This is about bronies. They communicate by stomping.
It's alright
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
There comes a time
Got no patience to search
For peace of mind
Layin' low
Want to take it slow
No more hiding or
Disguising truths I've sold
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
It's okay
Had a bad day
Hands are bruised from
Breaking rocks all day
Drained and blue
I bleed for you
You think it's funny, well
You're drowning in it too
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
Yeah, it's fine
We'll walk down the line
Leave our rain, a cold
Trade for warm sunshine
You my friend
I will defend
And if we change, well I
Love you anyway
Everyday it's something
Hits me all so cold
Find me sittin' by myself
No excuses, then I know
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Whether its about drugs or about Cantrell giving Staley a message to quit drugs, here's what it means to me:
I hate my job with a passion, and for the most part I hate a lot of my life. I'm not happy with where I live or what I do and I've become incredibly reclusive and introverted and have sunk into a bit of a depression and have lots of problems with anxiety. A lot of people kind of laugh at my feelings and tell me "you and everyone else buddy!" but I take it more seriously and I feel that I am not blind to it like they are. I dream that I might one day pull out of this and make something better for myself. To get a more indepth interpretation, read on.
In the first verse, it goes "Its alright, there comes a time, got no patience to search for peace of mind". To me and in my situation, it represents my increasingly antisocial attitude and how I find it difficult to find the better qualities in people. I've becoming more and more cynical.
Then: "Laying low, want to take it slow, no more hiding or disguising truths I've sold". Recently I've been hiding and keeping to myself, not really talking to people or interacting unless I have to. But I've been gradually been being more frank with people when I do interact with them, no more sugar coating things or telling them what they want to hear. I'm blatantly obvious with them even if it is rude or something.
The chorus: "Everyday something hits me all so cold, find me sitting by myself, no excuses that I know" It seems to me that every day its just blow after blow by people who don't care about me and it has driven me into my own little private world. To me excuses there are no excuses other than the fact that life is cruel and there is no escaping it.
"Its ok, had a bad day, hands are bruised from breaking rocks all day." "Drained and blue, I bleed for you, you think its funny but you're drowning in it too." I work hard day in and day out to earn my keep and I don't like it, I despise it and I am miserable doing it. Enough so that I'm emotionally and spiritually drained and becoming depressed. When I try to talk to anyone about it I get no sympathy, its almost a joke to people because supposedly everyone is like me. But I feel like I'm more in touch with my inner being than most people are with themselves and am able to understand how I feel and the severity of it better than others. There is a George Carlin joke that represents this well: "You hate your job? There's a support group for that, its called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." I don't think its funny.
The final verse: "You my friend, I will defend, and if we change well I love you any way." To me this is kind of like my wife speaking to me, I feel like she is the only person who really understands how I feel and what I'm going through. And if I decide to make a major life change she will be there to support me 100%.
So that is pretty much the meaning of the song to me. The beauty about most music and especially Alice in Chains songs is that you can interpret them any way. Just because the lyrics say one thing doesn't mean they don't mean something else.
