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Scott Stapp - Slow Suicide

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Album: Proof of Life
Released: 2013

Slow Suicide Lyrics

I'm not evil
No matter what you think of me
I'm just human
There's a part of you that's just like me

I have fallen
I have broken every piece
Heard heaven calling
I could only reach this from my knees
And now I believe

[Chorus]
I can't let this life pass me by
In a blink of an eye it ends
I can't let my tomorrows decide
What I am in this life
It's like committing Slow Suicide

It's no secret
I can't pretend, I can't forget
What I've done
Every day I live with the consequences
I let it beat me, let it kick me, let it throw me to the floor
Those days are over
I'm moving forward
It can't hurt me
And now I believe

[Chorus]
I can't let this life pass me by
In a blink of an eye it ends
I can't let my tomorrows decide
What I am in this life
It's like committing slow suicide

So many days I chose to suffer, living a lie
So many ways I chose to die
Oh, had to feel less than nothing
Shame and suffering
To see with my own eyes
I wasn't living
I was committing
Committing slow suicide
Committing slow suicide

And now I believe

[Chorus]
I can't let this life pass me by
In a blink of an eye it ends
I can't let my tomorrows decide
What I am in this life
It's like committing slow suicide

Committing slow suicide
Committing slow suicide

Writer/s: Benson, Howard / Stapp, Scott A / Stevens, Scott
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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Slow Suicide

Scott Stapp's slow suicide was his self-destructive behavior in the years after Creed became one of the most successful bands in America. He became dependent on drugs and alcohol, culminating in a 40-foot fall from a hotel room in Miami after a bout of paranoia.

The first track on his second solo album, it finds Stapp looking back on this time and putting it behind him.

In our 2013 interview with Scott Stapp , he said that the Proof of Life album was his best body of work. Said Stapp: "I'm the most content that I've ever been in my 40 years on this Earth and the happiest and the most full of just peace and joy than I've ever been. And I think life reflects art, art reflects life. Just being able to make a record from an organic place, from a place of inspiration and a place free of any negativity or any forcing, brought out the best in me as an artist."

Stapp was encouraged by his producer Howard Benson to simplify and clarify his lyrical ideas for Proof of Life. He explained: "I've always been heavy on metaphor and symbols, even to where I might hide behind fanciful language. Howard helped me get straight to the point."

Stapp's new approach to writing lyrics is highlighted on this song. "The point is that for years I was slowly killing myself," he said. "Drugs and booze want to kill you instantly, but they're patient and will take their time. The same is true of toxic relationships. I had to start off this story by declaring the most obvious of truths: that I had been torturing and poisoning myself in an attempt to snuff out my soul."

The song's music video was directed by Andrew Gant and shot in an old abandoned Los Angeles hospital. The clip draws from real life. "It's an autobiography exactly as it happened," admitted Stapp to Fuse TV. "There's no embellishment; if anything, it's toned down from reality. It was a real cathartic experience. I got to see what alcohol and drugs did to me, but I got to see it from a clear place shooting this video. I got to sit back and say, 'My god, my wife and my family were in the hospital and I looked like that [in real life].' The other scenarios were all me bringing closure to my life."

Stapp told the story of the song to Artist Direct : "I was with a friend of mine named Scott Stevens, formerly of The Exies, a rock band out of Los Angeles. We were jamming and sitting around with acoustic guitars. Nothing had been written for my record. I was thinking of how I wanted this album to start. I wanted to come right out at the top and address, for my perspective, honestly, what I had been doing to myself for a period of years. I wanted to open the door in the chorus to the realization that had brought me out of it. It was a way for me to confront the detractors with truth and honesty about myself and also tell my fans, 'Hey, if you've ever had any questions, this is what's been going on!'"

Scott Stapp - Who I Am

Scott Stapp - Who I Am Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Proof of Life
Released: 2013

Who I Am Lyrics

Look at me I am the sun
I’ll blind your eyes, the only one.
Look at me when night sings blues,
I’m the only one, yes I’m your muse.

