Ludens

“It doesn’t sound like anything off ‘amo’, but it doesn’t sound like anything off any of our records,” frontman Oli Sykes told NME. “It hits a different tone. We had to write it in five days. We’ve been talking about this with Sony and Kojima for quite a while. I was really excited because I loved Metal Gear Solid and Kojima is just my favourite developer, he’s a legend. All of the legal shit was going on to the point where we like, ‘This isn’t going to happen’. “Then we got a call from the manager and he was like, ‘Yeah, it’s happening, but we need it within a week’. We were like, ‘We haven’t written anything yet! Can we have an extension or send them a demo as a placeholder’, and they were like, ‘If you don’t deliver the song on Saturday at 1pm then it won’t get used’.”

[Verse 1] Some resist the future, some refuse the past Either way, it's messed up if we can't unplug the fact That a world covered in cables was never wired to last So don't act so surprised when the program starts to crash [Pre-Chorus] (How do I) Form a connection when we can't even shake hands? You're like a phantom greeting me We plot in the shadows, hang out in the gallows Stuck in a loop for eternity [Chorus] Do you know why the flowers never bloom? Will you retry or let the pain resume? I need a new leader, we need a new Luden (A new Luden, new Luden, yeah) So come outside, it's time to see the tide It's out of sight, but never out of mind I need a new leader, we need a new Luden [Verse 2] Sticks and stones may break my bones but soon the sting will pass But names can dig so many graves, you won't know where to stand And I don't feel secure no more unless I'm being followed And the only way to hide myself is to give 'em one hell of a show [Pre-Chorus] (How do I) Form a connection when we can't even shake hands? You're like a phantom greeting me We plot in the shadows, hang out in the gallows Stuck in a loop for eternity [Chorus] Do you know why the flowers never bloom? Will you retry or let the pain resume? I need a new leader, we need a new Luden (A new Luden, new Luden, yeah) So come outside, it's time to see the tide It's out of sight, but never out of mind I need a new leader, we need a new Luden A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah Yeah [Breakdown] Alright, you call this a connection? You call this a connection? You call this a connection? Okay You call this a connection? Oh, give me a break Oh, give me a break Oh, give me a break (Okay) Ugh, ooh [Chorus] Do you know why the flowers never bloom? Will you retry or let the pain resume? I need a new leader, we need a new Luden (A new Luden, new Luden, yeah) So come outside, it's time to see the tide It's out of sight, but never out of mind I need a new leader, we need a new Luden A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah A new Luden, new Luden, yeah [Outro] Do you know why the flowers never bloom? Will you retry or let the pain resume? I need a new leader, we need a new Luden