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i have always loved the message that staind
uses in their music i can relate to the words and the song "its been awhile " is vivid when it is played because it reminds me of my sweetheart. and all the shit we have been through. i was just wondering how they come up with such simple but very powerfull songs? i am also a song writer any tips would be very much appreciated Leahangel~~~ |
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"Its Been Awhile" isn't what you think its about--go on this website http://www.songfacts.com it will help you out a lot w/ your question about how Aaron Lewis & the band come up w/ the lyrics... But you can relate to all of their songs however your little heart desires!! ~Em //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Maybe it is about drugs... , but I think its a Combination of all things that Aaron is talking about like he says we hafta interpret the way we want to like a Movie I guess....
" Like voices in the rain , Like a song without a name , Like Angel's Wing's & Wispering's Of Love we lost & found along the way"- Staind ' Lost Along The Way' |
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I had never heard of that site, thanks. And some of those people are morons, they just think they know what a song is about and they look dumb while trying to act all intelligent.
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Yea your right it IS about drugs.. but I didn't want to come out and say it b/c idk...but I think you are thinking about the line that goes And it's been awhile Since I've seen the way the candles light your face And it's been awhile But I can still remember just the way you taste he (Aaron Lewis) is talking about a drug-b/c this drug you need a spoon and a candle or something to melt it w/... Just a little of my knowledge! I am not promoting any drugs!!!!!and Staind isnt either b/c they vowed to stop the heavy drugs when they got a record deal! ~Em //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Yea well like most of Stainds songs-- you think its about one thing-- but just remember about the bands drug related past and everything about the song & the lyrics will fall into play! But yea the webstie is pretty good but its new so not everything is polished up! People ARE morons! HAHA Sorry to hear about the loss-- I read about how you were suppose to go to the concert & everything... that is really sad! ~Em //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Oh, thanks. Appreciate it.
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hahaha ok now people its about his wife have u ever seen the video? his wife is laying in bed and there is a candle and he sings while he strokes her face. The candle is ligting HER FACE the song has nothing to do with drugs oh yeah what he says its been awhile since he said I LOVE U meaning he is in love with drugs hahahahahahahahaha and that site is all fuckin lies.  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________"Lisa A. Patto, an uber-fan from Long Island, N.Y." (The Replubican Newspaper) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Click here for the best Staind fansite on the net www.addictedtostaind.com http://www.myspace.com/ADDICTEDTOSTAIND |
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01 - "Open Your Eyes"
The lyrics are very old. Those are from like 10th or 11th grade in high school. For some strange reason while we were in recording I was having a hard time coming up with something for it. Sitting there, listening to it over and over again to have some sort of inspirational moment, these lyrics to this old song from a long time ago came into my head. I don't usually write observationally, I usually write introspectively, and this song is very observational. 02 - "Pressure" "Pressure" is my response to the pressure I was under to get this record done. It's like a culmination of the pressure that I was under at the time because I was like half way through the record and I was now out of stuff that was readily and easily flowing through me. It was a combination of the pressure of that and a panic attack, which I get. 03 - "Fade" "Fade" is like my reply, I'll just kind of leave it like that. 04 - "It's Been Awhile" It's just kind of an introspective song about realizing that it's been awhile since a lot of things. It's been awhile since I could hold my head up high, it's been awhile since I said I was sorry, it's been awhile since I could say that I wasn't addicted, it's been awhile since I could say I love myself. It's kind of an acknowledgement that it's been awhile. 05 - "Change" "Change" is about trying to deal with what's going on in my life. 06 - "Can't Believe" "Can't Believe" is a reply to the blatant disrespect for human beings that I see every night at our shows. It's like fucking "Lord Of The Flies" sometimes. I see little 12, 13 year old girls basically getting raped on top of the crowd, getting their clothes torn off them, clutching themselves. Just terrible, terrible shit that I see. Just blatant disrespect for the people around you. You know it's somebody's little sister, it's somebody's daughter. Where the fuck did you come up with the idea that you think it's ok to do that just because you're at a concert? It goes to show that the most important job in the whole world, which is being a parent, has been completely forgotten about. People have forgotten how to be parents. That's like the beginning of the end. You wait. If shit doesn't change, you wait and see what it's like in 20 years. 07 - "Epiphany" "Epiphany" is just kind of another realization type of song, kind of an explanation. It was an epiphany in the fact that I had heard the whole song in my head and just had to keep doing things until it was complete. I did everything on that song. I programmed the drums, I did the keyboards for the strings of the chorus, played the guitar, played the bass and did the vocals. 08 - "Suffer" Wake up and look around you and see what the fuck is going on. The more you see, the more you do, the television's feeding you with what you want to hear, anger and fear, because we suffer. One of the many cycles in life that just continue going around in cycles unless they're broken. 09 - "Warm Safe Place" My song to my wife 10 - "For You" "For You" is for the kids. It's totally written for the kids, it's for them to be able to turn up real loud so that their parents can hear what I'm saying. It's basically a song for the kids to sing to their parents. I wrote it in the shoes of these kids who come up and talk to me all the time. 11 - "Outside" I still don't know what "Outside" is about. 12 - "Waste" "Waste" is about a kid that killed himself and I guess was a big fan of Staind. His mother came to a show of ours and stood outside the bus crying kind of wanting me to come off the bus and talk to her and give her answers to all the questions she had when I didn't know the kid. It's kind of my reply to the completely uncomfortable situation that I was put into. 13 - "Take It" "Take It" is like the final song on the record. The chorus to "Take It" is "everything that I can say to you won't help you, everything you need is right in front of you, just take it". It's kind of like my last attempt to say that I'm no different than you. Everything is right there in front of you and you just have to take it. The song meanings presented here are from Aaron Lewis himself. You can find the original content at shoutweb.com ____________________________________________________________________________________________________"Lisa A. Patto, an uber-fan from Long Island, N.Y." (The Replubican Newspaper) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Click here for the best Staind fansite on the net www.addictedtostaind.com http://www.myspace.com/ADDICTEDTOSTAIND |
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"The reference to needles and bad habbits is purely metaphorical. How could I ever partake in something that has taken so many of my heros away from me?" ~Aaron Lewis from the Limited Editition book.
