Broken Wings

Album: Built by Blood (2005)
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  • This song is about drummer Scott Gottlieb, who died of leukemia in 2005. The band wrote the song when Gottlieb was in the hospital trying to fight it. They never expected something like this to happen to anyone so young. At the 2005 Warped Tour, after he died, they gave a speech about how not to take life for granted. >>>
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    James - Irvine, CA

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  • Holly from Kennesaw, Gayep that's correct. i went to 2 Warped Tours in 2005- Long Beach CA and Atlanta GA and they both mentioned Scott. i've also seen BtD at a local venue
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