Hello,<br /> This reply is addressing the personal side of your comment as opposed to the song. And I realize it's over a year and a half old, but I felt the need to reply to it and I can only hope you don't mind. For what it's worth, I understand exactly how you feel. The frustration. If fact, I probably couldn't have worded it any better. I believe we are what is referred to as "Sensitive" people (something I consider a good quality, while the general public consider it a weakness). I take that to mean that we have easy access to our feelings. We wear our hearts on our sleeves. Sensitive people who live in the world of reality. We are, or at least were, compassionate and empathetic towards people but that is disappearing at a rapid rate. When you try to discuss this with others, they either respond to you as if you were discussing something as meaningless as having a splinter in your finger OR they claim they have the same feelings, as if we are talking about something measureable, like arthritis. The more we tell them they don't quite have the picture, the more they say "Oh sure we do. It happens to everybody". Well no, in fact it doesn't. There is a place inside all of us which is a very dark and lonely place and they haven't see it because if they had, they would know it and understand what your talking about and wouldn't make light of your feelings. We get to the point that we just want to retire from the world of the living. We don't want to die but we don't want to join in with the living either. I think everyone has an illusion of what their lives are supposed to be and an even bigger illusion about most of the people in their lives. And when we think things are going as they should, life shows her sense of humor and throws one thing after another at the unsuspecting. My husband passed away unexpectedly 12 years ago. I completely fell apart, but I knew I had people in my corner who would watch my back and walk me through this unbelievably brutal time in my life. When I turned around, nobody was there. I truly thought they loved and cared about me. My friends. They didn't or they would have been there, as I was for them countless times. I never expected anything in return from them but I didn't expect to be abandoned either. These aren't the people I knew. Are they? Well as it turned out, they aren't the people I knew them to be. A lot of things weren't. People only show us what they want us to see of them and we only see what we choose to see. That applies to pretty much everything in life. I tell you this story because that was my moment of clarity. That moment of clarity can be set off by any number of events, big or small. It's the realization that in reality, your life wasn't the same as you perceived it to be. One thing becomes crystal clear and then another and another. And It can be really tough, even overwhelming to suddenly see things as they really are. It seems a crisis or tragedy can snap you back to reality really quick and you best be holding on tight because that ride, with perfect vision, is going to be a really rough one. And it remains painful because you have become disillusioned. And that's a very difficult state, if not an impossible one, in which to live in for any length of time.<br /> I hope this makes sense to you. Just know there are people out there who really do understand how you feel. We may all have taken a different path to get there but we arrived at the same spot you found yourself in.<br /> I hope you are feeling better and I wish you the best .<br /> <br /> Oh, I don't like that George Carlin joke either.
Although I'm probably much younger than you, I've been in the same situation at a job I really hated at point in my life where I was at a dead end and I felt very alone and disconnected from my friends and family. Your interpretation is awesome, and I totally agree that it is about hope for a better future. It brought up good memories when I would go back and forth with one of my co-workers about music, life, grief, and happiness. I would go to him with truths and feelings I wouldn't even dream of talking about with people I knew for far longer. There were a few days where we would talk about no matter how bad it may seem, we lived in the land of opportunity as free souls, and those were very uplifting moments.<br /> <br /> It's pretty evident that this song is far too vague to be only about drugs. This song is about the difficult path to pulling yourself out of an emotional rut and the cycle of ups and downs that you encounter along the way.<br /> <br /> "Everyday it's something hits me all so cold<br /> Find me sittin' by myself, no excuses, then I know"<br /> <br /> There's no excuse to get depressed and isolate yourself over trivial things that can bring you down on a daily basis because we easily trick ourselves to deny that life is an incredibly beautiful thing. Pick up the pieces because it's not as bad as you think.
I came here to post about lyrics, but couldn't stop reading you post! We all have our, "I don't know what word to put here," but we have GOT to carry on and never give up. Life is such a precious gift. I know this because I have cancer. Brain cancer. I was diagnosed near the end of '99 and had surgery in early 2000. Six weeks of radiation was soon to follow upon my recovery from surgery. I was sitting on top of the world. I had a GOOD paying job and was looking to continue the beautiful gift that life had offered me. But then in 2004 I began having bouts of double vision. I relied heavily on state assistance since I was no longer able to continue with my profession. My life shattered man. I'm not an angry man, but was pretty upset. Married, (happily? I don’t know.) But in '04, and after getting disability, I endured another procedure at University of Chicago. It was a biopsy in my cerebellum. This tumor is inoperable and I know the quality of my life is cut short.<br /> Anyhow, while doing another six weeks of radiation after the biopsy I was told that radiation can do just as much harm to another part of the body, in my head of course! That got me thinking that the radiation previously caused my current condition. But there is nothing that I can do about it. I’ve pretty much had nothing else to do in my spare time but think about the events in my life. That’s why I think life is the most precious gift. It isn’t because my quality of life is less, but what life has taught me. I am writing a journal by the way. This will be included!! Thanks for your post.<br /> Another smoke beak…<br /> I gotta hand it to Alice in Chains. Their music, especially with Mike Starr, is what’s really listening to. Their music has meaning. The hook to this song is at 2:26. To me, anyway it is. It is so beautifully written and performed! From the drum solos to the sound of the bass and the vocals! That’s all I have for now!!<br />
@kc0tma I felt compelled to reply to this, just to make you aware that there are more people than you know who feel this way about life. Take the Myers Briggs personality test, you're almost certainly an INFP - Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perception. That's what I am too, and I've taken great comfort knowing how many out there see the world in this way. I've only just discovered this in the last couple of days but I feel like it could be a breakthrough in my understanding of myself and how I can progress in life. Hope you're doing better since this post was made, and the best of luck to you.
