Machine Head - Do Or Die Lyrics






One life, one will
Black heart, black steel
Ignore the hate, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker
(This is do or die)
My hate is real
This fire, it kills
No other choice, it's do or die motherfucker, die

I don't give a fuck about you haters and your hate
You assholes better duck, I'm coming swinging out the gate
There's not a metal band I ain't influenced
Now I'm calling out the Judas
Every band's the fucking same
We'll do it over, oh what you hated bastards?
Catharsis made you sick, your mind was made before it hit
Contort your speakers, sick your mind, dismantle forehead
'Cause you didn't hear a fucking thing
We're not Chimaira, nor Strapping Young Lad
You wanna hate it but you need it so bad
This ain't just a paycheck
The pay's self-expected
Machine Head's in my fucking veins

One life, one will
Black heart, black steel
Ignore the hate, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker
(This is do or die)
My hate is real
This fire, it kills
No other choice, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker

I don't give a fuck about your stupid little scene
Reaction videos and all your pussy little memes
How many fucking bands I gotta bury?
Say a prayer to Mother Mary
Welcome to the slaughterhouse
I hear your motherfuckers talk, talk, talk to me
I marked your body with some chalk, chalk, chalk
See, I'm one in a billion
A fucking chameleon
We just will be the greatest
You are just the latest
In a line of imitators
Step into the terror dome

One life, one will
Black heart, black steel
Ignore the hate, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker
(This is do or die)
My hate (my hate) is real (is real)
This fire (this fire), it kills (it kills)
No going back, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker
Die motherfucker, die!

I'm fucked up in the head
Pitch black, everything's said
I'm fucked up in the head
Don't fucking push me, all I see is blood red
I tried to warn you, my demons will eat you alive
Shred you to pieces, one hundred thousand fucking knives
My soul is septic, dripping lead
That's why I'm fucked up in the head
Agh, go!

You motherfuckers talk, talk, talk, talk to me
I marked your body with some chalk, chalk, chalk
A burning infection
The lethal injection
That'll put you in a coffin
Bury you and walk on off into the night

One life, one will
Black heart, black steel
Ignore the hate, it's do or die motherfucker, die motherfucker
(This is do or die)
My hate (my hate) is real (is real)
This fire (this fire), it kills (it kills)
No quitting now, it's do or die motherfucker, die





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  1. T.... G....

    The instrumentals are killer, but I'm not too fond of the lyrics. It's not that I hate them, it's just that they don't belong in a Machine Head song. In other words, the lyrics aren't necessarily BAD, they're just unfitting for this band, and that's the only REAL downside of this song. On a side note, I think the music video was very well made!

  2. K.... K....

    WTF is this????

  3. P.... R....

    Very 5FDP style lyrics. 😢

    But aside from that, I love it! 🤘🏽

  4. 2.... ....

    Some 14 y.o. gonna shoot up his highschool to this

  5. F.... M....

    Who gives a shit about the lyrics? I don't even hear exactly what he is saying, but the song is very good;p

  6. M.... F....

    The soul of MH died after the Blackening. OK - there has been a few good songs on the later releases but the mood and feel is not just the same anymore. And this song? Well Robs pathetic and self-righteous response must come from pure desperation.

  7. J.... M....

    Idk, this could work if it was one of those hidden tracks at the end of an album.

  8. J.... B....

    I hate the lyrics but I do love the riffs and song all around. I hope he gets this out of his system and the new stuff won't have any lyrical content like this.

  9. A.... B....

    No és ni el reflejo de el verdadera machine head, ahora no se ni lo que tocan

  10. S.... V....

    The music is great, the vocals are great, the lyrics are a bit too much. It's not like machine head does this all the time though it's like a diss track

  11. M.... ....

    i have to go to listen Anselmo

  12. J.... M....

    God, metal truly is dead.

  13. M.... E....

    As a 25 yr fan, my next tattoo was gonna be a MH logo... I've changed my mind.

    M.... E....

    You dodged a heavy bullet my dude

  14. p.... ....

    When playing fortnite

  15. C.... ....

    I don't mind the music but the lyrics are certainly basic to say the least.

  16. 2.... ....

    AS much as Rob sounds like hes on his period after Phil dumped him, I do give him credit for finally sounding like a man wrote one of his songs. Though I would say I hope Metal doesnt now start to go the direction of hip hop dis tracks, cause that is fucking tired ass shit.
    PS anyone know what Devin ever did to piss of King Rob?

    2.... ....

    Taking a guess here, you mean Devin, Townsend? Nothing.
    https://www.theprp.com/2017/11/17/news/devin-townsend-machine-heads-robb-flynn-speak-beyond-pale-allegedly-stealing-strapping-young-lad-riff/

    2.... ....

    @EmpiresDawn idk why hes talking shit. maybe i just cant understand his complex lyrics

    2.... ....