Look at me, make no mistake,
Fashioned with earth, molded with clay.
I’ll tell you how I face the day,
Live life, raise hell, left nothing undone.

Who I Am, who am I to you?
You know dammit, I speak the truth to you.
Who I am, who am I to you?
Why can’t I be who I am?

Look at me, I’m not like you.
I’m number one, not number two.
Look at me a pride and joy,
I came to win, I came to destroy.
Look at me, look in my eyes Heart of a lion,
I'll fight till I die!
Life’s too short to expect less
Even when I fall, I get up swinging

Who I am, who am I to you?
You know, dammit, I speak the truth to you
Who I am, who am I to you?
Why can’t I be who I am?

Who I am, who am I to me?
You know dammit, I speak the truth, you see
Who I am, who am I to me?
I just wanna be who I am
Just wanna be who I am
Just wanna be who I am

Writer/s: BODNAR, ALEKSANDR / CURRY, JOHN VINCENT / STAPP, SCOTT
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUB GROUP, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Who I Am

Scott Stapp's slow suicide after Creed became one of the most successful bands in America included arrests for suspected intoxication in 2006 and for domestic abuse the following year. This song finds him explaining that his self-destructive behavior was down to his own ego. "Who I Am," Stapp stated, "is the first composition in which I embody a character. That character is pure unadulterated ego. Unchecked, ego can take you down as quickly as the deadliest drug. When stardom came my way, I tripped out on ego. I OD'd on ego. And on this record I wanted to expose ego for what it is; I wanted to give ego a voice; I wanted ego to unleash its rage and express its need to possess my soul. In no uncertain terms, ego says, 'I came to destroy.' Pernicious raw ego stands as an enemy to peace of mind and is the counterpoint to much of this record's dramatic tension."

Scott Stapp - Only One

Scott Stapp - Only One Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Proof of Life
Released: 2013

Only One Lyrics

You can go, you can leave this town.
Forget about the people and the places,
and the faces that have let you down
You can hide, you can change your name
But the fear will always find you,
if it’s coming from inside you,
so you’ve gotta change

So if it’s the same to you, you could stay with me
I could take you from your nightmares, and put you inside your dreams
And you would see, I'm never gonna leave you

Even when you feel so low like you might let go
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the last one giving up on you

Even when you feel your breath fading from your lungs
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the first, last, first, last and Only One.

If you leave, tell me where you'd go?
Would you lock yourself inside a place,
so no one had the chance to face you on your own

'Cause when we fall down, we can stay down
But the freedom that we wanna find,
is only found when we’re off the ground.

So if it’s the same to you, you could stay with me.
I could take you from your nightmares, and put you inside your dreams
And you would see, I'm never gonna leave you.

Even when you feel so low like you might let go
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the last one giving up on you.

Even when you feel your breath fading from your lungs
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the first, last, first, last and only one

So if it’s the same to you, you could stay with me
I could take you from your nightmares, and put you inside your dreams
And you would see, I'm never gonna leave you.

Even when you feel so low like you might let go
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the last one giving up on you.

Even when you feel your breath fading from your lungs
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the first, last, first, last and only one.

Even when you feel your breath fading from your lungs
I will be the first hand reaching out.
I will be the first, last, first, last and only one

Writer/s: Benson, Howard / Stapp, Scott A / Brown, Doug
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing
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Only One

This song finds Scott Stapp giving voice to the steadying and sacred force that keeps him afloat after years of self-destructive behavior. "It's that still small voice inside that I call God," he said. "My heart tells me that God is always there. 'Even when you feel your breath fading from your lung,' God is reaching out to accept you in ways that renew your spirit and energize your soul."

Scott Stapp - Hit Me More

Scott Stapp - Hit Me More Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Proof of Life
Released: 2013

Hit Me More Lyrics

40 days of rain.
40 nights it poured.
I can't take it anymore,
It's getting overboard.
I lean forward.
Wandered through mountains,
Ran through valley's so low.
Been down the road less traveled,
A million times before.
Went through hell to find my heaven,
Crossing up my lines.
Went through hell to find my heaven,
Fighting for my life.