@kc0tma I actually didn't realize this post was your personal life experience relating to this. I actually read it as you giving us more detail to translate what each line in the song is actually saying. If so, great work. Makes the song make so much more sense now. If not, sorry that you're having such a tough time in life.
@kc0tma @distarr60 @tcbaklash I felt the need to write something after reading all these comments.<br /> <br /> I heard this song more than you think and just today I came here to brainstorm with myself about the meaning of the lyrics.<br /> <br /> I feel exactly the same, eventhough I'm 23 (and from Brazil, hello world), I can assure you that I feel the same way.<br /> <br /> I'm gonna take this quote with me for my life, because I relate to this so much and made me think and learn about myself (crazy shit, really, a comment in a website...): "Sensitive" people (something I consider a good quality, while the general public consider it a weakness). I take that to mean that we have easy access to our feelings. We wear our hearts on our sleeves. Sensitive people who live in the world of reality"<br /> <br /> I don't even know if I'll return to this post or if you guys are going to see this, but thank you.
@kc0tma I don't care how old this comment is, you're just trying to leech your 15 minutes by pretending you don't know any history of the band. get a life and a get s grip. no one buys your "personal" take. fucking scumbag.
Almost every one of their songs is either about drugs, or family. One of my personal favorites. AiC was, and still is, one of the best bands in current history.
@Head_Wound I can't agree more. aic was phenomenal, and they were cut off far before their peak by addiction. rip, layne staley, arguably the greatest male rock vocalist of all time. the loss that art suffered with his death was a true tragedy. aic had only begun to realize what their peak could be when he succumbed to the disease. they already were great, they already were legendary, and they were poised to not just set the bar, but to become the bar. one of the greatest bands in rock history ????
Another great tune with an awesome acoustic intro. I never thought about drug addiction but I did think about friendship. I do believe it is one of their more positive songs. I use the line "You my friend, I will defend..." to endear my girlfriend. I like odd love songs and this song is definitely odd love song.
@OpinionHead it's not a love song. endear the single line to your girlfriend if you want, but that isn't what the song is about. stop disrespecting art in order artificially inflate a relationship that is probably history by now. smdh.
I think it's about drug addiction and how it effects friendships. Like in the video when they sing "and if we change, well I love you anyways" Layne and Jerry are looking at each other right in the face. Coincidence? I think not
@Body Hammer neither the unplugged video, nor the official music video shows them looking at each other during that line. doesn't matter how old your comment is, it's wrong. don't undermine art by lying to make it fit your own personal narrative. you dumb piece of shit. it's no fucking coincidence, because it never fucking happened. smdh.
One of my favorite alice in chains songs its got a happy guitar but sad lyrics it seriously lmost makes me cry
This song speaks of life lived under the shadow of something, but going on each day without regrets. Most of us who can identify with this band or who are reminded of another season of our lives can really understand the quiet desperation.
