As I Lay Dying - Gatekeeper Lyrics

I showed this to my cat.

He just turned over and started purring intensively, hes still a lovely cat.

Great album but this is its weakest song

Me @ 0:00 - 2:06: Whoa this song is so heavy!


Me @ 2:07: uh oh

You're a gay keeper

The intro seems like Trivium - Rain

Jordan Mancino is a fucking machine

This is too much ♥️😣🤘🥶

Que porrada🤘🤘🔥

Amazing!

Mancino is still the sickest. How so? he is the only metal drummer to head bang while playing super fast technical percussion work. This is the former (RycheRageForOrder) Yahoo screwed me out of my account.

The beginning sounded like Triviums Rain :D

Absolutely it's Trivium - rain

I can only get so erect

The most beautiful metalcore band i've ever seen❤

This is not in the style of metalcore this is heavy or extreme metal.

FriendlyCrooc I was talking about the band in general lol. And yeah I know, lol.

Sounds like battlecross

I tell my friend that the lead singer of this band got out of prison recently for attempting to hire a hitman to kill is wife and with a big ole grin on his face says "like on the Beavis and Butthead movie?" LOL

Great song

The fucking drummer is on god level! 🤘

2:10 for solo

Reminds me so much of Dying Fetus

jawdrop dong 2019.

Plagueor jawdrop dong

Masterpiece

That riff at 2:54 though! I need more of that in my life!

My headache is gone

This sounds like a message from Tim to the perfect people still spreading bullshit and hate about him after he's gotten himself back together. In short, it's a big fuck you to those people

1:33 - 1:49 Definitely Lamb of God inspired.

Definitely!

Slipknot

YOU'RE THE GATEKEEPER!

i hear slayer

From 2:17
NEW SONIC

This easily holds its own against their old stuff. They didn't just hit the ground running. They came out full Sprint ready to knock MFers out. 💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥🔥💥💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8kwkcFMEpqD3MyZgBi1xXQ?view_as=subscriber

I wish the instrumentals in the first half of the song weren't so generic because the latter half is absolutely blistering. The only thing keeping me from loving this song. As it is it's just really good.

@ Metalsucks

2:56 Have you forgotten, have you forgotten you're obese!!!

Nothing like a nice hot cup O' Gatekeeper in the morning to get you started

As i lay dying proves once again that metalcore is not dead

Gatekeeper vocal cover! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2LRINTK4JI

No clean vocals 👍👍

Go to 2:17
Thank me later.

no hard feelings, but the opening riff is like the least good version of the opening riff in 'Rain' by Trivium from 2005!
- isn't it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRrzXYpDBYo

Guitar solo slayer mode activated

That solo is N U T

that solo is ABSURD

2:17

*Congratulation!*
You Have Now Unlocked Slayer Mode!

An Comback album should be fullstock of headbangin ammunition and consistency in it, and Shaped By Fire is the answer

Has anyone ever heard of As I Lay Dying when they first started out? Like when they were at their best and didn’t sing? They sold out as soon as they started with the singing in their songs. Their first album was their best work by far

*An Ocean Between Us* Have *Within Destruction*
*Shaped By Fire* Have *Gatekeeper*

An ocean between us have " Sound of truth "
Shaped by fire have " Take what's left (Sound of truth part 2) HA HA HA HAAAA

That double bass man... Damn

Absolute fire 🔥🔥🔥

[Intro: Tim Lambesis]
You've lost touch
You've lost touch with the outcasts

[Verse 1: Tim Lambesis]
Have you forgotten your own past?
Have you forgotten that your house is made of glass?
So while you're pointing your fingers
You are unable to use your hands
To help with solving
Solving real and present problems
'Cause we're appealing
And you've become too perfect to understand

[Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Trying to keep others in despair, yeah
Trying to keep others in despair

[Verse 2: Tim Lambesis]
I don't want you to get dirty recaching down to a lowly creature
I don't want you to show mercy and make me like you, self-righteous preacher
Did you think you were the only one
The only one who held the keys?
Did you hope that your judgement would
Spread just like a disease?

[Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Trying to keep others in despair

[Bridge: Tim Lambesis]
The self-importance of the moral elite
To think that their approval means anything, yeah

[Breakdown: Tim Lambesis]
So eager to capitalize
Capitalize on other people's pain
But when the healing begins
So quick to turn away
Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten your own past?

[Chorus: Tim Lambesis]
You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Keeping others in despair

Ricky Smart change “appealing” to “appalling”

My favorite song from the album. Love Jordan double bass on the song

3.24 minutes of pure headbanging!!!you should play this live.

The most hard of S.B.F.

YOU'RE
A
CANDY BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR

Nastiest bridge of all time. Those riffs are just fucking mind fucking. Sick. Nasty.

Wage War and architects got nothing on this

Cmon bro architects is great

The Plague part 2

I blew the biggest load to that nasty thrash solo. Fuck.

Guitar solo fucking slaps

biggest thing I noticed is Tim's vocals have greatly improved he was always good but just keeps getting better I know with the powerless ruse he mentioned he was working on better pronunciate his words better and it deffenatly shows on this album

Nathan Shuman the thing about this album is that his sound is more “growly” than on previous records where they’d sound more like a yell, but they’re still brutal af

This one is now on the top of my "most brutal AILD songs" list:
1- Gatekeeper
2- Beyond Our Suffering
3- Within Destruction
4- Cauterize
5- 94 Hours

What about Condemned and From Shapeless To Breakable ?

