Sick Puppies - Howard's Tale Lyrics

2019 still here omg

This song is just painfully perfect.

All the people who say maybe he is gay like ok you like gay people ok so what about your fantasies pay attention to the song ita good and it had meaning to lots of people it is NOT about being gay but a kid who got molested like 2 or 3 people and from being traumatized he thought it was normal and started to do it himself like why does so maby girls just want gay guys like ok whatever but dont even start that here of all places

Conner rubalcado Bruh the fact that people are doing that is so fucking wrong even though your grammar is abysmal I thank you for getting the message out.

@GrandRomanReich i made 2 mistakes dude but yes i had to at least honor this great song

This song is too painful for me to listen to, but it is also very very good. Really amazing.

this song reminds me of the book "So near to the horizon"

This band is so good wish I found them sooner

Fuck, no encuentro ninguna traducción. :c

You know, Me and my ex had our problems, but she did have a unique taste in music. I am thankful she showed me this band. This one and Odd One. Thank you.

me and my besties fav song to blast

Who the fuck is Howard?

John Beall Black kid on the left

What black kid? Are you retarded?

I don't think you got the joke yo.

omg the bass

can someone explain to me whats goin on sounds like he was abused by his father but not sure someone care to fill me in?

+pig king ;-;

I thought he was about to shoot up a school at the end but okay

pig king I think some guy tricked (Howard) into coming home with him as a kid, got him stoned and sexually abused him. It seems he never told his folks what's going on and kept it inside, this incident confused him of his sexuality and he looked for other little boys all because he needs "closure" since he had a traumatic childhood event and the cycle continues.

John Kienle it's a woman not a man. Singer said so.

Shant not the new guy

*curses at the 11 dislikes*

There's one less now. ;)

+Cloves haha what do you mean by that? ;)

There's 10 dislikes instead of 11! Someone realized how moving this song is. :)

damn right XD.

Deep as hell.

scarily good

I don't know what to say other then that its so horribly beautiful...

Very well put together song. Crazy vocals too

This is a great song, and definitely about how the abuse cycle continues. 

i love how dark and deep this song is i can listen to this for hours

It's just so horribly beautiful. I can't stop listening oh god

Yeah, the same thing is done in "Hero of War" by Rise Against and even "In the Ghetto" by Elvis Presley.

Yeah, when I wrote that comment, I was actually thinking about that line too.

Could be based on truth...Not sure though. The Offspring made a song called "Kristy, are you doing okay?", and the story of the song is based off of the life of a girl the lead singer knew as a kid, so it's not all that uncommon to see that.

5 years late... But the song is about the drummers experiences and a little added on, could be wrong but I'm almost positive

Is this based off of a real event? I'm just thinking that because the title is Howard's Tale.... Who's Howard?

The Voice Of Showgun Howard is the lead singer of the band, it is his real name and it is a real event wrote drammatically.

THANK YOU!

It's a bonus track from the deluxe version, that's why.

This song is so beautiful, yet so haunting and depressing. It sort of reminds me of Slow Motion by Third Eye Blind in that sense.

Probably because it has a lot of country blocks.

And it is. I asked them in one of the few video conferences they did, and Shim answered that it's like the day after the kid on the story did his first rape, something like this :D

his dad .....

ALL THIS TIME I THOUGHT HE SAID ' eighteen and all he's ever seen is a lemon in between the eyes' LOL

And what do you know of psychological trauma? Which can result in change of personalities, habits, manners, thoughts.

This song isn't about him being gay, it's about him being abused as a child and how it affected him for the rest of his life...

i love the last part of the song about him and the boy and he needs info me and my bff was like we need to hear the rest of the story because the boy terns gay we love gay people :)

No-one grows up to be a pedophile because they were touched, you can't simply go around blaming others for what you've become, everything you've done, everything you've done, was your choice, no-one forces you to do anything, YOU make the decisions, not the others, until people realize this, the world will not progress, it will simply be a game of pointing fingers.

You always have a choice, whether you make the right one, well that's up to you.

QuasiGaming depends how many years you were touched for.
I got oral at the age of 5..
I coerced a boy into anal when I was 14.. I was abused until I was 13.
I tried ending it all by suicide. medicine cabinet lol...
Pussied out luckily

When enough people use you for this purpose, suicide seems like a good idea.
I'm str8 but, that was for saying no one can force you.
I was forced at 8 and again at 9, at 9 i was forced to give oral.

Either that or he just becomes gay.. says he was expelled, maybe he was still at his old school.

This song is so sick and intensely, scarily realistic. But yet I reallly love it. Sick Puppies...best band ever.

Yawning Lion it's not sick, it's real

I agree... life is about making things better. Being sad or upset about your life shows that you are not satisfied with where you are and hints at a drive to make things better. The only time it upsets me is when people bitch and whine... but do nothing.

the boy was molested by his dad - "for the sake of him and me"..."I waited for mum to comfort me, but when I opened my mouth, don't say nothing shh"
It was obviously his dad.

Mira Tomova :(

sounds like molestation to me

Zajeblista nuta pozdrawiam

Haha wow this song hits me hard it's sad because I have. Experienced things like this :/ o well in the end I won't let it effect me I shall make my own tale much better :D I refuse to let it get to me! And I'm passing this to my best friend he has had the same problem. I've never confused with my sexuality though.

Jordan .Hunter me too. Abused over 20 times until the age of 13..

