Bring Me the Horizon Fans React to Band’s Hard Hitting ‘DArkSide’

Welcome back, Bring Me the Horizon, who are finally dropping the next new song from their Post Human EP series. This one is titled “DArkSide” and it’s a hard hitter that will appear on their highly anticipated POST HUMAN: NeX GEn. As you might expect, there’s plenty of reaction to the new song as well.

As you might guess from the song title, “DArkSide” deals with the unease felt by the song’s central character as they fear going to a darker place. At one point, Oli Sykes belts out with urgency, “Hey, I’m begging you to stay / My darkside won today / My heart keeps breaking / Over and over / Hey, don’t let me out your sight / Can’t trust myself tonight / My heart keeps breaking / Can you talk me off the ledge again?” And in a week in which World Mental Health Day just passed (Oct. 10), the song feels essentially fitting.

First, take a listen to the song and check out the lyrics below. It’s available via multiple platforms here.

Bring Me the Horizon, “DArkSide” Lyrics

Sinking underThink my angels fallenSafe place, plunderedBastards kicked the doors inI picked the stitchesNow I can’t stop bleedingThree in the morning I ain’t slept all weekendSix feet in the dirt, still breathingDon’t give a fuck if my heart stops beating

Hey, I’m begging you to stayMy darkside won todayMy heart keeps breakingOver and overHey, don’t let me out your sightCan’t trust myself tonightMy heart keeps breakingCan you talk me off the ledge again?

Something haunts meFootsteps in the basementOut of bodyBut there’s no escapingI picked the stitchesNow I can’t stop bleedingThree in the morning, I ain’t slept all weekendSix feet in the dirt, still breathingDon’t give a fuck if my heart stops beating

Hey, I’m begging you to stayMy darkside won todayMy heart keeps breaking over and overHey, don’t let me out your sightCan’t trust myself tonightMy heart keeps breaking, can you talk me off the ledge again?

Somethings in the wayDon’t know what I can sayMemories are haunting meA sickness taking overSo bury me aliveThere’s nowhere left to hideAnd say goodbyeCos maybe IMaybe I will miss me when I’m gone

Hey, I’m begging you to stayMy darkside won todayMy heart keeps breaking over and overHey, don’t let me out your sightCan’t trust myself tonightMy heart keeps breaking, can you talk me off the ledge again?

Can’t trust myself tonightCan’t trust myself tonightCan’t trust myselfCan you talk me off the ledge again?

Bring Me the Horizon, “DArkSide”

So how are people feeling about the new Bring Me the Horizon song? Well, there was the general excitement ahead of the release, with one fan weighing in, “New bring me the horizon song on friday, let’s goooooo,” and another adding, “new bring me the horizon tn thank fucking god.”

But then the reactions started rolling in, with a bit of a mixed bag of results. There’s some overwhelming love, with one fan noting, “Bring Me The Horizon never let me down,” and another adding while quoting lyrics as well, “New Bring Me the Horizon song hits different.” Yet another added, “The new Bring Me the Horizon is amazing. Can’t wait to hear the full album.

Others drew comparisons to Linkin Park and Evanescence …

And yet another fan commended the song while pointing out something in Oli’s vocals that you won’t be able to unhear.

There was some middling reaction to the new song “DArkSide” as well. One fan praised it while noting their recent material hadn’t been that great, and others shared a bit of indifference.

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What was your take on the new Bring Me the Horizon song? Stay tuned on news of a POST HUMAN: NeX GEn release date and look for the band back on the road in the U.K. in January.