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Payback Is a Bitch

from Monument in Time by Beyond The Pale

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about

Payback Is a Bitch is a song about empty words and broken promises. About condemning betrayal. About retribution and karma.But also about celebrating resilience, and embracing self-worth and pride.

lyrics

Promises that you can’t keep
They sound great, but are so cheap
You had us fooled, all this time
Made us believe in your paradigm

A world of fame, of so much glory
We’ll have it all, that was your story
We trusted you, we had your back
Until you failed, until you cracked

All this time, this money invested
While you kept a hidden agenda
We were the pawns in your stupid game
Made us believe that you were so sane

Promises that you couldn’t keep
They seemed great, but were so cheap
You had us fooled, all this time
Made us believe in your paradigm

bridge:
We will not be your slave
You’ve finally dug your own grave

chorus:
Don’t you hate
That this is your fate
This is not another glitch
Payback is a bitch

To live a lie will never uphold
The true story must be told

You cannot hide, we will find you
We’ll make you pay,
our vengeance will blind you

How the tables have turned
The truth revealed, the bridges burned
We take control, you’ve been discarded
Accept your fate, you will be aborted

Repeat bridge

Repeat chorus

I see your pain
I will break away
I cannot bear to witness
all that’s inhumane
You feel so strong
You’ll never belong
I see you’re crazy
that you truly are insane
We broke away
We survived your game
How do you feel
now that you have been cast aside
I’ll make you ache
Will not accept this fate
I will stand tall,
I’ll walk this earth with all my pride

credits

from Monument in Time, track released April 19, 2024
Recorded at Mass Audio Studios (Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy, Charlotte Wessels of Delain, Bloodgod, Mark Jansen of Epica and Mayan, Daniël de Jongh of Textures and Karmaflow, Metropole Orchestra, etc) in Utrecht on several days between April and June, 2023. Studio engineering by Folkert van Blom and Marieke Koedijk. Mix by Arnout Leene.

Mastering by Tony Lindgren at Fascination Street Studios (At the Gates, Sepultura, Amon Amarth, Carcass, Kreator, Sakis Tolis, Dark Tranquility, Devin Townsend, and many more) in Sweden in October 2023.

Music: Beyond the Pale. Lyrics: Janneke de Rooy.

Performing artists:
● Janneke de Rooy - lead vocals
● Geoffrey Maas – guitar
● Boudewijn de Kraaij - guitar
● Frank van Boven - bass, vocals
● Johnny Derechos - drums

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Dutch metal band featuring (former) members of Altar, Bloodgod, Container, Disquiet, Nuestros Derechos, and Paper Doll Decay among others. We're like a hungry pack of wolves, headed to the top. Horns up!

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