    Again, if(?) you are talking about DevIn (Townsend?), and not some DevOn: he is not talking shit, just mainly dropping names of bands angry fans have claimed Machine Head ripped off recently.
    I find this discussion rather jarring and difficult and this will be my last comment. I agree about these lyrics bein bad though.

    2.... ....

    @EmpiresDawn I too find this discussion rather jarring and difficult as its like talking to my mom who would focus on a non essential of grammar over content in a case where its not that important. thanks for the info though.

  17. S.... G....

    Super Power Metal.. Awesome Drum and Guitar tech.. Precise timing and accuracy. Vocal expression and projection has serious power..  Rob has the most powerful voice in Metal History.. Awesome !! Super !! Brilliant !! An extreme metal music composition .10/10

  18. e.... b....

    Yikes. I was researching bands to see in Los Angeles in February but after hearing this and reading the comments... yeesh

  19. C.... H....

    I’m embarrassed when I say I’m a machine head fan now

  20. M.... B....

    Robb Flynn: 😭

    Producers: ok got great

  21. M.... 2....

    These are the most deep, thoughtful and well written lyrics i have read this year. I fucking love this shit.

  22. R.... G....

    Super zespół

  23. �.... ....

    The haters were fans of Dave & Phil, right? How poor you guys are!! hahahahaha

  24. j.... ....

    I love them anyway! 🤘🏽🥰🤘🏽

  25. S.... A....

    Hail vogg!

  26. G.... C....

    Does anyone like this song I really don't see the problem. The lyrics might be not everyone's cup of tea but artist can do different things. I can bet if Slayer or Judas priest wrote lyrics like this, you guys would love it, see where I am coming from

  27. p.... a....

    Poland guitarist ?

  28. S.... B....

    Me: (reads the lyrics)

    Me: OK Boomer

  29. Q.... W....

    Very bad cover, huh

  30. L.... G....

    So we went from The Blackening, Unto The Locust & Bloodstone And Diamonds to ..... this.

  31. R.... V....

    As much hate as this song gets, I think it’s a good one. The guitar riffs are bad ass.

  32. B.... H....

    I mean no offense, but I am sorry to say that I would equate this to a high school band level of quality.


    I'm sorry, but this is just not anywhere close to what used to be.


    Please bring back the thoughtful lyrics and instrumentation that existed when you had Adam, Dave, and Phil on board.

  33. O.... ....

    This lyrics are not great but i'm digging this

  34. M.... ....

    Music is great, Lyrics are trash. Not that they're even that trash, but rob is really coming off as a whinging prick.

  35. d.... ....

    If The Last Jedi could be a song this would be it.

  36. Y.... B....

    I don't know how people hate this song, I really like the lyrics full of violence and the riff that sound full of chaos, is a great song you fucking pussies, trapers of shit!

  37. S.... F....

    I think this song is badass

  38. s.... p....

    Im immediately gonna listen to Grail Knights after this.

  39. s.... p....

    Robb Flynn be like mmmmmmmm yes Lil Uzi pls fuck my wife yummy soy GLUG GLUG MMMMMMMMM GOOOOOOOOOOOOOD SOYYYYY

  40. K.... H....

    the old band back was a good move. the music in this song is super epic, wish it was instrumental imo. some really sick riffs going on. its like an MH hard comeback but Flynns too distracted at the moment (lyrically) with critics and other stuff. oh well.

  41. A.... P....

    Was this written by Olov from Fuck You Yankee Blue Jeans?

  42. f.... a....

    This is supercharger?????

  43. L.... A....

    I love all your songs !

  44. J.... M....

    The mix quality of this song is awful.

  45. Y.... O....

    The spirit of Nu Metal seems to have possessed Rob Flynn again.. Die MF Die 😂😂

  46. E.... P....

    How the fuck does this have so many likes? I can't find one person in the comments that isn't shitting on this song, rightfully so of course.

  47. D.... F....

    I love how that metal community reacted with the universal „Bro, you just posted Cringe“

  48. G.... F....

    THUMBS UP IF ROB FLYNN IS THE BIGGEST PUSSY IN METAL

  49. D.... M....

    i dont speak english...sorry xD

  50. V.... G....

    2:50 Deep Purple - Burn?
    Does that solo mean "We are not Deep Purple too"?

  51. K.... ....

    Is it just me or would Machine Head be better without Rob?

  52. �.... �....

    i've noticed what is the most important thing about anti-sjw it's "now i understand what germans feel about rammstein". you know what you listened to, why are you so surprised. the negative comments mostly have the same energy as lyrics of the song do

  53. t.... l....

    Not a fan of this song...I miss the old machine head..

  54. �.... �....

    I am waiting to Athens you will destroy the stage

  55. J.... M....

    Didn't these guys break up?

  56. C.... S....

    I love this so much. Your my fave band. I love you guys hope to see you in concert once 😍💕

  57. p.... ....

    when your girlfreind breaks up with you

    p.... ....

