As I walk along these streets
I see a man that walks alone
Distant echo of people's feet
He has no place to call his own
A shot rings out from a roof overhead
A crackhead asks for change nearby
An old man lies in an alleyway dead
A little girl lost just stands there and cries
What would you do, if it was you
Would you take everything
For granted like you do
A boy just thirteen on the corner for sale
Swallows his pride for another hit
Overpopulation there's no room in jail
But most of you don't give a shit
That your daughters are porno stars
And your sons sell death to kids
You're so lost in your little worlds
Your little worlds you'll never fix
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
You turn away
As I walk along the streets
Soaking up the acid rain
Underneath the taxi cabs
I hear the streets cry out in vain
Staind - Break the Cycle Album Lyrics
Staind - Break the Cycle Lyrics
Writer: HARLEY DINARDO, STEVE SLINGENEYER, MARK T. LEWIS, TOMMY SALMORIN, DERRICK HAWKINS
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
Pressure
I just need this to be alright
I can't feel this another night
Pre-Chorus
I can't take this I come unglued
I might breakdown in front of you
Necessary to medicate
I'm not sleeping can't stay awake
Chorus
Can't see through this
Too much pressure
Drowning in this
Too much pressure
If you need me I'll be here
Half unconscious, escape my fear
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
My head hurts this shit isn't getting me high
My chest is so tight, Am going to die?
My stomach's in knots and the room starts to spin
As I wait for this valium to slowly kick in
Chorus
I can't feel this another night
Pre-Chorus
I can't take this I come unglued
I might breakdown in front of you
Necessary to medicate
I'm not sleeping can't stay awake
Chorus
Can't see through this
Too much pressure
Drowning in this
Too much pressure
If you need me I'll be here
Half unconscious, escape my fear
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
My head hurts this shit isn't getting me high
My chest is so tight, Am going to die?
My stomach's in knots and the room starts to spin
As I wait for this valium to slowly kick in
Chorus
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, JOSH ABRAHAM, JOSHUA ABRAHAM, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Fade
I try to breathe
Memories overtaking me
I try to face them but
The thought is too much to conceive
Pre-Chorus
I only know that I can change
Everything else just stays the same
So now I step out of the darkness
That my life became 'cause...
Chorus
I just needed someone to talk to
You were just too busy with yourself
You were never there for me to express how I felt
I just stuffed it down
Now I'm older and I feel like
I could let some of this anger fade
But it seems the surface I am scratching
Is the bed that I have made
So where were you
When all this I was going through?
You never took the time to ask me
Just what you could do
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
But I never meant to fade away
I never meant to fade
Chorus
I try to breathe
Memories overtaking me
I try to face them but
The thought is too much to conceive
Pre-Chorus
I only know that I can change
Everything else just stays the same
So now I step out of the darkness
That my life became 'cause...
Chorus
I just needed someone to talk to
You were just too busy with yourself
You were never there for me to express how I felt
I just stuffed it down
Now I'm older and I feel like
I could let some of this anger fade
But it seems the surface I am scratching
Is the bed that I have made
So where were you
When all this I was going through?
You never took the time to ask me
Just what you could do
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
But I never meant to fade away
I never meant to fade
Chorus
I try to breathe
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Its Been Awhile
And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means
And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and f*cked things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and f*cked things up again
Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!
And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candle lights your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me
And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I first saw you
And it's been awhile
Since I could stand on my own two feet again
And it's been awhile
Since I could call you
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've stretched myself beyond my means
And it's been awhile
Since I can say that I wasn't addicted
And it's been awhile
Since I can say I love myself as well
And it's been awhile
Since I've gone and f*cked things up just like I always do
And it's been awhile
But all that shit seems to disappear when I'm with you
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem
The consequences that I've rendered
I've gone and f*cked things up again
Why must I feel this way?
Just make this go away
Just one more peaceful day!
And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candle lights your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste
And everything I can't remember
As f*cked up as it all may seem to be I know it's me
I cannot blame this on my father
He did the best he could for me
And it's been awhile
Since I could hold my head up high
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Change
If ever you had said to me before
That I would lead this life that I am living now
I guess it's all so strange
To feel the way I do inside but
Have so much that I could feel
Some pride for in my life
So why is it that I feel like this?
