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Sunny Side of Hell Lyrics
Sunny, Yesterday my life as filled with rain/
Sunny, Yesterday my life as filled with rain/
Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain/
Now the dark days are gone and the bright days are here and my sunny side shines/
Come on man, not your same old shit/
I've been living steady wobbling on the edge/
Chasing life around in circles trying to decompress my head/
I feel it get intense, choose to break my bread and spread it around/
Take my every single thought into this pen and jot it down/
Cause it's the truth to me, you should see it's all that ever helped/
Held my shattered world together when I knocked it off the shelf into the blackness/
Tripping over broken hearts and homes and getting close enough to turn that kid inside of me to stone/
And I'll admit it, cause I was never taught to give it up/
Sailed an ocean full of drug addicted misencouraged blood without a paddle/
It took a lot of faith to fight my battles and tackle a couple of habits I never thought that I'd have to/
But I did, bottled the water under the bridge and toss another written page of my history to the wind/
When it blows, cause all of this disaster has lead me home and left a lot of room for me to learn and grow/
Yeah you are not alone/
Grab hold of yourself, I know what it's like to get blown away/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
Not your same old song/
I've been writing on a mirror with a razor blade/
And chased away the devil in my brain that played me like a spade/
Cause day to day, painted jaded faith issues a shade of gray/
And cowered, hid behind emotion just to play it safe/
A pawn, slowly turning victim to my wrongs/
I had to wake up all alone to finally figure out my wants/
In the house of haunted love the past will keep me warned and explain me/
Even if you're listening through the storm/
I found a purpose and if you heard this then sit down/
Pick it's brain until it opens up and redirects the sound/
The conductor, frozen thunder rumbling through the ground/
With a perfect little twist of that suit of armor and crown/
You created, built for denying it/
Hiding the cuts and bruises due to the self-inflicted bone crushing anxiety/
I'm with you, so understand that all of this within you/
Has chiseled you a flower out of stone/
Yeah you are not alone/
Grab hold of yourself, I know what it's like to get blown away/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
No you are not alone (x8)
Grab hold of yourself, I know what it's like to get blown away/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
Sunny, Yesterday my life as filled with rain/
Sunny, you smiled at me and really eased the pain/
Now the dark days are gone and the bright days are here and my sunny side shines/
Come on man, not your same old shit/
I've been living steady wobbling on the edge/
Chasing life around in circles trying to decompress my head/
I feel it get intense, choose to break my bread and spread it around/
Take my every single thought into this pen and jot it down/
Cause it's the truth to me, you should see it's all that ever helped/
Held my shattered world together when I knocked it off the shelf into the blackness/
Tripping over broken hearts and homes and getting close enough to turn that kid inside of me to stone/
And I'll admit it, cause I was never taught to give it up/
Sailed an ocean full of drug addicted misencouraged blood without a paddle/
It took a lot of faith to fight my battles and tackle a couple of habits I never thought that I'd have to/
But I did, bottled the water under the bridge and toss another written page of my history to the wind/
When it blows, cause all of this disaster has lead me home and left a lot of room for me to learn and grow/
Yeah you are not alone/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
I've been writing on a mirror with a razor blade/
And chased away the devil in my brain that played me like a spade/
Cause day to day, painted jaded faith issues a shade of gray/
And cowered, hid behind emotion just to play it safe/
A pawn, slowly turning victim to my wrongs/
I had to wake up all alone to finally figure out my wants/
In the house of haunted love the past will keep me warned and explain me/
Even if you're listening through the storm/
I found a purpose and if you heard this then sit down/
Pick it's brain until it opens up and redirects the sound/
The conductor, frozen thunder rumbling through the ground/
With a perfect little twist of that suit of armor and crown/
You created, built for denying it/
Hiding the cuts and bruises due to the self-inflicted bone crushing anxiety/
I'm with you, so understand that all of this within you/
Has chiseled you a flower out of stone/
Yeah you are not alone/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
I know you, that you've done your dirt and you've dug your graves and it feels like it won't be saved/
I say grab hold yourself and face those days when you feel like it always rains/
I've seen the sunny side of hell, that which I never thought I'd find for myself/
Never thought I'd find for myself/
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I think that the meaning of this song is pretty straight-forward. Benjamin is explaining that he knows what it's like to get pretty low, but he wants to show us that we're not alone. He let's us know that there's a light at the end of the tunnel. No matter how much we believe that we'll never find that light for ourselves, he assures us that we will. He found it, and so can we. At least that's what I got out of it. That's why I love Grieves. Most of his songs are positive, and I think he believes strongly in using his music to help other people.
@Hollymeister Yes, what you said, but specifically about substance abuse and addiction. I think it is pretty clear... there are multiple references to it in the song...
@Hollymeister Yes, what you said, but specifically about substance abuse and addiction. I think it is pretty clear... there are multiple references to it in the song...