@Random Metalhead I just thought of that list as I was writing, so don't take it too seriously, haha. Anyways.. "Condemined" has some very agressive parts, but IMO the "main" part doesn't help in that matter, so I would put it a little behind the ones I wrote. As for the "From Shapeless to Breakeble" I must admit that I wasn't even aware of its existence. Hahah. But I just heard it. And yesss, great song and should definitely be near the top of that list! Thank you btw.

@wirton araujo You're welcome, bro. This song is probably the most underrated AILD song so far. Brutality at its finest featuring a smooth guitar solo.


This band is something else. Kings of metalcore besides Unearth and Killswitch Engage.

@Random Metalhead TBH when I heard some "remixes" in that album "Decas" I disliked so much that I didn't even listened to all of the songs. Now I see that I shouln't have done that, becaiae the album has some very good stuff as well.

This is super heavy, which is clearly awesome. But what’s even better is that Tim’s talking to himself in this song. I would highly encourage you to read the lyrics. This song—lyrically—is an absolute masterpiece.

Someone was listening to slayer 😂

They've always been heavy you cIown
Listen to some of their older stuff like wrath upon ourselves

2:07 - 2:38
Guest starring Slayer

Best 2012-2020 song

Love Gatekeeper, sounds like if Slayer went Metalcore XD

It's not metalcore.

@FriendlyCrooc Of course I know that SLAYER is "Thrash metal"! Just describe the style of this song is very similar to "slayer"!Can you please have imagination! Okay?

@石本遊Virus Yuu Liu
What I said is that this song is not metalcore anymore. It's heavy with some trash and extreme metal elements.
Now can you please shut up?

Easily my favorite off this new album. The interlude at 2:06 leading into the guitar solo is unexpected and so refreshing. Those riffs are awesome. This album was well worth the wait.

As Pyrithon lay dying

slayer: nowbody may use our solos in another genre better than trash.
Hipa : hold my strawberry juice and give me that fucking guitar

I feel like this song is about Reddit.

If Tim’s wife and son will never forgive him, then why should I?

Seriously thought I was listening to Rain by Trivium for a second

I thought the same thing man. Rain is an awesome fucking song

So anyone noticed that it sounds like bleed by meshuggah? Just me? Okay

I don't hear it tbh 😂

Man I assure u it's not just you. First thing came to my mind lol

some drum patterns remind a lot bleed by meshuggah

Anyone also hearing the Arch Enemy, Slayer and Lamb of god influence ?

A great AILD album has to have at least one song where they don’t hold back.

Dude yeah. This shit took me straight back to the first time I heard Empty Hearts

Perfect monday morning song!!

Condemned 2.0

So I hear some pyrithian in here

2:08 pure old school black metal.

the intro sounds a bit of vengeance is mine by arch enemy

You can see a very clear Slayer influence on this track.
Awesome!

Were back Baby!!!

has a bit of an Austrian death machine feel to it! loving this thrash influence in their music just like within destruction.

its more pyrithion i think

Oh fuck

People: so how heavy will this album be?
As I Layi Dying: Yes.

This song literally blew my fucking head off, in context to this whole album the ferocity of this track is so pleasantly surprising!

OMG! Thanks, thanks, THANK YOU AILD

You've lost touch
You've lost touch with the outcasts

Have you forgotten your own past?
Have you forgotten that your house is made of glass? (Is made of glass?)
So while you're pointing your fingers
You are unable to use your hands to help with solving, solving real and present problems
'Cause we're appalling and you've become too perfect to understand

You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Trying to keep others in despair

Keep others in despair

I don't want you to get dirty reaching down to a lowly creature
I don't want you to show mercy and make me like you, self-righteous preacher

Did you think you were the only one
The only one who held the keys?
Did you hope that your judgement would
Spread just like a disease?

You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Trying to keep others in despair

The self importance of the moral elite
To think that their approval means anything

So eager to capitalize
Capitalize on other people's pain
But when the healing begins
So quick to turn away

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten your own past?

You're a gatekeeper
Blocking the entrance to nowhere
You're a gatekeeper
Keeping others in despair

Tolga Koncagül change “appealing” to “appalling”

@Keenan Descartin thanks for the warning ı fixed :)

Oh my, this song slapped the hell out of me. Did not expect the brutality, best song on the album so far imo.

Couldn't agree more. This is definitely the best song on the album.

@Ben Sunny Isaac Yea after listening to the whole album multiple times, it's easily my favorite. I really like the album as a whole but this song really stood out to me. Redefined is my 2nd favorite song from the album, then after that it's a tie between The Toll It Takes and My Own Grave for third place.

@Edelgard Von Hresvelg the toll it takes ❤🤘

This song sounds pretty much like Tim's project, Pyrithion. So heavy!

This sounds so much like Living Sacrifice "The Infinite Order" album.

Best album song. This is absolutely brillant and fucking badass <3

This song is fucking nasty good. It gave me a nasty face worse than Michael Phelps with his hoodie on. Welcome back, boys, welcome back.

Unbelievable Song. Absolut perfection!

Gatekeeper of Air Punches☄🤜😠🤛🤘⛩

This song was made for guitar hero

old AILD vibes, so this is the best one from the album<3

Solo giving me Slayer vibes 🤘🏻🤘🏻

best album ever guys!

Is that Pantera ? Amazing !!

This may be one of their best songs ever