Song Lyrics now that you are Sober I think this topic comes up here and there, but I would really like to see if we would all be able to share some songs and their lyrics that really have a different or true meaning to them now that they are sober. I will start here: Tomorrow By SIXX:A.M. Where ya gonna be tomorrow? How ya gonna face the sorrow? Where ya gonna be when you die? 'Cause nothing's gonna last forever And things they change like the weather They're gone in the blink of an eye Just look at yourself, can you see where you are? Look at yourself, now you can't hide the scars Just look at yourself 'cause there's nowhere to go And you know Tomorrow You're gonna have to live with the things you say Tomorrow You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today Tomorrow... And everything you do, it's coming back for you You'll never outrun what waits for you Tomorrow. And are you terrified by sadness And have you given into madness You're running out of places to hide 'Cause everybody's got a reason To justify how they're feelin' Maybe you should open your eyes Just look at yourself, do you like what you see? Look at yourself, is this how it should be? Just look at yourself, 'cause there's nowhere to go And you'll know Tomorrow You're gonna have to live with the things you say Tomorrow You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today Tomorrow... And everything you do, it's coming back for you You'll never outrun what waits for you Tomorrow. Are you waiting for the reason to change? Are you waiting for the end, has it came? Nothing's gonna stand in your way... Just look at yourself, do you like what you see? Look at yourself, is this how it should be? Tomorrow You're gonna have to live with the things you say Tomorrow You'll have to cross bridges that you burned today Tomorrow... And everything you do, it's coming back for you You'll never outrun what waits for you Tomorrow. A good song to point out that you can never escape all the things we do when we use the next day..... |
Rascal Flatts - I'm Movin On Such a poignant song for me in recovery I've dealt with my ghosts and I've faced all my demons Finally content with a past I regret I've found you find strength in your moments of weakness For once I'm at peace with myself I've been burdened with blame, trapped in the past for too long I'm movin' on I've lived in this place and I know all the faces Each one is different, but they're always the same They mean me no harm, but it's time that I face it They'll never allow me to change But I never dreamed home would end up where I don't belong I'm movin' on I'm moving on At last I can see life has been patiently waiting for me And I know there's no guarentees, but I'm not alone There comes a time in everyone's life When all you can see are the years passing by And I have made up my mind that those days are gone I've sold what I could and packed what I couldn't Stopped to fill up on my way out of town I've loved like I should, but lived like I shouldn't I had to lose everything to find out Maybe forgiveness will find me somewhere down this road I'm movin' on I'm movin' on I'm movin' on |
This song means something to me now that I'm sober. Maybe because I interpret it in my own way and differently than what it was maybe written for. But it speaks to me because when I was drinking it was as if I was dead, but now that I'm sober I'm alive and life is so beautiful now. But that's my interpretation, I don't know how anybody else would interpret it, but here it is.... Wes Artist: Sixx AM Song: Life Is Beautiful You can't quit until you try You can't live until you die You can't learn to tell the truth Until you learn to lie You can't breathe until you choke You gotta laugh when you're the joke There's nothing like a funeral to make you feel alive Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? I know some things that you don't I've done things that you won't There's nothing like a trail of blood to find your way back home I was waiting for my hearse What came next was so much worse It took a funeral to make me feel alive Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Alive... Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? Just open your eyes Just open your eyes And see that life is beautiful. Will you swear on your life, That no one will cry at my funeral? |
it felt like a huge turning point in my life when love songs made me not think about gear anymore. |
CoF1984, I love that song as well and I do believe it has some meaning to those of us who were somewhat dead to the world and are now alive and seeing how blind we were to the beauty of the world. |
Sixx AM is awesome.....Have you read Nikki Sixx's book "The Heroin Diaries"? It's a journal about his struggle with his addiction. |
Here's my personal version of "Amazing Grace" Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch, liar, thief, drug addict, like me. I once was lost, sad, lonely. depressed, but now I'm found, saved, forgiven, blessed, Was blind, arrogant, stubborn, destructive, but now I SEE! |
