Down is the New Orleans based band fronted by Phil Anselmo, best known as the frontman in Pantera. "Stone the Crow" is their most popular song; it was written by Anselmo and guitarist Pepper Keenan.
Is there a deep, philosophical meaning to this song, which finds Anselmo singing about how he's never stoned a crow and living a life of "handwritten pain?" The lyrics certain go to a dark place, but in our interview with Anselmo, he said: "That came out of nothing, really. Even when we recorded the record, I really didn't have any set set of lyrics, so a lot of them are just bulls--t, really, that just fit the song." "I guess over the years, they've become something," he added. "They've become whatever they are. I still think when people sing that song live with us out in the audience, I don't even think they know what the f--k they're saying, but they know the pattern to it, and they know the notes, so f--k it, it's good enough."
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