Black Vultures

Track 1 on Vicious (Limited Edition Vinyl)

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“Black Vultures” is the fourth single from Vicious. Its title came from a time the band witnessed some vultures eating an animal and realized ‘That’s a good title!’.… Read More

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Black Vultures Lyrics

[Intro]
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the sky

[Verse 1]
Feels like the end of the world
But it's only the beginning of it all
Forget the things that you've heard
I've been a survivor since I began to crawl

[Pre-Chorus]
I've fallen down but I'm not out
The Devil's at my door

[Chorus]
I don't give in, I don't give up
I won't ever let it break me
I'm on fire, I'm a fighter
I'll forever be the last one standing
Black vultures circling the sky
Pick at the pieces
Scavengers wait for me to die
But I'm not defeated

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[Verse 2]
I'm on the edge of the war
I'm holding on and hanging by a thread
I am the eye of the storm
And you haven't seen the last of me just yet

[Pre Chorus]
I've fallen down, but I'm not out
I'm coming back for more

[Chorus]
I don't give in, I don't give up
I won't ever let it break me
I'm on fire, I'm a fighter
I'll forever be the last one standing
Black vultures circling the sky
Pick at the pieces
Scavengers wait for me to die
But I'm not defeated

[Bridge]
I am still alive
I am still alive

[Chorus]
I don't give in, I don't give up
I won't ever let it break me
I'm on fire, I'm a fighter
I'll forever be the last one
Black vultures circling the sky
Pick at the pieces
Scavengers wait for me to die
But I'm not defeated

[Outro]
Black vultures circling the sky
You all can't wait for me to die
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the
Black vultures circling the sky

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“Black Vultures” is the fourth single from Vicious. Its title came from a time the band witnessed some vultures eating an animal and realized ‘That’s a good title!’. Vultures serve as a metaphor for anyone who thought the band was ‘dead’ or finished. The song peaked at #25 on the US Rock Chart in late 2019.

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What did Halestorm say about "Black Vultures"?

Joe Hottinger told Louder Sound:

We were driving to the studio wondering what we were going to write about, and we drove by a bunch of vultures just chewing on something. We thought, ‘Black Vultures! That’s a good title!’ Something’s about to die, or they think something is about to die, and from our prospective we were thinking, ‘We’re not dead, motherfuckers!

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