The video begins with Moody driving down an alley passing other members of the band and Sxv'leithan Essex and arriving at his house carrying in a box. The video contains cuts of the band performing the song and a troubled couple portrayed by Harris and Moody. The video features actress Danielle Harris as Ivan Moody's girlfriend, and writer/director Sxv'leithan Essex, who also appeared in Five Finger Death Punch's video for the song ' Never Enough' and directed the video for their song 'The Way of the Fist'. There was not a more opportune time to write a song like 'The Bleeding.' It's probably the most personal song I've ever written.' Music video Ī music video for the song, directed by Bradley Scott, was shot in Los Angeles on July 7–8, 2007. Cause at the time, you know, I had just separated from my ex-fiancee and with Motograter separating, it was a real tragic time. 'When I first heard it, I sat back in my chair and almost cried.

When Moody spoke about the first time he heard 'The Bleeding', he said: I'm not one of those artists that just likes to get up on stage and drink beer, when I sing a song I like to take myself and the fans back to the place where I was when I wrote that song.' '.when we performed in Arizona the girl who I wrote 'The Bleeding' for was at the show and that the first time I had seen her in about a year and I almost broke into tears because it all came rushing back to me. It was the first time Moody saw her in about a year.

When Five Finger Death Punch performed a show in Arizona, the girl who Moody wrote 'The Bleeding' about, his ex-fiancé, was at the show. The other half was written about Motograter, because that was the closest thing I've ever had to a real family and it took a huge part of my soul.' So a lot of that song was about me losing that love and then having to say that it was over and move on. Half of it is about my ex-fiancé who meant everything to me, so once Motograter had fell apart and then her and I dwindled apart it just took a huge part of my life. 'That song is a two-part song and it comes across as a relationship piece, which it is. In an interview with, Moody spoke about what 'The Bleeding' is about: 'The Bleeding' was written by Moody about his ex-fiancé and his former band Motograter. We all took time off hoping that would help resolve the issues and then after a year went by I just got tired of sitting on my ass.' There was no love for the music and no love for being on stage with one another, so it just seemed like we were constantly battling one another for different things. It just got to the point where we didn't enjoy what we were doing anymore. Our manager and good friend Steve Richards passed away, then Elektra folded so our label collapsed and then there were a lot of politics involved. 'Well it was a domino effect in Motograter and there were a lot of things that went wrong. When asked by about what happened with his former band Motograter, vocalist Ivan Moody said:

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