Of Mice & Men - Mushroom Cloud Lyrics






Have you ever felt the chains of life around your wrist
When it shoves the grenade right in your mouth then pulls the pin
And do you really know just what it's like to never fucking sleep
Or what it's like to remind yourself that the voices don't pull the strings

They're not real to you but they're real to me
I know I'm spiraling
I'm just waiting to detonate

3, 2, 1, boom!
Countdown to insanity
3, 2, 1, boom!
Ignite the fuse and immolate
3, 2, 1, boom!
I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud
I'll either perish in the flames or be frozen in the fallout

Can someone sound the alarm?
Can someone sound the alarm?
This is not a test
This is not a test
I repeat, this is not a test

Does anyone hear the screaming
From the Trojan horse burning inside of my head?
If hell is really empty
Then maybe the demons found a home in there instead

They're not real to you, but they're real to me
And they set my mind ablaze every time that I detonate

3, 2, 1, boom!
Countdown to insanity
3, 2, 1, boom!
Ignite the fuse and immolate
3, 2, 1, boom!
I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud
I'll either perish in the flames or be frozen in the fallout

I am in control [x10]

But where do you hide
When the thoughts running through your mind trip?
Where do you hide
When the thoughts running through your head trip the landmine?
Boom!

Boom!

I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud
I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud
Boom!





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  1. J.... T....

    Aaron by himself>Aaron and Austin........ YA I SAID IT!

  2. M.... C....

    why does he both look young and old?

  3. K.... D....

    Showing this for a school project damn time to be judged

  4. Q.... ....

    Found this after looking for 30 minutes :)

  5. S.... M....

    A true metalcore song

  6. M.... D....

    "Someone sound the alarm" "this is not a test" of mice n men went so mainstream. Guitar and drums still sick af. But the lyrics and videos sk mainstream. Sellouts now......

  7. M.... D....

    #JesusISTheTruth Austin is following THE Truth💯 I hope of mice n men has Christian lyrics like Austin put in💯🙏

  8. J.... D....

    Very metal

  9. P.... ....

    this band did agreat transition

  10. K.... V....

    my man said, you think old om&m was heavy? hold my beer.

  11. A.... P....

    ARGENTINA PRESENTE AQUI!!

  12. P.... B....

    I'd eat ass to this

    P.... B....

    321 Poo!

    P.... B....

    Eat my ass?

  13. S.... G....

    Really heavy, stepped up on this one, its Liquid Metal type

  14. x.... ....

    What a Rush...

  15. J.... J....

    In the END...WE ARE ALL DEAD.
    🏴💙🐧

  16. J.... G....

    This shit is bad!!!

  17. M.... P....

    How come all of their others songs suck?

  18. D.... W....

    Gotta love how this song just randomly shows up as a recommendation on iHeartRadio. Awesome song, though

  19. T.... C....

    This just tore my face off! Love it!!!

  20. K.... M....

    Probably my FAVORITE song if theirs EVER. it's so HEAVY, SICK AND TWISTED!!! A NEAR PERFECT SONG!!

  21. F.... L....

    this shit is the truth the 4 horseman

  22. N.... W....

    holy shit

  23. A.... T....

    Please. I beg you. Send this man a lime.

  24. G.... R....

    "So how many voice you lost after this song"

    Mice&men: yes

  25. A.... L....

    Of Mice And Men
    "Mushroom Cloud (Official Music Video)"
    EARTHANDSKY

    [Intro]
    GO!

    ...

    [Verse 1]
    Yeah!
    "Have you ever felt the chains of life
    AROUND YOUR WRIST?!"
    "When it shoves the grenade
    right in your mouth then
    PULLS THE PIN?!"
    "And do you really know
    just what it's like to
    NEVER FUCKING SLEEP?!"
    "Or what it's like to remind yourself that
    THE VOICES DON'T PULL THE STRINGS?!"

    [Pre-Chorus]
    They're not real to you
    But they're real to me
    I know I'm spiralling
    I'm just waiting to DETONATE!
    THREE! TWO! ONE! BOOM!