Chorus
How do I feel? I've been here before,
I've felt this
Retreat to a place, a place within me
I need this
Keep it all down, bottled inside
It breaks me
To torment again and torture me like it used to
I try and try to break away from all the hate I'm feeling
For everyone of you that's ever done me wrong
I need to justify the reasons for the way I'm living
I guess I can't 'cause I don't feel like I deserve
Chorus
My life is the 23rd hour of day
Once said that I feel like everything goes by yesterday
So now the waves they have subsided
And my soul is bleeding
I can't take away all the shame I feel
Forgive me
Chorus
Again (8x)
That I would lead this life that I am living now
I guess it's all so strange
To feel the way I do inside but
Have so much that I could feel
Some pride for in my life
So why is it that I feel like this?
Chorus
How do I feel? I've been here before,
I've felt this
Retreat to a place, a place within me
I need this
Keep it all down, bottled inside
It breaks me
To torment again and torture me like it used to
I try and try to break away from all the hate I'm feeling
For everyone of you that's ever done me wrong
I need to justify the reasons for the way I'm living
I guess I can't 'cause I don't feel like I deserve
Chorus
My life is the 23rd hour of day
Once said that I feel like everything goes by yesterday
So now the waves they have subsided
And my soul is bleeding
I can't take away all the shame I feel
Forgive me
Chorus
Again (8x)
Writer: MICHAEL MUSHOK, AARRON LEWIS, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, JOHN APRIL
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Cant Believe
Respect, respect what is found
Respect should abound
Respect everything that you leave
I can't believe
Chorus
I can't believe, can't believe (2x)
And I, I can't believe
I can't believe all the travesty surrounding me
I want to flee
I want to flee from everything in front of me, I
Chorus
Never again, trusted in you
F*ck everything that you think I should be
I stand, never again, never again
Chorus (altered)
I can't believe, can't believe
I can't believe, can't believe
I can't believe, can't believe
Can't believe
Respect should abound
Respect everything that you leave
I can't believe
Chorus
I can't believe, can't believe (2x)
And I, I can't believe
I can't believe all the travesty surrounding me
I want to flee
I want to flee from everything in front of me, I
Chorus
Never again, trusted in you
F*ck everything that you think I should be
I stand, never again, never again
Chorus (altered)
I can't believe, can't believe
I can't believe, can't believe
I can't believe, can't believe
Can't believe
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Epiphany
Your word's to me just a whisper
Your face is so unclear
I try to pay attention
Your words just disappear
Chorus
'Cause it's always raining in my head
Forget all the things I should have said
So I speak to you in riddles
Cause my words get in my way
I smoke the whole thing to my head
And feel it wash away
'Cause I can't take anymore of this
I want to come apart
Or dig myself a little hole
Inside your precious heart
Chorus
I am nothing more than a little boy inside
That cries out for attention
Yet I always try to hide
'Cause I talk to you like children
Though I don't know how I feel
But I know I'll do the right thing
If the right thing is revealed
Chorus
Your face is so unclear
I try to pay attention
Your words just disappear
Chorus
'Cause it's always raining in my head
Forget all the things I should have said
So I speak to you in riddles
Cause my words get in my way
I smoke the whole thing to my head
And feel it wash away
'Cause I can't take anymore of this
I want to come apart
Or dig myself a little hole
Inside your precious heart
Chorus
I am nothing more than a little boy inside
That cries out for attention
Yet I always try to hide
'Cause I talk to you like children
Though I don't know how I feel
But I know I'll do the right thing
If the right thing is revealed
Chorus
Writer: Aarron Lewis
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Suffer
Suffer (3x)
The more you see the more you do
The television's feeding you
With what you want to hear
Anger and fear
Because you suffer
The hate you feel won't go away
You're all programmed to feel this way
To live another day within a world
That loves to suffer
Suffer
Chorus
And then I come to find everything's Okay
Seen this all before, but that was yesterday
I try to walk right through the messes that I've made
Just let me enjoy the life here that I've had
I've tried to give this all to you
Can't take anymore to deal with this
It hurts inside
I know why I hide
'Cause I suffer
Suffer
I tried to keep it all inside
Didn't leave me too much pride
I forced it all down inside
Forced myself to make me suffer
Chorus
And then I come to find.....
