"Show Yourself" is a single by American progressive metal band Mastodon, off of their studio album Emperor of Sand.
[3] Dailor was initially hesitant to sing on the track, personally not liking the guitar riff, referring to it as "too easy", though he later changed his mind on it.
[7] The song lyrically plays into the same concepts, with lines such as "You're not as safe as far as I can tell, and I can tell / Only you can save yourself / Soon this will all be a distant memory / Or could this dream be real at all?
"[8][9] While the band is known for music that is progressive rock and complicated in structure, the song is relatively straightforward, with Rolling Stone describing the track as "relatively stripped-down, melodic and direct.
[10] The video features a down-on-his-luck, sad sack version of The Grim Reaper who, feeling pressure from an angry boss and wife at home, is tasked with killing the members of the band in a parody of Glengarry Glen Ross.
"[11] Loudwire similarly praised Dailor's "crisp, clean delivery" of his vocals and Hinds' wailing guitar solo in the performance.