This is only slightly related but I have always liked this song. Don't know who wrote it. I learned it when I was a kid. Whenever I feel afraid I hold my head erect And whistle a happy tune So no one will suspect I'm afraid The result of this deception Is very plain to see For whenever I fool the people I fear I fool myself into not --Being afraid. I guess the relation is that people sometimes drink because they have a fear and this is an alternative way to handle it. |
Are you ready for the sex girls? The hot hot, Levi big hot girls! Are you ready for the sex girls? The right white ultra-bright nice nice girls! Hey what can I say my T-Levels have been through the roof since I quit!:abcm: But on a serious note here this is a song I've always loved since I heard it and now it has a even more special meaning to me now that I'm sober. Mountains-Manowar So tall, silent against the sky Up through the clouds where eagles fly Wind and rain beat down on one so strong They cut but never change, what stood so long Tall as a mountain, Im gonna tear through the sky Lifes for the taking Like a man is a mountainside Greatness waits for those who try None can teach you, its all inside Just climb I am in the ground, I am in the air I am all, I live in the hearts of men I am the call to greatness Not all can hear I awaken the creator in those who dare And the day will come, when we all must die And enter the mountainside I have no fear Death and glory Both draw near And the song itself: YouTube - Manowar - Mountains |
Pink- Sober I love this song. Love it! I don't wanna be the girl who laughs the loudest Or the girl who never wants to be alone I don't wanna be that call at 4 o'clock in the morning 'Cause I'm the only one you know in the world that won't be home Ahhhh-Ahhh, the sun is blinding I stayed up again Oh, I'm finding That's not the way I want my story to end I'm safe up high, Nothing can touch me Why do I feel this party's over? No pain inside You're my protection But how do I feel this good sober? I don't wanna be the girl that has to fill the silence.. The quiet scares me 'cause it screams the truth Please don't tell me that we had that conversation 'Cause I won't remember, save your breath 'cause what's the use? Ahhhh-Ahhh, the night is calling And it whispers to me softly, "come play" I am falling And if I let myself go, I'm the only one to blame I'm safe up high, Nothing can touch me But why do I feel this party's over? No pain inside You're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? Comin' down, comin' down, comin' down, Spinnin' round, spinnin' round, spinnin' round Looking for myself, Sober Comin' down, comin' down, comin' down, Spinnin' round, spinnin' round, spinnin' round Looking for myself, Sober When it's good, then it's good It's all good 'till it goes bad 'Till you try to find the you that you once had I have heard myself cry, never again! Broken down in agony Just trying to find a friend Ohhh Whoahhh I'm safe up high, Nothing can touch me Why do I feel this party's over? Whoahhh No pain inside You're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? Whoahhh I'm safe up high, nothing can touch me Why do I feel this party's over? Why do I feel this party's over? Whoahhh No pain inside, you're like perfection But how do I feel this good sober? Why do I feel this party's over? Will I ever feel this good sober? |
This song is a good motivator. Took a shot to the chin. Looks like you just can't win In this do or die situation. And it's harder than it seems To survive, keep alive and make your dreams, Make your dreams all come true. You gotta, you gotta give it your best shot. Give it everything you got. Oh, you gotta hang tough. Hang tough. Hang tough. Sometimes love can make you blue. A heartache made just for you. But you can't let it bring ya down. If you should stumble, if you should fall, Pick yourself up off the floor. Fight for what's right and stand your ground. You gotta give it your best shot. Give it everything you got. Oh, you gotta hang tough. Hang tough. Hang tough. When the goin' gets rough. Hang tough. You got to give it all you've got. Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground. Don't you let it get you down. Oh, you gotta hang tough. Hey! Oh! Hey! Oh! You stay locked away inside your room 'Cause you don't know what this world is comin' to. Hummingbird hums 'cause he don't know the words And the piper will play 'cause he don't know what to say. He's alot like you, yeah. Oh, he's alot like you, yeah. He tries hard ev'ry day to be free and fly away. Yeah! Hang tough, oh, when the goin' gets rough. Hang tough. You've got to give it all you got. Hang tough. Keep your head above the ground. Don't you let it get you down. Oh, you gotta hang tough. Hang tough. Oh, you got to give it all you got. You gotta Hang tough. Don't you let it get you down. Hang tough. No! Oh, you gotta hang tough. Hang tough. Hang tough Just going through an everyday challenge you have to Hang Tough in order to make it. I like to listen to this song when I am at the gym too.:vd:MusBand: |