Chorus
The more you see the more you do
The television's feeding you
With what you want to hear
Anger and fear
Because you suffer
The hate you feel won't go away
You're all programmed to feel this way
To live another day within a world
That loves to suffer
Suffer
Chorus
And then I come to find everything's Okay
Seen this all before, but that was yesterday
I try to walk right through the messes that I've made
Just let me enjoy the life here that I've had
I've tried to give this all to you
Can't take anymore to deal with this
It hurts inside
I know why I hide
'Cause I suffer
Suffer
I tried to keep it all inside
Didn't leave me too much pride
I forced it all down inside
Forced myself to make me suffer
Chorus
And then I come to find.....
Chorus
Writer: MICHAEL MUSHOK, AARRON LEWIS, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, JOHN APRIL
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Warm Safe Place
Another day
Inside my world
I'm married to you and this road
A road that never lets me sleep
So there's no way to escape the demons
I am forced to keep
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes
Everything's clear
And I'm home
Inside your arms
But I'm alone for now
I mean the best with what I say
It doesn't always sound that way
I never learned to
Work things out cause in my family all we ever seem to do is shout
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes
Everything's clear
And I'm home
Inside your arms
But I'm alone for now
And I try to sleep
The drugs I take
Are killing me, I think of you
To ease my pain, but you're so far
Now it's time to say goodbye
I love you baby, please don't cry
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes everything's clear
And I'm home inside your arms but I'm alone for now
Inside my world
I'm married to you and this road
A road that never lets me sleep
So there's no way to escape the demons
I am forced to keep
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes
Everything's clear
And I'm home
Inside your arms
But I'm alone for now
I mean the best with what I say
It doesn't always sound that way
I never learned to
Work things out cause in my family all we ever seem to do is shout
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes
Everything's clear
And I'm home
Inside your arms
But I'm alone for now
And I try to sleep
The drugs I take
Are killing me, I think of you
To ease my pain, but you're so far
Now it's time to say goodbye
I love you baby, please don't cry
And then I'll find you here
Through your eyes everything's clear
And I'm home inside your arms but I'm alone for now
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
For You
To my mother, to my father
It's your son or
It's your daughter
Are my screams loud enough for
You to hear me, should I turn this up for you
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
The silence is what kills me
I need someone here to help me
But you don't know
How to listen
And let me make
My decision
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
All your insults and your curses
Make me feel like I'm not a person
And I feel like I am nothing
But you made me so
Do something
'Cause I'm f*cked up
Because you all need attention
Attention you couldn't give
'Cause,
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
It's your son or
It's your daughter
Are my screams loud enough for
You to hear me, should I turn this up for you
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
The silence is what kills me
I need someone here to help me
But you don't know
How to listen
And let me make
My decision
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
All your insults and your curses
Make me feel like I'm not a person
And I feel like I am nothing
But you made me so
Do something
'Cause I'm f*cked up
Because you all need attention
Attention you couldn't give
'Cause,
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
I sit here locked inside my head
Remembering everything you said
The silence gets us nowhere
Gets us nowhere way too fast
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Songtrust Ave, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Outside
And you
Can bring me to my knees
Again
All the times
That I could beg you please
In vain
All the times
That I felt insecure
For you
And I leave
My burdens at the door
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I felt like this won't end
It's for you
And I taste
What I could never have
It was from you
All those times
That I cry my intentions
Full of pride
But I waste
More time than anyone
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I've cried
All that's wasted
It's all inside
And I feel all this pain
Stuffed it down
It's back again
And I lie
Here in bed
All alone
I can't mend
But I feel
Tomorrow will be okay
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
Can bring me to my knees
Again
All the times
That I could beg you please
In vain
All the times
That I felt insecure
For you
And I leave
My burdens at the door
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I felt like this won't end
It's for you
And I taste
What I could never have
It was from you
All those times
That I cry my intentions
Full of pride
But I waste
More time than anyone
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
All the times
That I've cried
All that's wasted
It's all inside
And I feel all this pain
Stuffed it down
It's back again
And I lie
Here in bed
All alone
I can't mend
But I feel
Tomorrow will be okay
But I'm on the outside
I'm looking in
I can see through you
See your true colors
'Cause inside you're ugly
You're ugly like me
I can see through you
See to the real you
Writer: Aaron Lewis
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Waste
Your mother came up to me
She wanted answers only she should know
Only she should know
It wasn't easy to deal
With the tears that rolled down her face
I had no answers cause
I didn't even know you
Chorus
But these words
They can't replace
The life you...