"You my friend I will defend And if we change, well I love you anyway".... One of my favorite lines ever written- beautiful stuff.
I don't think this song is directly about drug use. Maybe the situation he's talking about are what lead some people down that path.. but I really don't think that's what this is about. For me at least, I relate it to going further into adulthood and your relationship with good friends which you've had throughout earlier years. It sounds like Jerry might have hinted at that when saying it was about his relationship with Layne. My interpretation also mimics kc0tma's post a bit.
"It's alright There comes a time Got no patience to search for peace of mind"
When I was younger it was easier to fit everything I knew into a puzzle on how the world works and where I fit in. It's easier to have "piece of mind" when you aren't as worried about your life and it just seems there's a whole world ahead of you without limits. You never lose the desire to have this feeling but once you get into the grind, no matter what you're doing, you're so wrapped up in a whole new set of problems that it's very easy to slip away from that feeling... but you never forget about it.
"Layin' low Want to take it slow No more hiding or disguising truths I've sold"
Slipping into this time period of my life, I want to keep trying to recreate the good times and go out and have fun. Problem is, as you keep trying you realize each time it's barely ever that way. Friends who are going through the same thing are still trying to live that way and you get to a point where you're tired of trying to force it. It hurts your relationships but it hurts more to be let down by it, so you get blunt and just tell the truth that you're going to do nothing.
"Everyday it's something hits me all so cold Find me sittin' by myself, no excuses, then I know"
As the theme of the song, no matter what path you take you're being let down nearly every time. You're avoiding the things you once loved realizing it's just not there, which is a cold feeling. It's not that there's something else going on that's better but it's better to expect nothing than to be let down again.
"It's okay Had a bad day Hands are bruised from breaking rocks all day"
To me it just enforces the fact that this song is about going into a later period of your life. You're now working your ass off, it's not glorious but you know you have to go through it.
"Drained and blue I bleed for you"
If Jerry wrote this about Layne, maybe it's direct in the fact that he was working hard to keep the band going. For me at this point, right now I'm working just to keep afloat and to be able to see my friends when there actually is a good opportunity.
"You think it's funny, well you're drowning in it too"
My friends and I always joke and say "living the dream". We joke about it with a large sense of seriousness. I don't take this as a jab at anyone or people in general, just a sad way of everyone of realizing what's coming to be. Of course, it could also be directed at someone who isn't really realizing it.
"Yeah, it's fine We'll walk down the line Leave our rain, a cold trade for warm sunshine"
I take this as the reason you're putting up with this all to begin with. You're walking down the line, in the hopes of one day getting to the point that was once there, and being able to eventually enjoy that again someday.
"You my friend I will defend And if we change, well I love you anyway"
Hands down, in my opinion this is one of the most powerful lyrics ever written. I think it says a lot about Jerry's character. You realize that these kind of times change people drastically and with your good friends you see it happen right in front of you. Only a true friend would still love you and have your back no matter how things end up.
Again, I just don't see any possible way there is a drug reference in this song directly. If Jerry wrote this about Layne, maybe it's because he saw what he was slipping into but not necessarily blaming him for his choices. For some people these times are good, for others it's rough and everyone handles it in their own way.
I've heard this was a song written by Cantrell for Staley about his drug use. Probably just a rumor. I can see it being more universal than that. I think everyone has a time in their life that they just don't have the motivation and patience to deal with others. Even family and friends. Depression is a bitch. But if you tell people "I'm depressed" most won't understand. They'll take it as just an excuse to get out of doing something, or an excuse to isolate, or an excuse to get drunk and high. I think the lyrics definitely seem to fit Layne's attitude towards the last years of his life. He knew he was a drug addict. He knew he was throwing his talent away. He didn't want to lie and give some bullshit excuse for his bad behavior. He, unlike most people in that position, was honest. There was no excuse, so he didn't give any.
