Nothing to Lose (Billy Talent song)

"Nothing to Lose"
Single by Billy Talent
From the album Billy Talent
Released	2004
Format	Avaliable on the album Billy Talent. Not released for download.
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:38
Label	Atlantic Records
Writers	Billy Talent
Producers	?
Director	?
Certification	?
Chart positions	?
Billy Talent singles chronology
"River Below" 2004	"Nothing To Lose" 2004	"Devil In A Midnight Mass" 2006
Billy Talent track listing
"Prisoners of Today" 10	"Nothing to Lose" 11	"Voices of Violence" 12

Nothing to Lose is a single from the Canadian punk rock band Billy Talent's debut self titled album. The song was not released for special digital download or as a CD single or vinyl record, but Nothing to Lose can still be found on the album Billy Talent. The song is about a suicidal teenager. The unnamed character suffers rejection from peers and depression, although the character's parents overlook this-Teacher said it's just a phase/When I grow up my children will probably do the same." At the end of the song it can be inferred that the character committed suicide.

Kids Help Phone

For every time the song was played on certain Canadian radio stations, Billy Talent donated $1 (CAD) to the Canadian organization Kids Help Phone. Kids Help Phone is a toll-free phone counselling service for children, which suits the song as Kids Help Phone receives many calls from distressed and suicidal teens.

Video

The video is in black and white and features a teen in a black hooded sweater which hides his/her face (the suicidal teen). The video alternates between the band playing in the basement of the protagonist's high school and the teen in classes and halls. Throughout the video the teen is writing in a notebook in which fragments of the song's lyrics and drawings in it. At the end of the video the character enters the school's garage, attaches one end of a long tube to the exhaust pipe of a car and brings the other end to the driver's seat with him. Then the protagonist starts the car, therefore causing the gas to surround the teen, suffocating him/her. Also near the end the character's notebook is open to a page where a drawing can be seen illustrating the suicide. Part of the lyrics are "There's nothing to gain / My notebook will explain" Text also appears at the end of the video:

THERE'S LIFE BEYOND THESE WALLS

KIDS HELP PHONE

JEUNESSE, J'ÉCOUTE

1 800 668 6868

www.kidshelpphone.ca

Clips from the video:
File:Ntlblackhood.jpg File:Ntlnotebook.jpg File:Ntlbeyondwalls.jpgFile:Ntlkidshelp.jpg

See also

List of songs about suicide