I like this one: Lyrics to Become The Catalyst : For fear my eyes are closed I'll shut this out no more Embrace this and I become the catalyst And now it swells in me Smash all my defenses down I'll take this I'll let this fire comsume me I will not fall I will not fail I pound the walls I shake the cage I will not fall I will not fail Let this fire consume me This burning passion it fills me with desire And drives me and it drives my cause I'm filled with reasons but reasons drive me further Disdain for disbelief will stay the course Oh, let the fire consume me Let the fire burn Let the courage flow through me Let the fire burn |
This song gives me chills everytime I hear it: Chicago - (i've been) searching so long Lyrics Album: As my life goes on I believe Somehow something's changed Something deep inside Ooh a part of me There's a strange new light in my eyes Things I've never known Changin' my life Changin' me I've been searchin' So long To find an answer Now I know my life has meaning Ow oh Now I see myself as I am Feeling very free Life is everything Ooh it's meant to be When my tears have come to an end I will understand What I left behind Part of me I've been searching So long To find and answer Now I know my life has meaning Woah woah Searching Don't you know I'm hell yeah For an answer To the question Oh yeah For our minds Baby Baby it's true It's only natural It's only natural baby, yeah Good things In life Take a long time yeah yeah |
There is a huge post on this here http://www.soberrecovery.com/forums/...endations.html One of my fav albums is all about addictions, thirteenth step by perfect circle A Perfect Circle - Gravity Lost again Broken and weary Unable to find my way Tail in hand Dizzy and clearly unable to Just let this go I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live I fell again Like a baby unable to stand on my own Tail in hand Dizzy and clearly unable to just let this go High and surrendering to the gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live, I choose to live Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun Help me survive the bottom Calm these hands before they Snare another pill and Drive another nail down another Needy hole please release me I am surrendering to the gravity and the unknown Catch me heal me lift me back up to the sun I choose to live, I choose to live |
great thread!!! I especially love the song by Pink. |
Originally Posted by Bard
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Are you ready for the sex girls? The hot hot, Levi big hot girls! Are you ready for the sex girls? The right white ultra-bright nice nice girls! Thanks for the lyrics everyone. I was going to share the Pink song "Sober" but it's here (great one). These are all songs I can relate too. |
Originally Posted by snowdog
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great thread!!! I especially love the song by Pink. It's my personal theme song along with 'The Bitch is Back' by Elton John. |
This has been a meaningful song for me. Although its' meaning may be for a person I feel it represents the relationship we have with our addiction.....A love affair.... "Love To Be Loved" So, you know how people are When it's all gone much too far The way their minds are made Still, there's something you should know That I could not let show That fear of letting go And in this moment, I need to be needed With this darkness all around me, I like to be liked In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted 'Cause I love to be loved I love to be loved Yes, I love to be loved I cry the way that babies cry The way they can't deny The way they feel Words, they climb all over you 'Til they uncover you From where you hide And in this moment, I need to be needed When my self-esteem is sinking, I like to be liked In this emptiness and fear, I want to be wanted 'Cause I love to be loved I love to be loved Oh I love to be loved This old familiar craving I've been here before, this way of behaving Don't know who the hell I'm saving anymore Let it pass let it go let it leave From the deepest place I grieve This time I believe And I let go I can let go of it Though it takes all the strength in me And all the world can see I'm losing such a central part of me I can let go of it You know I mean it You know that I mean it I recognize how much I've lost But I cannot face the cost 'Cause I love to be loved Yes I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved I love to be loved Yes I love to be loved :burns |
Lyrics to I Never Wanted : I never wanted And I never cared before Now take it all back This is a new day How I long to regress To the days before I took upon myself The obsessions of this world A day of innocence equating beauty For tomorrow may fall And today is already gone Now take it back This is a new day I've grown tired of chasing Convinced I was in need And now the years I've spent Only a slave to this Tomorrow may fall And today is already gone I will no longer adore These things that will never satisfy me I have seen my world change And then go back to where it came In this vicious circle We are all brought back to life Only to die again But without these barren obsessions I am simply free New one I was listening to. |
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