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the first time i heard this song it moved something inside of my spirit/soul. i close my eyes and i can picture layne all around me, smiling, not hurting not in pain, just his beautiful image swirling around and i find comfort when i close my eyes and hear this song. different people hear and feel different things when they hear layne sing. this song is so different though. when i see him in my minds eye, all of his battles are finally over...finally, my sweet sweet layne, the pain is all gone...finally my love...i love you with all of my heart and soul...one day baby, my day will come and i too will have defeated the demons that haunt those of us that battle them daily...5 yrs clean and sober i made dec 4th 2013...i listen to you sing, i look at at your beautiful face from beginning to the end and it breaks my heart to see you gradually wither away from us...i dont want to wither, want to live and be strong and tell the people about this amazing fella with an amazing voice named layne thomas staley...just for today that is my mission...r.i.p.my sweet beautiful prince...
This means different things to me depending on my mood. My wife left me recently, and I was alone and cleaning out our old bedroom. The bedroom was empty and this song came on. I just laid on the ground with my arms outstretched. What stogie said about the world spinning. You don't really have to be drunk to feel like that with this song.
Alternatively, sometimes I think about it meaning there is no god.
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i could b wrong... but i think this song is about bein alone
@player1916 exactly what i thought, but until you put it in those words i wasn't sure :-)
@player1916 exactly what i thought, but until you put it in those words i wasn't sure :-)
the first time i heard this song it moved something inside of my spirit/soul. i close my eyes and i can picture layne all around me, smiling, not hurting not in pain, just his beautiful image swirling around and i find comfort when i close my eyes and hear this song. different people hear and feel different things when they hear layne sing. this song is so different though. when i see him in my minds eye, all of his battles are finally over...finally, my sweet sweet layne, the pain is all gone...finally my love...i love you with all of my heart and soul...one day baby, my day will come and i too will have defeated the demons that haunt those of us that battle them daily...5 yrs clean and sober i made dec 4th 2013...i listen to you sing, i look at at your beautiful face from beginning to the end and it breaks my heart to see you gradually wither away from us...i dont want to wither, want to live and be strong and tell the people about this amazing fella with an amazing voice named layne thomas staley...just for today that is my mission...r.i.p.my sweet beautiful prince...
@LTSmissingyou
@LTSmissingyou
@LTSmissingyou so it’s been 12 years since you wrote this. May I ask are you still clean and alive?
@LTSmissingyou so it’s been 12 years since you wrote this. May I ask are you still clean and alive?
fucking great song.
This song is at the same time too simple and too complex to interpret
This is just the perfect closing to the album, isn't it?
Man, this song is so soothing... gotta love it.
This is such a beautiful song. it kinda lifts you from your body. this relaxes me so i can sleep, it's nice.
It used to trouble me a lot about being alone. But as this song helped me to realize, We Are All Alone. RIP Layne Staley
I used to get wasted drunk in the marines and just lay down with this song on repeat, as the world spun around me...
This means different things to me depending on my mood. My wife left me recently, and I was alone and cleaning out our old bedroom. The bedroom was empty and this song came on. I just laid on the ground with my arms outstretched. What stogie said about the world spinning. You don't really have to be drunk to feel like that with this song.
Alternatively, sometimes I think about it meaning there is no god.