Queens of the Stone Age - Fortress (Audio)

[stuartbingley]

This song helped me through the loss of my wife, she passed away in 2017, and even now this song gives me strength.

[UncleAnaesthesia]

Josh isn't just singing to his own kids... he's singing to all kids. Good music is a fortress: there's safety and comfort in it.

[twcomics]

“Wolf Like Me” brought me here. But I think the song is something each of us can relate to

[danielveloso]

This is the quintessential QOTSA song IMO. Their entire career is encapsulated in it – I hear echoes of Rated R, Lullabies, and Era Vulgaris in the melody, while Clockwork is evoked in the general sound of this song. Still it sounds fresh and honest – as candid as Homme can be. Such moving lyrics. Fucking masterpiece, if you ask me.

[AngryMikeduh]

2024 and this song still hits hard - If ever your fortress caves, you're always safe in mine .... Lyrics are so beyond amazing 💌

[aionescu]

My father recently passed away from a terrible disease, in only a matter of months, now I've only got my mom, no siblings. This song encompasses how I am my mom's fortress and she is mine. This band is so special to me, and their music seems to keep being a companion to my life. Thanks Josh and co.

[fat]

"If ever your fortress caves, you're always safe in mine." The feels...

[andreprexedes]

[Verse 1]
Your heart is like a fortress
Keep your feelings locked away
Is it easier?
Does it make you feel safe?

You wander through the darkness
Of wilderness behind your eyes
I know you’re afraid
But you gotta move on

[Chorus 1]
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says who you really are
So get up and come through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe

[Verse 2]
I believe I know you
Yet, I don't truly know myself
I pray you won't feel as alone as I have felt

I don't want to fail you so
I tell you the awful truth
Everyone faces darkness on their own
As I have done, so will you


[Chorus 2]
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and go through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine

[Verse 3]
The Earth spins round the sun
And behold
Everything happens
Every night that falls prey to sunrise

If your fortress is under siege
You can always run for me
If your fortress is under siege
You can always run

[Chorus 3]
Every fortress falls
It is not the end
It ain't if you fall
But how you rise that says
Who you really are
So get up and go through
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
If ever your fortress caves
You're always safe in mine
Come on through
Come on through

[hizmoparranz]

I have just binged Wolf Like Me and now I am here

[bagelbites]

This is always my comfort song when things go bad

[briananderson]

I feel like I've grown up with Queens of the Stone age.  Where their earlier albums were Testosterone filled, bad ass odes to going balls out, every subsequent album got more introspective and imo more beautiful.  It's mirrored my own personal growth.  These guys will always be my favorite band.  Queens of the Stone Age>Everybody Else.

[johngablesmith]

I heard this in "Wolf like Me" and it sounded so familiar. It definitely feels like a 90s rock song. The verse sounds like Foo Fighters "Learn to Fly"

[xRENEGADE]

I know that josh wrote this about his kid(s), and knowing that I listened to this and thought about how I had all but destroyed the relationship with my dad. I balled like a little girl. I’m happy to say We’ve repaired the rift between us. I just couldn’t bear the thought of him dying with me being estranged from him. It took me hearing josh express how much he cares about his kid in this song to understand how much my dad loves me, despite our problems. Thank you josh

[etolkien]

Music can heal? YES, and here's a perfect example. Spanish is my main language and when I first heard this song I could not understand the words but the melody vibrated in synchrony with my soul and gave me some big goosebumps...big thanks Josh and family

[angelurbina]

One of the most beautiful songs Joshua has ever written. Masterpiece.

[drmojo]

Both my brother and I were heroin addicts (among a plethora of other substances) for 15 years. I've been clean for 3 and 1/2 years; he, about 9 months. Luckily somebody turned me onto QOTSA just over 3 years ago. What I'm getting at is that this song means to me that if you are offered or recognize the opportunity for a second chance at life, grab that shit because that moment is typically when humans realize why they feel so hopeless and need it most.

[Jiradevan]

"I have little people that live in my house and someday I will be gone but the music that I’ve made I believe will live on and they will have that. And it may not will live on for you but I don’t really care about that, it will live on for them and so when I’m not here anymore they will have that. And that’s in a way that fortress will be gone but there will be another way to try to feel safe.“ - Josh Homme about Fortress

[melissatodd]

I know JH has had some tough personal struggles in recent times. He is passing through some darkness. If he truly wrote this song then he is a man of internal resources. Whatever has gone down..‘it’s how you rise that says who you really are ‘…..we, your fans are here waiting for you.

[fptheghost]

I have been a hip-hop kid from New York for most of my life. Then one day I bought the game Rock Band and heard Go With the Flow. I felt like my life was changed. I came across this song while watching the show Wolf Like Me and it just reminds me, why I fell in love with QOTSA in the first place. Wishing Josh continued health.

[norijagar]

Honestly. When I first popped the CD in my car and heard this song - about halfway through I was almost in tears. Just such good song writing, I can already tell this album is going to be a grower - but this song? Immediately beautiful.