Circles

This song was inspired by the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks. It tells a hypothesized story about two friends at the Eagles Of Death Metal show and how they tried to save each other as the onslaught was taking place. Frontman Vic Fuentes explained: "I remember the words of one of the guys in Eagles of Death Metal saying that so many people died trying to save their friends and I just thought that was such an amazing sad thing - people trying to save each other. I wrote the song as if I was at the show with my girlfriend or my best friend and s--- went down, what would we be trying to do - what would be going on in our minds."

Vic Fuentes explained his vision for the song during a video. "It was after the Paris attacks at Bataclan," the frontman explained. "It affected the whole world and everyone was hit hard. I think musicians were hit in a different way, as far as... You know, this is what we do every day, we're up on those stages. And basically, I tried to put a bit of a positive spin on it." "I would definitely say 'Circles' is probably one of the most meaningful songs we've ever written," he added.

According to guitarist Tony Perry, Fuentes nearly had other plans for the track. "I remember him talking about actually rewriting that song, he was gonna change the chorus," Perry said. "I remember telling him, 'You really shouldn't, that's my favorite song. It really is awesome the way it is.'"