Songs about addiction and recovery
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Kris Kristorfesson is the master when singing about addiction because he has been there and came out the other end ..
Sunday Morning Coming Down . How To Beat The Devil . Why Me . Help Me . The Taker . Silver tongued Devil and many more .
He wrote One Day at a Time . Help Me Make it Through the Night . For the Good Times and , And I love You So and many many more , Legend vastly underrated , check him out .
Sunday Morning Coming Down . How To Beat The Devil . Why Me . Help Me . The Taker . Silver tongued Devil and many more .
He wrote One Day at a Time . Help Me Make it Through the Night . For the Good Times and , And I love You So and many many more , Legend vastly underrated , check him out .
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Location: northern michigan. not the U.P.
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End of passion play, crumbling away
I’m your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death’s construction
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Master, master
Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master, master
You promised only lies
Laughter, laughter
All I hear or see is laughter
Laughter, laughter
Laughing at my cries
Fix me
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
I’m your source of self-destruction
Veins that pump with fear, sucking darkest clear
Leading on your death’s construction
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Needlework the way, never you betray
Life of death becoming clearer
Pain monopoly, ritual misery
Chop your breakfast on a mirror
Taste me you will see
More is all you need
You’re dedicated to
How I’m killing you
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Master, master
Where’s the dreams that I’ve been after?
Master, master
You promised only lies
Laughter, laughter
All I hear or see is laughter
Laughter, laughter
Laughing at my cries
Fix me
Hell is worth all that, natural habitat
Just a rhyme without a reason
Never-ending maze, drift on numbered days
Now your life is out of season
I will occupy
I will help you die
I will run through you
Now I rule you too
Come crawling faster
Obey your master
Your life burns faster
Obey your master
Master
Master of puppets I’m pulling your strings
Twisting your mind and smashing your dreams
Blinded by me, you can’t see a thing
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
Just call my name, ‘cause I’ll hear you scream
Master
Master
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 4,641
Two Balloons
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
I got two balloons a red one and a white one
Well I found them underneath somebody's tongue
Two balloons I mean to find my courage
Well it's easier and cleaner than a gun
I lie to you and everybody else I know
I'm embarrassed to acknowledge that I'm whipped
And I fear the truth, lie at every meeting
It's important to impress you with the chips, with the chips
Well if I could give you any gift
I'd give you faithful comfort in your eyes
But I went and ditched ya baby
And I did not have the balls to say goodbye
Say goobye
You know if I could fly I'd make like a coyote
Yeah I'd try to shake this shame like it's a trap
I'm afraid to die but still killing myself slowly
Means payin less attention to the man, to the man
Well I'd love to tell ya good things
But I haven't got the words you want to hear
So I'll sit hear with my balloons
A painless way to kill a couple a years, a couple a years
And baby I will try
Try to cool my head, try to calm my heart
No matter how we slice it, it comes up red
Again and again it comes up red
When ever you are ready baby I am willing
To make the break that we are on the brink of
My cup is on the table my love is stable
Waiting here for you to come and drink from
So when your tired of the same old story
Ooohh turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes baby roll with the changes
Baby roll with the changes yeah
Keep on rollin, keep on rollin
Oohhh roll with the changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoMVCtOWzFU
The lyrics above are from his website, but he dropped the last half-verse from the album and added new lyrics. I don't know why he dropped it, but it goes something like:
I know that it will kill me
but I hope that I can own it in the end
'Till then I'll be proud and happy
to consider my balloons my only friend
He wrote the song in rehab, or so I'm told, but even so the lyrics could be updated to:
I knew that it could kill me
but I hoped that I could own it in the end
Til then I was proud and happy
to consider my balloons my only friend
Either way, this song was in my heart long before I got clean.