10 floors down,
I dove into the night.
The stars were in my eyes, I scream,
Come on Hit Me More.
Broken by the sound.
Blinded by the light.
You say it's do or die, I scream,
Come on hit me more
There's a choice to be made,
Come on, what you waiting for?
Is that all you got?
Come on hit me more.

Hit me with sunshine,
Burn my skin,
Reign down fire,
Come on bring it again.
Gotta pay it forward.
Float like a butterfly,
Sting like a bee,
I want you to give me your best mohammad ali
Went through hell to find my heaven,
Crossing up my lines.
Went through hell to find my heaven,
Got nothing left to hide.

10 floors down,
I dove into the night.
The stars were in my eyes. I scream,
Come on hit me more.
Broken by the sound.
Blinded by the light.
You say it's do or die, I scream,
Come on hit me more
There's a choice to be made,
Come on, what you waiting for.
Is that all you got?
Come on hit me more.

"float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
I want you to give me, your best mohammed ali
I lean forward

10 floors down,
I dove into the night.
The stars were in my eyes,I scream,
Come on hit me more.
Broken by the sound.
Blinded by the light.
You say it's do or die, I scream,
Come on hit me more
There's a choice to be made,
Come on, what you waiting for?
Is that all you got?
Come on hit me more.

Writer/s: Bassett, Dave / Stapp, Scott A
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Hit Me More

This song finds Scott Stapp revisiting a horrific episode from his past when during a drug-fueled bout of paranoia, he jumped ten stories off a hotel ledge in Miami Beach and miraculously survived. Stapp now sees it a life-altering moment. "Rationally, I should have been dead," he said. "Yet all it did was strengthen my conviction that, as hard as I tried to control or even end my story, my story was really out of my hands."

Scott Stapp - Proof of Life

Scott Stapp - Proof of Life Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Proof of Life
Released: 2013

Proof of Life Lyrics

Do you suffer in silence?
Do you live your life in your dreams?
Do you walk in defiance?
To escape from reality
Are you caught in the headlights standing still?
Don’t you wish you could run away?
Have you lost your desire waiting for
Someone to save you?
But no one came.

What’s your Proof of Life?
You can’t deny the truth that hits you right between the eyes.
So just name your price.
I’ll give anything to justify the reason I’m alive
What’s your proof of life?
What’s your proof of life?

Are you playing the victim
When you know that you volunteered?
No excuse for your sickness,
It’s your choices that got you here.
Are you caught in the headlights standing still?
Don’t you wish you could run away?
Have you lost your desire waiting for,
Someone to save you?
But no one came.

What’s your proof of life?
You can’t deny the truth that hits you right between the eyes,
So just name your price.
I’ll give anything to justify the reason I’m alive
What’s your proof of life?
What’s your proof of life?

Someone to save you?
But no one came

What’s your proof of life?
You can’t deny the truth that hits you right between the eyes,
So just name your price.
I’ll give anything to justify the reason I’m alive.
What’s your proof of life?
What’s your proof of life?

You’re the proof of life

Writer/s: CONNOLLY, TYLER / STAPP, SCOTT / XENIDIS, PHIL T
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Proof of Life

The title track of Scott Stapp 's second solo album, the former Creed frontman penned the song with Tyler Connolly from Theory of a Deadman. Stapp recalled the story of the tune to Artist Direct : "We got together. We were sitting around. I came in, and I had an idea. I had the music already in my mind for that song. I was playing it on guitar. I looked up at the guys and said, 'Do you have any ideas?' Tyler said, 'I've got three words, Proof of Life.' I instantly was like, 'Oh yeah!' I ran to the microphone after we laid down a sketch of the music and began to freestyle with that thought process in mind. The song was born then."

"At the end of the album, when all of the songs were done, it was the perfect fit to summarize what this body of work meant," Stapp continued. "It was exactly what I was trying to do subconsciously but hadn't really quantified it yet. It's great how that came about."