Sleeping With Sirens Stir the Pit With New Song ‘Break Me Down’

When Sleeping With Sirens stated they were leaning heavier on their new album, they weren't kidding. The band has just revealed another new song from their upcoming How It Feels to Be Lost album, and it's a pit-starting rocker called "Break Me Down." You can hear the track in full at the bottom of this post.

Hitting you smack in the face from the outset with aggressive percussion, the track builds off high energy guitars and the angst of singer Kellin Quinn as he gets out the pains of a relationship turned sour, determined not to let it break him. While giving in a bit to the vices that get you through, the singer emerges now defiant in his plan to move forward, singing, "Smoke in my lungs / There's a fire in my heart / And when it's all said and done / You won't break me." The full lyrics for the song can be viewed below.

You won't break me down
I'm not afraid to try and feel something that's real
I'm not ashamed, you won't break me down

The last two years of my life are so filled with regret
Tried to fool myself, but I'll never forget
The time I've lost, the pain I felt
But when it's time to fight
You need to stand your ground

Smoke in my lungs
There's a fire in my heart
(Fire in my heart)
And when it's all said and done
You won't break me

You won't break me down
I'm not afraid to try and feel something that's real
I'm not ashamed, you won't break me
When all hope is gone, I'm stronger than I've been before
I'm not afraid, you won't break me down

All the drugs and the fame don't matter at all
So I swim in the bottle that makes me feel small
To drown out my demons, I still hear them call
But on and on and on, my back's against the wall

I'm just being honest
I'm trying my best
(I'm trying my best)
And when it's all said and done
You won't break me

You won't break me down
I'm not afraid to try and feel something that's real
I'm not ashamed, you won't break me
When all hope is gone, I'm stronger than I've been before
I'm not afraid, you won't break me down

Down!

The smoke in my lungs
There's a fire in my heart
And when it's all said and done
You won't break me

You won't break me down!
Down!
You won't break me down!

You won't break me down
I'm not afraid to try and feel something that's real
I'm not ashamed, you won't break me
When all hope is gone, I'm stronger than I've been before
I'm not afraid, you won't break me down

Yeah!

"Break Me Down" follows on the heels of their recent single, "Leave It All Behind." Both tracks appear on How It Feels to Be Lost, which was produced by Zakk Cervini and Matt Good. The album is due Sept. 6 through Sumerian Records and is currently available to pre-order at this location.

In addition to the two tracks, guitarist Jack Fowler recently gave a taste of a third song called "Never Enough," sharing a bit of how he plays that song as well "Leave It All Behind" in our Gear Factor series. Watch that here.

You can find Sleeping With Sirens currently tearing it up on the Rockstar Disrupt Tour. To get ticketing information for that and all of their dates, head here.

Sleeping With Sirens, "Break Me Down"

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