Weekly Shinedown - Song Seventeen - I Dare You!

Hey There!

So once again, my Shinedown journey continues!

The next song that I discovered by Shinedown was a song called I Dare You.

As you would have read from previous Shinedown posts, I absolutely love their acoustic songs. So I decided to venture further into their acoustic songs that they had uploaded to their Spotify account.

I typed in "Shinedown acoustic -live" because I only wanted to listen to the originals. The top four results were the usuals: Simple Man, 45, Second Chance and Save Me. But there were also two other acoustic tracks that I had not yet heard. Their names were I Dare You, and Someday!

Before I listened to the acoustics, I decided to year the originals first. So I Dare You was the first!

My favourite element of this song is the constant guitar strumming in the background, but as usual, the introduction and first verse are very powerful to me. 

To me, this song has a very deep meaning. I think that it is about a person who is talking about how there is both good from God, and bad from the devil in them, and they are always having to make their own decisions on hat to do. So he is saying to God "I dare you to test me, and see how faithful I am because I can stand up to the devil.

The best line in this song is "even in madness, I know you still believe" because they are basically saying to God "even with the devil trying to get to me, I know that you still believe in me" and it is just so amazing that there is such a wonderful story behind the song lyrics!

After looking at the chords to this song, I can see that with a bit of practise, I would have the ability to play this song on the guitar. I also remember back in November 2014, I absolutely loved to sing this song because it was one of my favourites.

Don't forget to leave comments below on how you came to know of Shinedown!

I'll see you all next Thursday!

Lois xx

P.S. I'll leave the lyrics to I Dare You below incase you're interested!

Hello, let me introduce you to
The characters in the show
One says yes, one says no
Decide - which voice in your head you can keep alive

Even in madness, I know you still believe
Paint me on canvas so I become
What you could never be

I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
Wear my soul and call me a liar
I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
I dare you to tell me
I dare you to

Hello, are you still chasing
The memories in shadows
Some stay young, some grow old
Come alive, there are thoughts unclear
You can never hide

Even in madness, I know you still believe
Paint me on canvas so I become
What you could never be

I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
Wear my soul and call me a liar
I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
I dare you to tell me
I dare you to

Hello
Hello...
I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
Wear my soul and call me a liar
I dare you to tell me to walk through fire
I dare you to tell me
I dare you to
Hello...
Hello...
I dare you to tell me
I dare you to
I dare you to tell me
I dare you to