Drummer just recently passed away. Gone too soon.
I love how you just get right into…no long, 5 minute intro with a bunch of ads or anything. Just jump right in…much appreciated:metal:
Along the same lines of addiction and loss, you should definitely check out “My Own Prison” by Creed. If you’ve been there, it’s a tear jerker everytime.
Look up there very first album Tormented. Its dark n deep
You’re so awesome…
The immense place is pain he is in is most people’s lives and it isn’t their fault at all. It is called the government
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PLEASE listen to the song he wrote his wife while he was in drug Rehab, there’s a live version of it by him(Aaron Lewis) called “Lost & Lonely” search “aaron Lewis -Lost and Lonely” live” his recent live stuff of just him and a guitar is SO amazing & this song will touch ANYONE that’s been to rehab, struggled with addiction of any kind and had someone they Love they know they hurt. He wrote it to his wife while in rehab as a promise, an apology & a Plea & its BEUTIFUL AND heart breaking , talking about how lowly we think of ourselves through the dark times AND the rehabilitation process. One of the most beautiful songs I’ve heard & his live voice is one of the best I’ve ever heard!
There’s also a song called by Blue October called “Hate me” he wrote to his mom after she passed away & he got clean because of it. Another beutiful song taking ownership & describing how addicts feel in their worst times about those they Love. His more recent live version in Texas is the best version I’ve heard but the music video has a lot of imagery that explains the song better. As someone who’s suffered from addiction after a car accident & lost my mom to brain cancer during a divorce & fight for my daughters who are my everything, this song hits so deeply.
One of my best friends lost her dad to suicide during her addiction & she blames herself still today even though she’s gotten clean , got her degree in counseling & runs an amazing huge non proffit for suicide awareness. Her dad was a millionaire success who got addicted to pain meds after his step son, my best friend was killed in a car accident which led to his mom & step dad divorcing & he blamed himself a lot for it when it wasn’t his fault but alcohol , pain meds , ant anxiety & anti depressants led him down a dark path of addiction losing everything in the process & writing a note to his daughters that my friends step sister posted on Facebook a photo of it on the anniversary of his passing. A tragic note showing self awareness, accountability but a false sense of self worth believing he was a failure to his kids , that they’d be better off without him , without worrying about him but the reality is his children hurt every single day missing & wishing they’d done more, so many regrets & a healing that hasn’t come to any of them. “hate me” is her favorite song , she posts it on his anniversary.
It’s tragic that EVERYONE that experience addiction & what it does to relationships, feel the same, so alone, no self worth, a false sense that loved ones would be better off without you, feeling you’re the only one that’s done this & fallen SO far, when it’s not true, you CAN make up wrongs, be better, you’re leaving this life or staying away during addiction is NOT the right solution for your Loved one’s, the hurt that comes with that is life long for them. My daughters are the ONLY reason I’m here today, in what I felt were my final moments, believing why my ex convinced me I was,…my daughters flashed in my head, a moment of clarity, the thought of my friend & her dad, him believing she’d be better off without him & his struggle has led to SO much hurt for her & the questions “why was I not enough for him to stay on this earth?” The self worth she’s struggled with feeing not enough from his choice to leave her for the rest of her life instead of fighting. I imagined each of my daughters in tears asking themselves why they weren’t enough for me to stay & I broke down, I realized leaving this life would confirm the lies their mom tells them, that my daily fights & daily attempts to try to get their mom to stop gaslighting them, to follow the divorce decree , to respect my rights as a father , trying to help her understand the trauma she’s creating telling them I never call or try to see them, telling them I’m an addict when I’ve been clean from pain meds since I last saw them, that I haven’t had a drink since the divorce ,…FOR THEM. If I left this earth, they’d only have the lies of their mom & know none of my fight or progress, they’d never know THEY are my reason for living, for changing who I am & how unbelievably much I LOVE & Adore each of them with every ounce of my heart & soul. I’m still fighting to dissolve the Divorce decree sue wrote, staying clean, trying to see them daily but was SO close to ending it all in the darkest moment. Not thinking straight.
Seeing Rens hurt, your hurt for your friend, my friends hurt , I hope & pray that EVERYONE struggling will if nothing else, understand that NOONE will feel relief or better with you gone& they’ll carry hurt & regret the rest of their lives, you ARE LOVED, ARE WORTH IT, CAN HEAL & BEAT IT! In those dark moments go see a loved one, get outside , call a help line, go see a counselor /therapist get out of the moment! Realize SO many feel the same, so many understand & life can get better! Much Love for all!
you loose me at a hopefull place 7:55. why? cause the access to the good times, is the moment of their creation and that is not a place in the past, it is the unknown infront of you.
every step in life, is a chance for a good thing or a bad thing to happen, this song wants to say that progression is not just the only way out of a down, the way youre dealing with these phases also is the way your character gets formed. its actually a bad thing, to live a happy life all your life, cause the slightest downfall could pull the floor away from your feet like that but when you're prepaired for bullshit, it wont be able to knock you off the horse instantly.
Perfect Greta Thunberg impression. Aaron rules!
Check out two of his acoustic performances…Aaron Lewis ‘please’ and ‘what hurts the most’ you won’t be disappointed.
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Breaking Benjamin - dear agony
Badflower ghost…
Alice in Chains Down in a Hole unplugged. Staind - For You
The best vocalist of all time imo idc
Do Borderline The 69 Eyes.
Linkin Park One More Light
Hellyeah hush…
@heartsupport, The comments have hit home on Staind. There is another group that I’d like to get your perspective on. I will make this short. The band Ankor is about to drop the last song from their latest release in a few days. It is the final song in a 6 part story. My interpretation is a series of milestones in dealing with grief. Now my story… I lost my mother at age 8, she was 26, in a car accident. A lot of things happened over the years before I realized I never got the closure I needed, the counseling I needed… I never processed my gried. I am 44 years old now. Now, these Ankor songs are dealing with another kind of relationship grief, but the last 4 lines in part 2 of the series broke me the first time I heard it. It spoke to the emptiness in my heart that was once home to my mother as she lived and breathed. I not only broke and cried, I sobbed… for the first time in over 3 decades I sobbed over my mother’s passing. I couldn’t stop listening to the song Prisoner. I would rewind the final section to hear the 4 lines, I would restart the song. I couldn’t get enough. I still have this series.in heavy rotation on Spotify. That night of breaking down was a milestone in my own grief processing I realize now. So, the series of songs by Ankor are:
Chapter 1 - Darkbeat
Chapter 2 - Prisoner (my favorite)
Chapter 3 - Oblivion
Chapter 4 - Stereo
Chapter 5 - Venom
Chapter 6 - Embers
Thank you for what you are doing.