DOWN Records Tribute To THE NEW ORLEANS SAINTS; Lyrics Revealed

Ross Karpelman, who plays keyboards for DOWN — the acclaimed New Orleans band featuring CORROSION OF CONFORMITY guitarist/vocalist Pepper Keenan, drummer Jimmy Bower (EYEHATEGOD, SUPERJOINT RITUAL guitarist),bassist Rex Brown (ex-PANTERA),guitarist Kirk Windstein (CROWBAR),and vocalist Philip Anselmo (SUPERJOINT RITUAL, ex-PANTERA) — has revealed that DOWN has written a song called "On March the Saints" for its upcoming, as-yet-untitled third album, tentatively due later in the year. "It is about... well... The Saints [referring to the American football team The New Orleans Saints — Ed.] but also about those people who persevered and brought life and the spirit of New Orleans back to this great city of ours," Ross revealed in an online posting at the NOLA Underground site.

He added, "We would like to make this song available to the city of New Orleans for a pre-release because we are all huge Saints fans and this song will express our support for the team and our city.

"If you are interested in hearing the song please contact your local radio stations (WWL...Bayou Rock... WRNO... 106.7 etc.) and let them know you want to hear DOWN's new Saints song! Thanks... GO SAINTS!"

DOWN - "On March the Saints" lyrics:

Be something that amounts to nothing the threat
A wrecking ball plowing through our karma
We have no confident voice in our ears for tonight
Exist in memory (the) only headline

(chorus)
We have been through change, by the season of the storms
Its irony, the cleansing
Except eccentric faith, to need religion
To sit high among the elect
On march the Saints

There's no such thing as a good time for bad luck
As minutes turn to distressed fragmented moments
Reading lips unable to hear the talk
Partake no tangible out in tomorrow

(chorus)
We have seen the change, from the season of the storms
Its irony, the cleansing
With all our lives at stake, from at rest to present
Are sitting high, among the elect
On march the Saints

MARCH [End of Lyrics]

Keenan recently compared the songwriting process for DOWN's new album to the writing of DOWN's 1995 debut, "Nola", which came together out of the bandmates' love of playing together. "We're having a blast," Keenan told Revolver magazine. "Once we have our ideas down, we just jam it in circle until our heads fall off. Phil's singing his ass off, and he's completely sober, so we're all really focused. We just want to do a killer fuckin' record because I think rock and roll sucks nowadays — so we're gonna make a monster."

DOWN's sophomore album, "Down II", was released in March 2002 on Elektra Records. The band headlined the second stage at the 2002 Ozzfest.