Lyrics by Jerry Joseph
I got two balloons a red one and a white one
Well I found them underneath somebody's tongue
Two balloons I mean to find my courage
Well it's easier and cleaner than a gun
I lie to you and everybody else I know
I'm embarrassed to acknowledge that I'm whipped
And I fear the truth, lie at every meeting
It's important to impress you with the chips, with the chips
Well if I could give you any gift
I'd give you faithful comfort in your eyes
But I went and ditched ya baby
And I did not have the balls to say goodbye
Say goobye
You know if I could fly I'd make like a coyote
Yeah I'd try to shake this shame like it's a trap
I'm afraid to die but still killing myself slowly
Means payin less attention to the man, to the man
Well I'd love to tell ya good things
But I haven't got the words you want to hear
So I'll sit hear with my balloons
A painless way to kill a couple a years, a couple a years
And baby I will try
Try to cool my head, try to calm my heart
No matter how we slice it, it comes up red
Again and again it comes up red
When ever you are ready baby I am willing
To make the break that we are on the brink of
My cup is on the table my love is stable
Waiting here for you to come and drink from
So when your tired of the same old story
Ooohh turn some pages
I will be here when you are ready
To roll with the changes baby roll with the changes
Baby roll with the changes yeah
Keep on rollin, keep on rollin
Oohhh roll with the changes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoMVCtOWzFU
The lyrics above are from his website, but he dropped the last half-verse from the album and added new lyrics. I don't know why he dropped it, but it goes something like:
I know that it will kill me
but I hope that I can own it in the end
'Till then I'll be proud and happy
to consider my balloons my only friend
He wrote the song in rehab, or so I'm told, but even so the lyrics could be updated to:
I knew that it could kill me
but I hoped that I could own it in the end
Til then I was proud and happy
to consider my balloons my only friend
Either way, this song was in my heart long before I got clean.
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 1,323
Pink Floyd. Lost for Words.
Have a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwucFar9kM
Stuck in a world of isolation...That line always grabbed me.
Have a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwucFar9kM
Stuck in a world of isolation...That line always grabbed me.
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Washington State
Posts: 157
Originally Posted by BlissWithin 
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - Neon Cathedral <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKTQexLS9wE">YouTube Link</a>
also for anyone that has had to deal with relapse and having to start over his song starting over is very good too. Link below
https://youtu.be/wADy9PmKwsc
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Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 316
Chandelier by Sia
Party girls don't get hurt
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it down
I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the love
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
Throw 'em back, till I lose count
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
Sun is up, I'm a mess
Gotta get out now, gotta run from this
Here comes the shame, here comes the shame
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
Throw 'em back till I lose count
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
Can't feel anything, when will I learn
I push it down, push it down
I'm the one "for a good time call"
Phone's blowin' up, ringin' my doorbell
I feel the love, feel the love
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
Throw 'em back, till I lose count
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
Sun is up, I'm a mess
Gotta get out now, gotta run from this
Here comes the shame, here comes the shame
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
1, 2, 3 1, 2, 3 drink
Throw 'em back till I lose count
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
I'm gonna live like tomorrow doesn't exist
Like it doesn't exist
I'm gonna fly like a bird through the night, feel my tears as they dry
I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier
But I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Help me, I'm holding on for dear life, won't look down, won't open my eyes
Keep my glass full until morning light, 'cause I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
'Cause I'm just holding on for tonight
Oh, I'm just holding on for tonight
On for tonight
On for tonight
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Originally Posted by SweatyHands
Jawbreaker - "Kiss the Bottle"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZTvqUvgYCI
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZTvqUvgYCI
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Posts: 138
stumblebumming!
https://youtu.be/DaZix-nxBeA
https://youtu.be/DaZix-nxBeA
Originally Posted by stevieg46
Kris Kristorfesson is the master when singing about addiction because he has been there and came out the other end ..
Sunday Morning Coming Down . How To Beat The Devil . Why Me . Help Me . The Taker . Silver tongued Devil and many more .
He wrote One Day at a Time . Help Me Make it Through the Night . For the Good Times and , And I love You So and many many more , Legend vastly underrated , check him out .
Sunday Morning Coming Down . How To Beat The Devil . Why Me . Help Me . The Taker . Silver tongued Devil and many more .
He wrote One Day at a Time . Help Me Make it Through the Night . For the Good Times and , And I love You So and many many more , Legend vastly underrated , check him out .
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