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Rhythm 9.7
Melody 9.7
Instruments 9.7
Lyrics 9.7
Vocal 9.7
This song has been reviewed 7 times. Overall score for this song, 9.7.
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Nickelback - Side Of A Bullet Lyrics

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TitleSide Of A Bullet
ArtistNickelback
AlbumAll The Right Reasons (2005) , Track 8
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Song lyrics
Uncle Sam taught him to shoot 
Maybe a little too well
Finger on the trigger, loaded bullet
He hit the stage so full of rage 
And let the whole world know it
Six feet away, they heard him say 
“Oh God, don’t let him pull it”

Please God, don’t let him pull it
How could you put us through it?
His brother watched you do it

How could you take his life away?
(What makes you think you have the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(to take away somebody's life)
And when I heard you let him die
And made the world all wonder why
I sat at home and on my own, 
I cried alone

And scratched your name 
On the side of a bullet

And in the wake of his mistake 
So many lives are broken
Gone forever from a loaded bullet
And no excuse that you could use 
Could pull somebody through it
And to this day so many say 
“God why’d you let him do it?”

How could you let him do it?
How could you put us through it?
His brother watched him do it

How could you take his life away?
(What makes you think you have the right?)
How could you be so full of hate?
(to take away somebody's life)
And when I heard you let him die
And made the world all wonder why
I sat at home and on my own, 
I cried alone
I scratched your name 
On the side of a bullet

On the side of a bullet
On the side of a bullet
lyrics submitted on 22-09-2005
lyrics corrected on 09-09-2009




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22-01-2006 19:40dimdeemusicfrea is offline dimdeemusicfrea 

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this song is about a band with 2 brothers. while they were playing, the singer got shot and the other one, the guitar player, just kept playing while his brother was dying. this is a tribute to that.
09-05-2006 20:23bluegirl1 is offline bluegirl1 

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cool song!!
11-05-2006 23:00Rewind is offline Rewind 

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I love this song. Great tribute.
17-07-2006 10:01Piera7192 is offline Piera7192 

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Hey, does anyone know who this song is singing [i]to[i/]?
Is it to God?
sorry, i'm a little lost
Gorgeous song
ciao
17-07-2006 10:02Piera7192 is offline Piera7192 

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Hey, does anyone know who this song is singing [i]to[i/]?
Is it to God?
sorry, i'm a little lost
Gorgeous song
ciao
17-07-2006 10:05Piera7192 is offline Piera7192 

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Hey, does anyone know who this song is being sung to? is it to God?
Sorry i'm a little lost
Its hell of a touching song isn't it?
Ciao
21-09-2006 19:25XxButterflie6xX is offline XxButterflie6xX 

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Nickelback wrote the song in memory of Dimebag Darrell. We went and saw them in concert in Kansas City and Chad said that during the introduction of the song. They had a photo slide show of Dimebag going as they played the song. It actually made the song make more since after he said that. It's a great song in memory of a GREAT musican.
11-10-2006 03:52nadzie is offline nadzie 

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This song is tribute to Dimebag Darrell, the former Pantera Guitarist who was shot while performing on Stage in Ohio with his other band Damageplan. Gunman Nathan Gale came onto the stage where Dimebag was playing during a their first song, in front of a crowd of 250 fans and shot Dimebag from only 6ft away in the head.

The reference to a brother in Nickelback's tribute refers to Dimebag's brother who also played in Damageplan, and was on stage with Dimebag at the time of the shooting. 5 people in total were killed this night including the gunman who was shot by a policeman while holding a member of the crowd hostage.

This is an amazing, and touching song written in anger by Nickelback. I saw them play in Brisbane, Australia and too saw the slideshow someone else mentioned. I was very moved by it. This is a great song.

RIP Dimebag.
02-02-2007 21:55habanerofire is offline habanerofire 

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I first heard this song the beginning of december 2005. that thanksgiving, one of my good friends was shot in the head by one of his "friends." He was with 2 other guys, and they were cleaning guns.

David and one fo the guys were on the couch. The third guy was behind them in the kitchen, supposedly. David was killed when he was shot "on accident" by the guy "in the kitchen." but the bullet went in through his throat and came out the back of his head. tell me, if the shooter was in the ktchen, behind David, HOW did the bullet hit his throat???

Me, and everyone else, thinks it was murder. But my point in all this was this: I had this song on at work, when Paul, David's best friend, came into the room. He heard this song and broke down. He threw the CD player out the back door. It is a really powerful song.

The next day Paul came back to work, and he didnt say anything. He just walked up to the table, and set something down. When I went over there to see what it was, a chill ran down my spine. It was, guess, a bullet with David's killer's name on it.
25-03-2007 05:23Vikholm is offline Vikholm 

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I just recently found out what this song was about, didn't much care for the song before but it kinda makes sense why they had a sample from one of dime's solos in the song.

A great song about a great performer.
12-10-2009 00:33today4today is offline today4today 

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I hate to correct you, but I just watched the nickelback dvd and this song was made for Dimebag Darryl. He was shot on stage with his new band Damageplan.


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