Jordan .Hunter first time I gotta bj I was 5..

blasphemy cool song

the last words was creepy but love these guys

I LOVE YOU SHIMON MOORE

sad day for those who say "all their songs resonate with me"

ok this song is just bad. dude i love sick puppies!

I appreciate the thoughts, and agree, but I must say... Your grammar gave me syphilis. And possibly HIV.

Wow, that is so stupid. I agree with people whining because they did't got the latest iphone. But saying that people can't be sad over their life because someone has it worse is an awful thing to say. Saying that people can't be sad 'cause someone has it worse is like saying that you can't be happy 'cause someone could have it better than you.

Emma just owns the bass.

Those puppies really are sick.

creepy as mannequins following you, wait that's slender man.

Wow, this song is simply amazing. It could be interpreted in so many ways!

He needs closure.
And so the cycle begins.

Mrsuperimpsonman :(
It happened to me..
But I helped end the cycle. Sort of.

I had that feeling, but I don't know why.

It took forever but I think someone posted tabs somewhere. I think it only has the intro though...

D: Lucky...

Rape is sexual abuse so yes it very well could be.

I learned this intro on bass!! I'm so happy!!

131Skinwalker yo send some tabs through 😂😂

I think that's the best meaning. I mean everyone thinks of something differently. Like drugs or abuse. I listened to the lyrics and I think it's about what you stated.

This song...it's depressing. :( If I was the boy at the end I would've bit the fuck out of him.

Right.
I never said that Howard was going to punch anybody or anything. I'm just saying what Emma said on her Twitter.

If this is not the intended meaning... I am baffled because the meaning you described was clear from the opening stanzas, to the closing stanzas. If Emma did say it was about the continuing cycle of abuse did you ever think/ realise it is definitely sexual abuse @JSwaggaUnplugged ? "For the sake of 'HIM AND ME'" but more importantly the last stanza...
He stares at a boy sitting there
And the boy stares at him too
He walks over
Clearly not going to go punch him... or bring him home and punch him.

makes more sense that its about abuse, everyone else is a dumbass xD

Moms second set of eye severely lacked in this scenario. Btw sick puppies are fuking amazing

Well I think the end is about him seeing a kid who is also being molested so he says "He needs Closure" idk. Just my opinion xD

Actually, Emma confirmed on her Twitter that it was about abuse and the cycle continuing.

it isnt about him becoming a pedo... its about him becoming GAY because of it. He knew no other kind of feelings besides repression and homosexual ones. He was molested by his uncle or someone he was close to. The end verses are about him being at a school, seeing a boy there. He walks over..he needs closure. He has to try with guys because he just didnt feel right with the for-mentioned girl before. That's how I viewed the song anyhow. It never mentions he was a pedo.

well it depends how you look at it. sick puppies may be trying to show everyone what has happened to a person in their life to make them turn into a pedophile(I think thats what he becomes) or it may be about what you think of or both.

There is a difference between "pedophile" and "child molester". Pedophilia is a fetish, whereas child molestation is a crime. You can be sexually attracted to children, as long as you do not act on your impulses, and never cause any trouble. There are specialists who can help with you deal with the source of the fetish. However a fetish is part of ones personality and, therefore, would leave a scar in their personality and mind if they were to simply force themselves to stop being attracted.

They hushed after, like it was a secret.. one not meant to be told. Also, I'm not really going to be taking any advice seriously coming from a guy with the username SmoshTheWorldRWJ.

i think by innocently he meant he wasnt planning to rape a little boy but when he was sitting there staring at him the feeling just washed over him to do it

I love this song, I LOVE Sick Puppies. <3333

It's called interpretation. The song could also be interpretated as dealing with mental illness. It's very mixed. Some of the verses could describe schizophrenia, some child abuse and some homosexuality.

This song deals with a boy that was molested as a young boy and grew up to become a pedophile because of it. How do you people not realize this..?

This song gives me chills. Frightening true lyrics paired with an unforgettable beat. :o

@Curtimolition95 honestly thats what it sounds like to me what sad song...hell what a sad sad world:(

This song is really, really scary because it's true.

is this the theme song of a book?

@GearsGodZau hey thanks ^_^

@ChrisTheImortal lol, you're such a troll.

@Konigsteiger thats because i'm not afraid to stand up to a tyrant!

@ChrisTheImortal What the hell are you talking about? The lyrics are in the information section. This isn't hard to figure out. You're the only person to have complained out of nearly 30k views.

@Konigsteiger at least i dont mislead people to get the to watch my videos

@ChrisTheImortal Good lord you're delusional.

@Konigsteiger you didnt make me do anything, i already said i didn't need the lyrics, since you were too lazy to to follow up on your promises

@ChrisTheImortal Title doesn't say "lyrics in video". Don't get mad at me because I made you click an additional time to read them.

@Konigsteiger hey shit face, put the lyrics in the video or dont right "lyrics" in the title

@ChrisTheImortal Hey dumbass, click "Show More"

thumbs up if you didnt need the lyrics anyways, since he didnt give them to us

@Curtimolition95 I`d say that it deals with rape, not homosexuality.

I love this song. I think it's Sick Puppies' best song. It's amazing they are able to tell us the story of Howard's whole life in just four minutes. The song deals with a disgusting reality, that's true, but I like the fact they pay attention to that reality. Nowadays, loads of songs are about love. There is more to life, so much more. So many musicians seem to forget about that, luckily my favourite band doesn't (:

its sooo wrong but i really love this song :*/

@jshrather Fuck yeah, thumbed that up

this song is about rape
rape is a very bad issue to be delt with... :(

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