    [Chorus]
    Countdown to insanity!
    THREE! TWO! ONE! BOOM!
    Ignite the fuse and immolate!
    THREE! TWO! ONE!
    BOOOOM!!!
    I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud!
    I'll either perish in the flames
    Or be frozen in the fallout!

    [Post-Chorus]
    Can someone
    sound the alaaaaarrrm???!!!!!!

    CAN SOMEONE
    SOUND THE ALAAAAARRRM???!!!

    this is not a test
    This is not a test
    I REPEAT
    THIS IS NOT A TEEEEEEEEEEST!!!!

    [Verse 2]
    EEEEEERRRRRRGGHHH!!!!!
    "DOES ANYONE HEAR THE
    SCREEAAMIIIIIING????!!!!"
    "FROM THE TROJAN HORSE
    BURNING INSIDE
    OF MY HEEEAAAD!!!"
    "IF HELL IS REALLY
    EEEMPTYYYYYYY!!!!!"
    "THEN MAYBE
    THE DEMONS FOUND A HOME
    IN THERE INSTEAD!"

    [Pre-Chorus]
    They're not real to you
    But they're real to me
    And they set my mind ablaze
    Every time I DETONATE
    THREE! TWO! ONE! BOOM!

    [Chorus]
    Countdown to insanity!
    THREE! TWO! ONE! BOOM!
    Ignite the fuse and immolate!
    THREE! TWO! ONE! BOOM!
    I've got a mind like a mushroom cloud!
    I'll either perish in the flames
    Or be frozen in the fallout!

    [Bridge]
    i am in control
    i am in control
    i am in control
    i am in control
    I am in control
    I am in control
    I am in control
    I am in control
    I AM IN CONTROL!
    I AM IN CONTROL!

    But where do you hide
    When the thoughts running
    through your mind trip?
    Where do you hide
    When the thoughts running
    through your head?
    TRIP THE LANDMIIIIIIIIINE!!!!!!
    !!BOOM!!

    ...

    !!BOOM!!

    [Outro]
    "I'VE GOT A MIND LIKE A
    MUSHROOM CLOOOOOUUUUD!!!!!"

    "I'VE GOT A MIND LIKE A
    MUSHROOM CLOOOOOUUUUD!!!!!"

    🔥🔥!!!BOOOOM!!!🔥🔥




    ______________________________________________

  26. A.... I....

    3.2.1 and Boooooom!!!

  27. S.... ....

    Damn, to think I almost didn't give this new album a chance. It's heavy af where most bands from the same era as them have gone soft to get on the radio/to get more streams

  28. N.... B....

    He's a fucking devil his voice is FUCKING EPIC

  29. M.... T....

    This is epic thing! Cant stop listening!

  30. A.... ....

    scream are very necessary , thanks :)

  31. k.... ....

    This is a good book

  32. B.... D....

    I've got a mind like a MUSHROOM CLOUD!!!!!!

  33. J.... A....

    Mushuggah bleed anyone. Holy fucking shit!! Love this shit!!!

  34. H.... ....

    Holy balls. That ending breakdown might be their heaviest one yet!

  35. X.... ....

    my eyebrows have never raised higher than it did at 2:51 when i detetected that mf breakdown heading my way.

