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The Meaning Behind THREE DAYS GRACE Dominate Lyrics

Published / Fri 20 Jun 2025

The Meaning Behind THREE DAYS GRACE Dominate Lyrics

Photo: The Meaning Behind THREE DAYS GRACE Dominate Lyrics  /  Credit: Matt Barnes | Words: Pete Bailey

Three Days Grace are back with their new single, “Dominate”. A song with no hand-holding build-up, just a snarling riff, a one-bar count-in and two iconic voices fans never expected to hear together.

Adam Gontier’s weather-scarred rasp squares up against Matt Walst’s razor-clean bark and, before you can hit the volume, the band shouts, “Hey, hey, here we fucking go!” The single arrived on June 19th 2025, as the third glimpse of the upcoming album Alienation (out 22 August via RCA) and instantly sets the tone as the album’s opener.

Redefining Three Days Grace’s Legacy

Produced by Zakk Cervini and Dan Lancaster with longtime ally Howard Benson tightening the vocals, the track shoves Barry Stock’s drop-B guitar through a gleaming, modern mix.

Centre-stage is the two-frontman clash. Adam Gontier’s gravel-rich warning: “The sun don’t rise, the sun don’t set; it’s just the world spinning” meets Matt Walst’s rally cry: “I will dominate, seize the day, ring the bell!

Lyrically, it doubles as an autobiography. Gontier, now seven years sober, reclaims the microphone he left in 2013; Walst, guardian of the band’s record-breaking 18 rock-radio No. 1s, refuses to yield an inch.

The pre-chorus mantra “Nothing more dangerous than a man with something to prove and nothing to lose” sets the stakes: survival alone isn’t enough; conquest is the new baseline. Then comes the gang-chant “Hey, hey, here we fucking go!” primed for festival fields and TikTok clips. In three and a half minutes, Three Days Grace flip the reunion narrative into a fresh war-cry, proving that legacy can be a launchpad, not a museum piece.

“Dominate” has cracked open a conversation about what a legacy act can be once the greatest-hits set list no longer feels like a destination. If the song endures, it won’t be because it boosted presales; it’ll be because it dares listeners to accept that reinvention can march in lockstep with recognition, same name on the marquee, new fire behind the eyes.


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Three Days Grace Dominate Lyrics In Full

Intro: Neil Sanderson & Matt Walst

One, two
Here we fucking go!

Verse 1: Adam Gontier, Adam Gontier & Matt Walst

The sun don’t rise, the sun don’t set
It’s just the world spinning
Think about it
You sacrifice to be the best
There’s a price to winning
Think about it

Pre-Chorus: Adam Gontier & Matt Walst

There’s nothing more dangerous
Than a man with something to prove and nothing to lose
There’s nothing more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose

Chorus: Matt Walst, Neil Sanderson & Brad Walst

I will dominate, seize the day, ring the bell (Bell)
Storm the gates
I will dominate, dominate though the pain, through the pain
Mine to givе, mine to take
I was made to dominatе
(Hey, hey, here we fucking go!
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!)

Verse 2: Adam Gontier, Adam Gontier & Matt Walst, Matt Walst

I came to conquer, on to the next
My self-control, to self-respect
See me coming (See me coming)
Feel the threat (Feel the threat)
Get under your skin (Under your skin)
And into your head

Chorus: Matt Walst, Neil Sanderson & Brad Walst

I will dominate, seize the day, ring the bell (Bell)
Storm the gates
I will dominate, dominate though the pain (through the pain)
Mine to give, mine to take
I was made to dominate

Bridge: Adam Gontier, Adam Gontier & Matt Walst

There’s nothing more dangerous than something to prove
Nothing more dangerous than nothing to lose
I’m here to claim the battleground, annihilate
You can’t stop me now

Outro: Matt Walst, Neil Sanderson & Brad Walst

I will dominate, seize the day, ring the bell (Bell), storm the gates
I will dominate, dominate though the pain (through the pain)
Mine to give, mine to take
I was made to dominate
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!
I was made to dominate
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!
Hey, hey, here we fucking go!

The Sound Of A Band Re-Ignited

Dominate is a manifesto, personal, professional, maybe even existential. Two singers who survived their own storms now share the same ship, vowing not just to stay afloat but to commandeer the waves. The long answer lives inside every kick-drum thud and every syllable of that shouted hook, ready to ricochet off arena walls all summer.

In a catalogue stacked with anthems about hurt and survival, “Dominate” flips the script: survival isn’t enough. Conquer the day, ring the bell, storm the gates, because if the sun’s just going to spin around us anyway, we might as well own the horizon.

Three Days Grace aren’t asking for permission; they’re already halfway through the breach, yelling for the rest of us to keep up.


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