My Sunday Song – “Trenches” by Pop Evil

For My Sunday Song #455, we are talking Pop Evil and their first #1 song, “Trenches”. The song is off their third album, the 2013 release ‘Onyx’. An album that went to #3 on the Rock Charts thanks to this one and three other #1 songs. The band consists of Leigh Kakaty, Nick Fuelling, Dave Grahs, Matt DiRito and Josh Marunde.

The song was written by Leigh Kakaty with the help of Dave Bassett who is a big time songwriter. The song is about battling your demons and digging yourself out of the holes you’ve made or have been put in front of you. In this case, they are called “Trenches”. The song is about their never-ending grind they face in the music business but can be used to fit anyone’s life battles. The hard truth of not focusing on the things you can’t control and fight for the ones you can. I think it takes everyone a long time to learn how to do that, I know it did for me. The song is great mantra to live by.

The song kicks off with a killer, dirty and nasty guitar riff. This is modern rock that is hard and heavy and a punch to the face. The drums are fierce, the bass is thumping and Leigh attacks those vocals with a ferocious veracity. He wants you to feel the words he sings and you definitely do. There is a mean ass guitar solo which is something we still need in our metal and hard rock. The song will get you pumped up and ready to fight your way out of the trenches in life you face.

Give the song a listen and let me know what you think. Does the song motivate you? Give you the energy and courage to stand up and fight? If not, you aren’t listening to it loud enough! LOL!! Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful and Happy Sunday! Now go get out of the trenches that might be holding you back!

“Trenches”

No time to hide
I’m alive on the inside
Making up my mind on the front lines
Will I survive, will I survive another day?

This great divide
Side by side on the inside
Making up our minds on the front lines
Never again, never again will I be denied

‘Cause here I come [3x]
Here I come

I’ve waited all my life to get out of the trenches
I’m ready to fight for what I believe you can steal from me
I won’t take this
Gonna fill these trenches

And stand up
Wake up,
I won’t give up
‘Cause here I come, here I come

Back and forth,
Stuck in a hole, damage control
Digging for rhymes on a secondhand cell phone
Will I survive, will I survive another year?

Still month to month
Paying my dues on the inside
Making up my mind on the outside
Never again, never again will I be denied

‘Cause here I come [3x]
Here I come

I’ve waited all my life to get out of the trenches
I’m ready to fight for what I believe you can steal from me
I won’t take this
Gonna fill these trenches

And stand up
Wake up,
I won’t give up
‘Cause here I come, here I come

‘Cause here I come, here I come [2x]

I’ve waited all my life to get out of the trenches
I’m ready to fight for what I believe you can steal from me
I won’t take this
Gonna fill these trenches

And stand up
Wake up,
I won’t give up
‘Cause here I come, here I come

Stand up
Wake up
I won’t give up
‘Cause here I come, here I come

Writer(s): Dave Richard Bassett, Leigh Palmer Kakaty