Brompton Cocktail

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Brompton Cocktail is the seventh song on Avenged Sevenfold’s fourth, self-titled studio album. It is considered experimental metal and was written by the Rev and M Shadows.… Read More

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Brompton Cocktail Lyrics

[Intro]
(Out of time)

[Verse 1]
Doc, I'm dying, I'm feeling compromised (feeling compromised)
And so dehumanized (and so dehumanized)
I lost my final fight to disease, I feel that this is where it ends
I need that shot to enter my vein
My Brompton Cocktail blend

[Chorus]
'Cause I can't feel my face
I won't struggle on
In a world so cold
In a world so wrong
I'm not running away, been fighting this so long (so long)
Such a price that we pay, we've got to be so strong
In a lie

[Verse 2]
I'm tired, induced euphoria (induced euphoria)
To help me move along (help me move along)
I want to meet my maker in peace, I want to feel alive again
So put that smile back on my face and mix it strong my friend

[Chorus]
'Cause I can't feel my face
I won't struggle on
In a world so cold
In a world so wrong
I'm not running away, been fighting this so long (so long)
Such a price that we pay, we've got to be so strong

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[Post-Chorus]
And I'll take my life tonight
'Cause I have the right to die how I want to
And leave how I arrived
So alive

[Bridge]
I believe my sins have been forgiven
And I believe my choice will save me from this life
Please don't question why
My sins have been forgotten
I believe I'll find peace in afterlife
Please don't question why
I left this way

[Chorus]
'Cause I can't feel my face
I won't struggle on
In a world so cold
In a world so wrong
I'm not running away, been fighting this so long (so long)
Such a price that we pay, we've got to be so strong

[Post-Chorus]
And I'll take my life tonight
Cause I have the right to die how I want to
And leave how I arrived
So alive

[Outro]
Alive

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Brompton Cocktail is the seventh song on Avenged Sevenfold’s fourth, self-titled studio album. It is considered experimental metal and was written by the Rev and M Shadows.

Lyrically, the song is about a dying person in the last stage of a severe illness. The lyrical “I” has come to accept that they are going to die and begs their doctor for a shot of Brompton Cocktail, which is an elixir meant for use as a pain suppressant for terminally-ill patients to maintain sociability near death. They know they are dying and want to leave pain-free and feeling alive.

It is made from morphine or diacetylmorphine (heroin), cocaine, highly-pure ethyl alcohol. These substances (or at least substances that are a lot like them) were found in The Rev’s system during the toxicology examination.