMusic described the album sound as "standard-issue heavy metal thrash" similar to that of Metallica. MTV compared the album's style to groups such as King's X, Pantera and Tool, referring to the music as "multi-textured metal loaded with prog-rock shifts"

The album was recorded at Pachyderm Studios in Minnesota during 2002 with the producer David Bottrill, who had previously produced albums for groups such as Tool and Silverchair. The band had very little time to make the album, in contrast to the recording of the previous album, L.D. 50. The drummer, Matthew McDonough, said, "We had all the time in the world to write our first album, but for the second one, we had about a month. I'm amazed how quickly we came up with the material."

Vocalist Chad Gray said, "The making of The End of All Things to Come was an exercise in deadline management for the band. We didn't want to take much more than two years between albums and since we were on the road for such a long time that really didn't leave us with a whole lot of time to make this record. We wrote and rehearsed for four months and then spent another four months to record and master the entire album. The pressure made us focus instead of fold."  With the creation of the album's artwork, Mudvayne hoped to create the band's "black album".

The band wrote the album's songs in less than a month, drawing inspiration from their self-imposed isolation during the songwriting process, and crafted a more mature sound which drew from jazz and progressive rock influences, as well as elements of death metal and thrash metal. The album's strong sales led to it being certified Gold by the RIAA in 2003.

Lyrics:
Always known in all my time
A little left of center now
Reflect as I realise
That all I need is to find
The middle pillar path to sit like the sun, by a star in the sky and just be
Sinners, casting stones at me
I... I stand, not crawling, not falling down

I... I bleed the demons that drag me down
I... I stand, not crawling (the center)
Not falling down (of calms within the eye)
I... I'll bleed (for no one), the demons (but myself)
That drag me down (for me and no one else)
Goodbye, sunshine

I've put it out again, sad
I'm over personalities conflicting
I don't need you or anyone by me
I'll just be living my own life
I feel I'm glowing, center grow
Infecting, I feel alive
Shovel dirt over lime
Plant it in myself to sit like a seed
Under covers of earth and just be
Sinners, pointing fingers at me

I... I stand (for nothing)
Not crawling (by myself), not falling down
I... I bleed (for no one)
The demons (but myself), that drag me down
I... I stand (for nothing), not crawling (the center)
Not falling down (of calms within the eye)
I... I'll bleed (for no one), the demons (but myself)
That drag me down (for me and no one else)

Come play kill
(Refuse my body, refuse my shadow)
Stone cold will
(Refuse to lead this, refuse to follow)
Bitter pills
(Refuse to feed this, refuse to swallow, I'm fueled Godless)
Come play, come play
Kill!
Just be, just be

Just be, just be
Just be, just be
I... I stand (for nothing)

Not crawling (by myself), not falling down
I... I bleed (for no one)
The demons (but myself), that drag me down
I... I stand (for nothing), not crawling (the center)
Not falling down (of calms within the eye)
I... I'll bleed (for no one), the demons (but myself)
That drag me down (for me and no one else)

Songwriters: Mc Donough Matthew J / Tribbett Gregory Arnold / Gray Chad L / Martinie Ryan Daniel

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Label: Epic Records