Nightmare is the first of eleven tracks (twelve on the deluxe version) on Avenged Sevenfold's 2010 album, Nightmare. A demo version was recorded with The Rev on drums before he died, which was made available on the Limited Edition Book of Nightmares version.
Lyrics[]
Nightmare! (Now your Nightmare comes to life)
Dragged ya down below, down to the devil's show
To be his guest forever, peace of mind is less than never
Hate to twist your mind, but God ain't on your side
An old acquaintance severed, burn the world your last endeavor
Flesh is burning, you can smell it in the air
Cause men like you have such an easy soul to steal (steal)
So stand in like while they ink numbers in your head
You're now a slave until the end of time here
Nothing stops the madness, turning, haunting, yearning, pull the trigger
You should have known the price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah
Oooo, It's your fucking Nightmare (Now your Nightmare comes to life)
Can't wake up and sweat, cause it ain't over yet
Still dancing with your demons, victim of your own creation
Beyond the will to fight, where all that's wrong is right
Where hate don't need a reason, loathing self-assassination
You've been lied to just to rape you of your site
And now they have the nerve to tell you how to feel (feel)
so sedated as they medicate your brain
And while you slowly go insane they tell ya
"Given with the best intentions help you with your complications"
You should have known the price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here, yeah
No one to call, everybody to fear
Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah
Oh, it's your fucking Nightmare, hahaha
Fight (Fight), not to fail (fail), not to fall (fall), Or you'll end up like the others
Die (die), die again (die), drenched in sin (sin), with no respect for another (ah)
Down (down), feel the fire (fire), feel the hate (hate), your pain is what we desire
Lost (lost), hit the wall (wall), watch you crawl (crawl), such a replaceable liar
And I know you hear their voices (calling from above)
And I know they may seem real (these signals of love)
But our life's made up of choices (some without appeal)
They took for granted your soul, and it's ours now to steal
(As your Nightmare comes to life)
You should have known the price of evil
And it hurts to know that you belong here; yeah
No one to call, everybody to fear
Your tragic fate is looking so clear, yeah
Oooooo, it's your fucking Nightmare
Usage in media[]
- The song was featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops I (Rezurrection) and Black Ops III, specifically in the zombies map Moon. If you play co-op and have your teammate die while both diggers are digging into the ground, if you survive until the diggers restart, you'll unlock a trophy, and the song will play.
- The song was featured in EA Sports MMA.
- The song was featured in Rock Band 2.