  36. R.... C....

    “This track is definitely the most manic on the record in regard to the overall song and chord structure. It was recorded as an instrumental originally, and just sat in my Dropbox for a while because I didn’t know how to put words to it. Sometimes the music speaks so loudly that it’s almost hard to put language over it - I think that music is a language in itself and so the words you put with it have to be symbiotic. So that song remained unfinished until I had the worst two weeks of my life where I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t eating, and my mental health had just completely deteriorated. I had an increase in irrational thoughts and suicidal ideations. I was contemplating whether to take my own life, and it wasn’t until I sat down to track the vocals and heard the completed version of this song that I thought to myself, ‘Man, I’m not okay’. It took hearing that song to realise that I was in a place I neither wanted to be, nor was a safe place to be in. I am a person whose mind is not a safe place to stay in, and that’s exactly what ‘Mushroom Cloud’ is about. Sometimes seeing it written down on paper and hearing those thoughts out loud helps you realise that you need to take steps to handle things. I think a lot of songwriters are stuck on that narrative of, ‘Well I was feeling bad and then I went and recorded this song and I felt better’, but I didn’t have that. For a long time after I recorded ‘Mushroom Cloud’ I couldn’t listen to it, it would make me really upset. I’d get about three quarters of the way through it and would have to turn it off, but it’s something that I understand was a catalyst in pushing me towards ways of catharsis. It was a bit of a damaging one, but that’s what perspective is all about.” - Aaron Pauley

  37. D.... T....

    "Does anyone hear the screaming from the Trojan horse burning inside of my head?"


    What a fuckin baddass metaphor. I'm still trying to fully unpack that sentence. This song is sick!

  38. J.... ....

    I’ve loved this band since Austin was vocals but Aaron is doing an amazing job! It’s amazing how you can feel the energy from their music! 😃

  39. F.... ....

    This is not incest! I REPEAT THIS IS NOT INCEST!


    I know it's says "a test" and not "incest" btw

  40. A.... R....

    I miss the old vocalist , but the new one is good too

  41. b.... w....

    👍🤘

  42. k.... d....

    Aaron looks like Jack Black to me lol holy shit he's got the metal in his soul. I can't wait to see what this band has in store for their new selves!

  43. D.... ....

    When you dont know what to write about so you just talk about a mushroomcloud xD this is mushmetalroomcore lol

  44. W.... B....

    I dig the song, but the lyrical content is a bit unsettling.

  45. J.... V....

    Yup, they got heavier. Aaron Pauley did incredible his screams are as powerful as ever

  46. A.... ....

    I love slipknot!

  47. O.... G....

    Love the new sound 🤘

  48. G.... U....

    3, 2, 1 Bewm

  49. Z.... N....

    Fuck yes🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

  50. S.... D....

    I'm not a fan of screamo. Nice concept though.

    S.... D....

    You mean metalcore? 🤔

    S.... D....

    @AlonZo yep, sorry, and thanks for telling me what it was actually called! (๑¯◡¯๑)

  51. B.... C....

    Played this song in my truck. Now it's a fuckin tank !!!

  52. Y.... Y....

    Om&m better than never

  53. M.... W....

    This really resonates with me. Holy shit. Music is starting to mean something again.

  54. C.... P....

    The last album was still great, despite not being as heavy. Defy was a good opening track to lead with!

    But now they are going back to the style of "Pain" with all the screaming and it's great!

  55. K.... D....

    They finally found their sound

  56. C.... M....

    I love this sing, it brings such power, it makes me want to run and scream!

  57. B.... L....

    Metalcore sounds more punk to me these guys r thrash

  58. B.... L....

    Like im sorry the genres are messed up these guys arent metalcore these guys r balls to the wall punch ya in the mputh brutal metal

  59. V.... ....

    Garbage. It’s a travesty what the rest of the band and you annoying metalcore fans did to the great talent that was once Aaron Pauley.

  60. A.... ....

    Aaron looks like John Marston from Red Dead Redemption

  61. s.... o....

    Just discovered this band and all I got is😎💪🖕🖕🖕🤤🤤🤤🤯🤬😡🙀🙀🙀🙀💆‍♂️💆‍♂️💆‍♂️💆‍♂️🤙🤙🤙🤙🤙🤘🤘✊✊✊

  62. b.... p....

    This song reminds me of how hard you can push some one till their brakeing point.

  63. C.... C....

    КАЙФАН ЕБАТЬ,

  64. T.... M....

    Fuck, I love this song. After I've seen it live I love it even more. Can't wait to get the new album.

    Oh, and where the hell was Aaron hiding this badass screams all the time?

  65. j.... s....

    I have listened to this at least 30-50 times and it just gets better and better every time.
    I can't wait for an album to drop.
    Take my money please $$$$$

  66. d.... ....