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've got more wit, a better kiss, a hotter touch, a better fuck, Than any --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Right now he's probably slow dancing with a bleach blonde tramp, and she's probably getting frisky. Right now, he's probably buying her some fruity little drink cause she can't shoot whiskey... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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Well thats what I heard... Plus its been rumored that they had drug related problems so it only leads one to further believe that it was true.. I admit that I was skeptical at first too - so idk.. all I know is that its a he said/she said thing and no one knows the truth except them... I mean in a way they could just be saying stuff to cover their past up.. or the song could mean what you are saying.. but it doesn't matter because you can take the lyrics anyway you want.. Lyrics are everything to me but w/ Staind nothing they do w/ their music is wrong in my mind b/c Aarons voice is just .. God there is no word to describe it!haha But I would like to them the benefit of the doubt so .... your right! Haha This message has been edited. Last edited by: Safeplace, //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Yea I read all these lyrics before... I don't know-- since they first came out people always told me that they did drugs and all that bad stuff. So I always believed it b/c I wasnt really into them at first but thats beside the point.. So anyway I finally got into them like last year or so b/c of my cousin, which is also a long story, so anyway now that my cousin is gone I really am just in love w/ Staind. (My cousin used to be a big druggie and I was really close w/ my cousin & b/c of the fact that Staind used to be "big drug addicts" supposedly I gave them mad props b/c they quit and my cousin couldnt). //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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..monotone? ...nasally? ------------------------------ Repugnant is a creature who would squander the ability to lift an eye to heaven conscious of his fleeting time here. |
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idk.. There is just something about his voice that I like which some people think I am crazy for likeing it but I do.....but the sadness behind.. think that is what gets me....idk... I like people that have dark deep pasts and his voice just sounds like he does //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Girl ur not Crazy and Im one of Those chicks that doesnt hafta deal with getting High to Notice his Voice its Amazing!! No doubt the lyrics is awesome I could Relate to some of em Minus the Drugs and the bad Childhood its more of me having an Insecuirity issue that I deal with.
" Like voices in the rain , Like a song without a name , Like Angel's Wing's & Wispering's Of Love we lost & found along the way"- Staind ' Lost Along The Way' |
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At least someone thinks so!! Haha.. thanks...but sometimes I prefer to be crazy!!... //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Well at least I tried to complement ya! hahaha Aaron Rocks!.
" Like voices in the rain , Like a song without a name , Like Angel's Wing's & Wispering's Of Love we lost & found along the way"- Staind ' Lost Along The Way' |
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Yea I was just joking anyway..hahah.. thank you atleast Ima not the only one! haha //\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\//\\ Many have I loved - Many times been bitten Many times I've gazed along the open road. Many times I've lied - Many times I've listened Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. Many dreams come true and some have silver linings I live for my dream and a pocketful of gold. "Over the Hills and Far Away" -Led Zeppelin |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| “Dead as dead can be,” my doctor tells me But I just can’t believe him, ever the optimistic one I’m sure of your ability to become my perfect enemy Wake up and face me, don’t play dead cause maybe Someday I will walk away and say, “You disappoint me,” Maybe you’re better off this way Leaning over you here, cold and catatonic I catch a brief reflection of what you could and might have been It's your right and your ability To become…my perfect enemy… "Passive" -A Perfect Circle |
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Cool then all Jokes aside I really like the fact that U love Stainds lyrics as much as I do hehe!.
" Like voices in the rain , Like a song without a name , Like Angel's Wing's & Wispering's Of Love we lost & found along the way"- Staind ' Lost Along The Way' |
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It's been like this forever. I feel nothing. As I walk along these streets-we fail to see how destructive we can be. I'm still scared. ( 9 years of music ). Does anybody know the lyrics word for word on "CHANGE" off of BREAK THE CYCLE?
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