Personally I can relate. I'm an alcoholic in recovery. Sober from booze since July 17th 2011. Once I quit drinking I started to realize I wasn't the happy go lucky person I had been in the past. Drinking gave me confidence, gave me the energy to want to go out and socialize. I didn't know until I stopped drinking that I suffer from social anxiety, really generalized anxiety all around.
Now that I don't drink I don't have that urge to go out with friends. Even if drinking isn't involved. I am a freelance photographer, I started in 2008. But after getting sober I found myself more and more anxious about shoots, being around people I didn't know, being judged, facing all the pressure (I specialized in weddings, so LOTS of pressure!) Right at the peak of my "success" I got sober. And it was hard to accept that I couldn't face the world, and do the job I loved, now that I was sober. I've done three shoots in the past 2 years. I barely even bring my camera out of the bag. I find people like my Mom, who have never suffered from anxiety or alcoholism, always say things like "you just gotta get out there and do it!" or "you'll never know if you don't try" or "isolating yourself isn't healthy" "you're just depressed, and if you got out of the house more you'd feel better." As if it was all that simple. I can't be mad about it, they just don't get it because they've never felt it from the inside. And when they give all this advice they expect a response. But I don't have one. There is no excuse. It just is what it is, and I'm doing my best to figure it all out. But to give an excuse would just be giving them a lie.
The 3rd verse means a lot to me because it reminds me of my best friend. She's an alcoholic/addict too. But she doesn't want help. I know from my experience it's not something you can force someone into. I mean, you can get them to go to rehab. But if they don't want to be sober, if they don't feel they really have a problem, it's all a big fucking waste of time. Because of my sobriety I don't get to see her...well...at all. We might as well be living on different planets. Even if I was to see her, spend time with her, it would be in vain. She doesn't understand where I am coming from. She's been baker acted, and I visited her in the hospital while she was there. I told her then that no matter what I will always love her, she will always be my best friend. She's the closest thing to a sister I have. But I just told her straight up, if she didn't get help I would have to keep my distance from her. Not just because to protect my sobriety, trust me, there is NO place you can go where you aren't reminded of alcohol in some way. Whether it's when you go out to eat, or go to the grocery store, or watch a football game with every other commercial promoting some beer or liquor. I would have to keep my distance because I have a kid, and she was getting high on bath salts and coming over to my house high as a kite talking bat shit crazy stuff. Like the world is really flat, and her Dad was in the CIA. I can't have that around my child. And the stuff I listed was actually pretty mild for the stuff she was using. She could have done literally anything when she was high on that shit. I couldn't put my son in danger. But even more than all that, I couldn't be in her life if she didn't get help because I couldn't stand to watch her kill herself slowly in front of my very eyes. I told her if she was getting help (even if she wasn't able to be completely sober) I would be by her side through it all. Go to meetings with her, even though I don't do the whole AA thing. Just didn't work for me personally, not putting it down in anyway. But basically I would support her in every possible way I could if she was willing to make an effort to help herself. That was over 2 years ago now, and needless to say things didn't work out that way. I haven't spoke to her in I don't know how long. And not because I'm not willing to. Even though I won't allow her to come to my house high, I would never stop talking to her via phone, email, letter, etc. She doesn't want to talk to me, and I get it. She knows I don't approve so she doesn't have anything to say to me. She looks at me as the enemy now. But that's ok. I get it. I hope someday that changes, because she's a beautiful intelligent woman who deserves to be happy. But no matter what the future holds she will always be in my heart. She'll always be my best friend. And even if I can't see her, and spend time with her, I will always love her. Nothing she could do could change that.
Anyway, sorry for writing so much. I tend to talk a lot. This is just what the song speaks to me.
shit, i think everyone of aics songs have a drug reference to them, haha
Not every AIC song is about DRUGS! Holy crap....what, do you think Nutshell is about drugs? Or man in the box? Well...nutshell may be, BUT THAT ISH NOT THE POINT.
Anyway, yeah, this song is about detoxing(SP?) from heroin