The life you waste
How could you paint this picture?
With life as bad as it should seem
That there were no more options for you
I can't explain how I feel
I've been there many times before
I've tasted the cold steel of my life crashing down before me
Chorus
Did Daddy not love you?
Or did he love you just too much?
Did he control you?
Did he live through you at your cost?
Did he leave no questions for you to answer on your own?
Well f*ck them
And f*ck her
And f*ck him
And f*ck you
For not having the strengh in your heart to pull through
I've had doubts
I have failed
I've f*cked up
I've had plans
Doesn't mean I should take my Life with my own hands
Chorus (2x)
She wanted answers only she should know
Only she should know
It wasn't easy to deal
With the tears that rolled down her face
I had no answers cause
I didn't even know you
Chorus
But these words
They can't replace
The life you...
The life you waste
How could you paint this picture?
With life as bad as it should seem
That there were no more options for you
I can't explain how I feel
I've been there many times before
I've tasted the cold steel of my life crashing down before me
Chorus
Did Daddy not love you?
Or did he love you just too much?
Did he control you?
Did he live through you at your cost?
Did he leave no questions for you to answer on your own?
Well f*ck them
And f*ck her
And f*ck him
And f*ck you
For not having the strengh in your heart to pull through
I've had doubts
I have failed
I've f*cked up
I've had plans
Doesn't mean I should take my Life with my own hands
Chorus (2x)
Writer: AARRON LEWIS, JOHN APRIL, JOHN F. APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI, MICHAEL MUSHOK, MICHAEL J. MUSHOK
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Take It
I feel like this won't go away
No matter how hard I try to
Squeeze my eyes shut so I can't see
The pain in you this pain in me, in me
Chorus
But everything that I can say to you
Won't help you
Everything you need is right in front of you
Just take it
I know that I'm really not here to represent
What I'm not clear about in my head
Sometimes I feel f*cked up just like you do
Like you do
Chorus
Try to make it through the daily pain that you feel
Maybe tomorrow won't be so bad, I know it
'Cause I once felt that way
Nothing I could say
Made it go away
I lived through this
I still feel this
I just live for my tomorrow
Just make it go away (2x)
She'll make it go away (2x)
No matter how hard I try to
Squeeze my eyes shut so I can't see
The pain in you this pain in me, in me
Chorus
But everything that I can say to you
Won't help you
Everything you need is right in front of you
Just take it
I know that I'm really not here to represent
What I'm not clear about in my head
Sometimes I feel f*cked up just like you do
Like you do
Chorus
Try to make it through the daily pain that you feel
Maybe tomorrow won't be so bad, I know it
'Cause I once felt that way
Nothing I could say
Made it go away
I lived through this
I still feel this
I just live for my tomorrow
Just make it go away (2x)
She'll make it go away (2x)
Writer: Michael Mushok, Aaron Lewis, Jonathan Wysocki, John April
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Copyright: Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Break the Cycle is the third studio album by American rock band Staind, released through Elektra Entertainment and Flip Records in 2001. It is Staind's most successful album to date and was the album that broke them into the mainstream.
It was a huge international success for the band, as it spent three weeks at number-one position in the U.S. album charts and many weeks in the top-10 album charts of the Billboard 200, the UK and New Zealand. It sold at least 4 million copies in 2001. The album was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA for sales of over five million units in the US.
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StaindIt was a huge international success for the band, as it spent three weeks at number-one position in the U.S. album charts and many weeks in the top-10 album charts of the Billboard 200, the UK and New Zealand. It sold at least 4 million copies in 2001. The album was certified 5× platinum by the RIAA for sales of over five million units in the US.
Genre(s): Nu metal, alternative metal, post-grunge, Hard Rock
Producer(s): Josh Abraham
Length: 50:49
Released: May 8th, 2001
Year: 2001