    Its more like When you lose a fortnite game

    p.... ....

    1 like = 1 beat faster

    p.... ....

    So true

  58. D.... D....

    Robb thinks hes metal jesus or something special -.-

  59. A.... ....

    My only regret is that I have but only one dislike to give to this video.

  60. R.... Z....

    I love ❤️ scrolling through the comments everywhere I go! Music, metal, rap, movies! 😂

  61. F.... S....

    Metalheads: bash Machine Head because of their immature lyrics.

    Also metalheads: worship Cannibal Corpse.

  62. J.... E....

    Musically i really enjoy this but the lyrics umm wtf is this

  63. T.... B....

    I like that 2:50 to 3:11 is the only actually pleasing part of the song to listen to and they've written that exact sort of thing about 400 times

  64. B.... K....

    Great work, guys!

  65. M.... G....

    die motherfucker die motherfucker is from a rap song, and the vocal melody before that sounds like in your face by children of bodom

  66. G.... ....

    The dual solo was pretty awesome, i get a fuck you millennials vibe on this song.

  67. J.... S....

    I'm fucked up in the heaAaaAD. A meme himself. There I said it.

  68. X.... ....

    This is painful.

    I'm in pain.

    Help.

  69. M.... C....

    You talkin to me?.....you talkin to me? This is the troll section right? Ok good I'm I'm in the right place.

    I like music sometimes.
    When I listen to do or die...wait....once is enough. Not gonna put this on on repeat, hell I won't even hit the like button. It ain't all bad though, now there can be some awesome side and solo projects from the rest of the band. They will definitely be influenced by rob. Good day

  70. J.... B....

    Reading all these hater comments just makes me love this song even more haha this track is HEAVY

  71. E.... ....

    So fucking awful

  72. B.... B....

    Shit....

  73. s.... ....

    actually If you let the song sunk in for some time you´ll find out...THAT IT SUCKS EVEN MORE!!!!

  74. G.... ....

    This song sucks ass

  75. h.... ....

    I like to think that this is Jerry Smith's favorite song

  76. M.... Q....

    What's happen!!! Stop !

  77. V.... A....

    robchik jewnazy (sionist)? this shit start with plagiarism of my russianazy project ,,suffering in...,, . jews more money payd to that (ekskremetal) gayshow? right is only Russian Impere, idiotive komposters!!!

  78. �.... ....

    曲の入り方が好き(^^)そこから怒涛の攻め良い。

  79. M.... E....

    Maybe release an instrumental version of this song?

  80. A.... L....

    I think my comments being removed, short version. Life long machine head fan, Robs seems to have taken on brain damag. He had the potential to get the old band together... prolly messed that up to. After their worse album ever which resulted in the band split after realising robs brain damage was worse than expected....... releases a song for 5 year olds.

  81. D.... G....

    Would have been neat if he had the members of Coal Chamber.

  82. T.... F....

    +DOPE+ called, they want their lyrics back

    T.... F....

    lololol

  83. a.... c....

    I love it

  84. P.... W....

    Rob Flyn is a working man! He is trying to keep MFH alive. He's doing a cracking job. No, lyrics are not to everyone taste, but live it's an awesome song! Charger and Red were criticised but I love them album's. More MFH please!

  85. C.... ....

    I’d be gutted if I joined machine head and this was the first single lol. Wouldn’t play it to anyone and just not answer the phone.

  86. K.... F....

    WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!?????

  87. R.... P....

    Does anybody else feel like theyd rather go to a klan meeting hosted by phil anselmo than ever hear this song again? Like cmon, we all know what "walk on home boy" means.

  88. f.... d....

    It's hard to believe this is the same band who wrote the blackening and through the ashes of empires. I'm embarrassed to have called these guys one of my favorite bands

  89. b.... d....

    Piss flaps

  90. s.... ....

    Another Wigger on Leather... ):

  91. B.... J....

    The lyrics
    Wtf
    Is that really a metal lyrics

  92. D.... H....

    Dang. What happened to this band? Fucking cringe. Shame because the music sounds good. Couldn't stand his hippy lyrics on the last one. Easily forgettable. Burn my eyes, the blackening, the more things. Through the ashes were good. Hard to top. The new shit is some cali-hippy echo chamber bullshit I can't get down with. Times have changed. The lyrics here are garbage. Next up Impeach the motherfuxker.....yawn. So edgy.

  93. C.... C....

    I sorta liked it

  94. S.... ....

    Fuck this shit is super gay. I saw two men swapping spit on a park bench today and that still isnt as gay as this song.

  95. Z.... S....

    Burn My Eyes was the only good album. This is top cringe.

  96. s.... t....

    I USED TO LIKE MACHINE HEAD LOL

  97. A.... S....

    These dudes dissed POD and it's coming back to haunt them

  98. R.... ....

    So everyone hates this song right?

    *Looks at like to dislike ratio*

    Hmmm