    Good choice Gerard Way

  67. R.... D....

    Story of my fucking life!

  68. G.... M....

    If mice and men continue to make music like this I think they will become even more popular then they where older song aren't really my taste of music though but this song is a fucking banger!!!

  69. N.... a....

    This is not what I need for my book report

  70. H.... ....

    *Aaron* : I GOT A MIND LIKE A MUSHROOM CLLLOOOOUUUUUDDD x2 BOOM 🤯

  71. J.... G....

    DOES ANYONE HEAR THE SCREAMING ?
    ..... Yes Aaron ❤️

  72. E.... D....

    Ok I looked up mushroom cloud to find out what Freddie Mercury was talking about in hammer to fall bc I’ve been wondering for a while and landed on this.... this rock is way different than what I’m used to with queen 😂

  73. N.... O....

    I miss Austin but this is good to

  74. S.... ....

    3..2..1..Boom!

  75. P.... G....

    You lost me with the foul language. You're better than that.

  76. S.... d....

    minchia....

  77. M.... M....

    That drummer is having the time of his life

    M.... M....

    Hellyeah man 😂🤘

    M.... M....

    Valentino is so underated!

  78. m.... a....

    Now this is omm

  79. K.... ....

    Anyone else impressed how they went from soft to like one of the heaviest metalcore

  80. A.... S....

    Lmao ıdk what happend them but ı loved their this styles so much great screams

  81. t.... x....

    日本人で歌詞の内容わかる人?

  82. D.... S....

    Joey Fatone kills it on the drums

  83. J.... D....

    This is no doubt the greatest portrayed breakdown in the history of music videos!🤯🤯🤘🏼🤘🏼

  84. M.... ....

    wow.. this is not exactly healthy. A little too much testosterone, folks. We got a planet to save while the cvltrs are playing Halloween is Everyday. GOING BOOM is about as useful as jagginoff into the toilet. relieving, but a terrible waste, well, perhaps not in your case. but at any rate, rage and hatred personified is always a sad thing to witness.

    who hurt you kidz? Cripes. Dont take it out on all of the biosphere, and the pigeons, and the puppies and the cute baby snakies and stuff. Clearly you would like to still be able to buy some absolutely kickass goth wear well into the future! Blowin shit up is gonna really hurt that antichrist vibe you got goin on there.

  85. R.... r....

    Fuck yeah, these guys still got it, and have evolved spectacularly. Good shit dudes! Also, when was Jack Black added to the roaster?

  86. I.... ....

    Pain 2.0

  87. J.... D....

    I never expected this awesomeness lol this concept is amazing and I really like how the story develops here.

  88. J.... M....

    This shit ain't the same without Austin..

  89. k.... t....

    Don't get me wrong Aaron's clean vocals are KILLER, his voice really is amazing but im SOOOO happy they went heavy again, the flood, and restoring force were my two favorite albums by them (even though restoring force was alittle on the light side) I have lyrics from "feels like forever" tattooed on my arms, and I won't lie when Austin left the band I was bummed that my favorite band might have been over, I still love the lyrics and what the stand for, for me, but I can't lie about feeling like I got the tattoos right before the band "died" but with these new songs, and the upcoming album, they really brought it back to something, OF MICE & MEN FOREVER 🖤🤘I knew they could do it !!

  90. W.... ....

    This sounds amazing, getting Slipknot and Cane Hill vibes from it 😉 Also sounds like the song Pain from Cold World except 1000 times better.

  91. C.... E....

    Getting some big upon a burning body vibes and I'm loving it love new OM&M

  92. A.... ....

    *GoPro test*

  93. O.... J....

    F **King amazing

  94. K.... V....

    Yes!! Aaron is going Jamie's elsewhere mode here 😄

  95. r.... ....

    The fucking mosh pit bois.

  96. Z.... E....

    Those Jamie’s elsewhere screams have improved greatly. Liking it a lot.

  97. L.... 1....

    Fallout vibes, I like it :)