KCSober1

From what it says this song is based on Nicky's recovery. The lyrics are even more meaningful when I think about my life and apply the message the song has to offer.

Check it out.

Alright it wont let me link.

Check Youtube for "Life is beautiful" by Nikki Sixx

barb dwyer

My favorite lately is

"I wish you wouldn't say that' Talking Heads...LOL

Tazman53

Here are the lyrics, I like them:

GlassPrisoner

Check out Dream Theater AA Saga

The Glass Prison (6 Degrees of Inner Turbulance) - Steps I, II and III
This Dying Soul (Train of Thought) - Steps IV & V
The Root of All Evil (Octavarium) - Steps VI & VII
Repentance (Systemic Chaos) - Steps VIII & IX.

Edit: DT is Progressive Metal, not for the faint of heart. Much like Mozart in his day...."Too many notes"

problemchild

This was my debating post ALL day, maybe a sign, so i will shut it... And let the sleeping horse sleep ( no phun intended)

serenityqueen

It's been a very, very long time since a song has affected me the way "Life is Beautiful," has. I had never heard it until I just checked it out, thanks to KCSober1.

I went onto Nikki Sixx's My Space and was reading about the different songs on the album, dealing with relapse, withdrawl, ect.

I know what I'm doing first thing tomorrow.

I'm going to go find this CD.

And I have to read the book. I've been wanting to for awhile.

Thanks so much for posting this.

The Song Rocks. It gave me chills.

The music "fits" the feelings I had in early Recovery.

In a word

fallingdown

This song gives me chills everytime I hear it, particularly near the end. Blue October has a couple great songs about the recovery process.

Blue October-Overweight

Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long? (ha!)

I want to carry a piece of who I was before
So when I hit the wall, I really hit the wall
I want to tear away the death again
A whiter shade of ******* meth again
I want to stick to clues, I want to come unglued
I want to shape the world to fit the way you move
Oh, should I listen for a dress size?

I owned up, I've grown up, do you remember me?
I showed up and so what if I'm the used to be
I'm here to tell you that I'm sorry I was sorry
But I'm happy that you're happy
This is no longer about me

Trade rules, switch sides for your beautiful eyes
Let him be you through your beautiful cries
Let him hold you up so you can touch affordable skies
Live your life just like a dream
Without the pain of goodbyes
Goodbye!

Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long?

I been a drunk disrespectful little street punk
Unlock the back of my trunk
You see, you take this bat
And bash my head into the street again
No-ones around so I keep beating it

Pull my hair back, look me in the eye
There's a self-destructive meaning in the bleeding of a guy
It's the guilt of what reality has given me
Making sense of all mistakes and my stupidity
And when you're sick you seem to think
You've failed eternally

And that the people you let in are only crumbling
When you're sick of thinking life in this recovery
When my decision paved the road
That lies in front of me

So to my friends that even call but I don't call back
I want you deep inside my heart upon a hill
It seems to hide sometimes and run away and wonder
I'm really sick of saying sorry but I will

Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?
I walk as far as they need to recover
For how long?

But are we scared to take the ride?
Or dare to look inside?
I'm floating far away (far away)
I'm floating far away (leaving home)
I'm floating far away (so far away)
I'm floating far away

I want to learn to walk with others as an equal
I want to treat the ones who love me with respect
I want to tell the world I'll give them all a piggyback
And try to take away my negative effect
I want to kiss the girl, I know I'll never lie again
I want to call my dad and tell him that I care
I want to let my brother know
He saved my life a thousand times
Throughout the years he's been my friend
Who's always there

Ever carried the weight of another?
For how long?

SF69

Here's one that really got to me before when I was trying to do it on my own.

Cold War Kids - "We Used To Vacation"

I kissed the kids at noon
then stumbled out the room
I caught a cab
ran up a tab
on 7th and flower

best recital I had to ruin
missed my son's graduation
punched the Nickles boy
for taking his seat
gets all that anger from me

still things could be much worse
natural disasters on the evening news
still things could be much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
this will blow over in time
this will all blow over in time

I'm just an honest man
provide for me and mine
I give a check to tax deductable
charity organizations
two weks paid vacation won't heal the damage done
I need another one

still things could be much worse
natural disasters on the evening news
still things could be much worse
we still got our health
my paycheck in the mail

I promised to my wife and children
I'd never touch another drink
as long as I live
but even then
it sounds so soothing
to mix a drink
and sink into oblivion

I promised to my wife and children
that accident
left everyone a little shook up
but at the meetings
I felt so empty
this will blow over in time
this will all blow over in time

unigirl

Hi talking of songs about recovery i have just bought Van Morrisons new album- "keep it simple"- it's brilliant! Got a few songs on there about alcoholism etc - im really enjoying the lyrics and his amazing voice.

caraway

Oooh, thanks for that unigirl. I Love Van Morrison.

barb dwyer

way to GO Uni - Van Morrison ... is the BOMB!

keys

i love Van Morrison.

i'm new here.

i wanted to offer a song, but i see i have to post 15 times. i'll be back

miavin2

So how it goes through me , so how it changes who I am,
watch how I cling so fearful , to the one who took my hand

This time -

Watch how I learn the hard way...sometimes I never learn at all
why must I leave you bleeding ...when I know you're not hurt at all

Its time... this time.

Time could heal me , no rhyme to treason
Its a crime to steal me
My best friend my worst enemy

Virtue so still inside you ...some kind of death that I should mourn
turning away from mirrors...your reflection so forlorn
breathing you in , you fill me...though I know I cant be soothed
empty is the gift you give me...tortured with treasure then removed

One Time...this time

Time will tell you,,,hands are moving...No surrender, time for choosing
I keep repeating time could heal me
I need completing
Too familure this stranger to me

why would you take so heartless , what wont you do to have your way
having you near could end me...deep down I know that you cant stay
bitter belief unnerves me...faulty faith is my lament
watch how I cling so fearful...to the messages Iv sent

This climb takes time
this treason...sublime
but I'll be fine..this time...
Its the season ...for crime
I'll be fine...this time.....

thisisme

YouTube - PERMISSION - BY SIXX AM

All of my devils are free at last.
All my secrets are revealed.
All I need is to heal.

Thank you Mr. Sixx.

Tazman53

Sounds like a 4th/5th step!

serenityqueen

I'm a woman of my word (at least I am now!)

I went out and bought the Soundtrack from The Heroin Diaries

I cannot recommend this CD enough.

The entire CD is beautifully written and the lyrics hit home so much that I find myself crying when I listen to it.

These are not sad tears of shame. By no means are they.

I cry because of the absolute Joy that I experience every day since I have been in Recovery.

It's ironic, I keep singing the same couple lines over in my head as well:

"All my devils are free at last, all my secrets revealed . . . "

I wish I could personally thank Nikki Sixx for finding the words to describe the Journey that I have been on. I have always been a Motley Crue fan but now I have a true respect and a great deal of admiration for Nikki for putting his last year of hell out there for everyone to read about in the book. And the beautiful gift of this CD he has given us truly hits home with me and I imagine millions of others as well.

"Life is Beautiful"