Shinedown Lyrics

    ------ About the song 45 performed by Shinedown

I love the song and being in my forties I believe it is about growing older. Not staring down the barrel of a 0.45 caliber gun but staring at the future and the inevitability of growing older and the importance of passing on things learned to children and realizing there is another life in our future and we must leave our youth behind.

    ------ About the song 45 performed by Shinedown

It ssems that many people associate this song with their relationships. I may be wrong but to me it seems that it is about World War II. 45 = 1945, barrel of a 45 = barrel of a gun, swimming through the ashes of another life = going through a world or a city in ruins, always condoning me = big men in suits blame the soldiers, in these times you`re doing what you`re told - no need to explain this.

    ------ About the song What A Shame performed by Shinedown

I totally agree with this song. This song makes me feel emotional towards helpless, beggers and all who need help.CUZ It's really a shame on us who can't even TRY to understand their feelings, and with this we judge their life as nothing.

    ------ About the song 45 performed by Shinedown

What he ment was not a literal .45 but 45 as in the world as he sees it. There are a lot of ups and downs of life. You take life as you see fit. I have lost a child and it brought me down rock bottom down rock bottom and wanted it all to end to be with him again but i knew that there is way more that i needed to do here including be here for my other children. When you get that down there is always something to live for. Think of the positives and not always the negative t will help you in the long run.

    ------ About the song Second Chance performed by Shinedown

Please people don't committ suicide, I understand for some people it's too hard to live their lives. And they may have been abused or hurt in some inamagionable. But instead of dyin' y'all could join the military or help the people in third world countries.
~Ali~

    ------ About the song Beyond The Sun performed by Shinedown

For those who believe it possible to do so I think this song is about astral projection. Which is the ability to cause your soul to leave your body. What makes me believe so is the part talking about not needing wings to fly and the part speaking of the singer being known to travel much too fast. Astral projection is commonly referred to as traveling. And often those of us who believe in the ability to do this communicate with other spirits via telepathy. Hence the part speaking of communicating without words. I love this song and hope that one day my beloved and I are able to meet in a place beyond the sun where we will be happy forever together.

    ------ About the song Second Chance performed by Shinedown

My mom wants me at yale most, but siue was her next choice. Yale is a good school and all, but i'm pretty sure music is my path. And to already be getting watched from juliard, yale, and harvard... Well i've got more than i want. In this particular catagory i should say.

    ------ About the song Second Chance performed by Shinedown

I'm begging you, don't stress lauren out. She's got a lot going on in school, her health, family, and she's not feeling well. Emotionally that is. She's being handed a lot of responsibility in band and her classes. And her health is getting worse every day. I've been told it runs through the family, and happens. She's being diagnosed like crazy. This is how she lost her cousin. Please let her relax. Answer her though, otherwise she'll be annoyed. Please. I'm begging you.

    ------ About the song Second Chance performed by Shinedown

I can't go to therapy. My mom doesn't know. At all. And maybe it was cowardly, but after so much of my life going down the drain all at once... Well i have no independant life any longer. It's not like i told my mom something crazy to banish me! If i said i was pregnant, i understand. BUT I'M NOT. I told her who i was. I told her i was emo and julliard is where my heart is set. But apparently one of the best music schools in the country isn't enough. Instead of an understanding mother, i got a, "NO YOUR NOT EMO! You are going to yale and you know it!"
That hurts. It really does. I'm a music person. Trumpet player, music writer, singer... How much more could i get involved other than a band? Been there done that. It may have been cowardly but you don't have the insight. I also want to live the rest of my life through music. I'm in better shape than most after trying to commit suicide. I fell apart in front of my boyfriend. And that hurt him. I can't hurt him anymore. At all. Music may not be a priority in this economy, but i also want to be a critic. I'm pretty good says my instructor. Yeah i take classes, but i want to get there. Especially after almost killing myself. And it was the worst mistake i could've ever made, but my mom more than abuses me. I've had a life threat. So why not do her dirty work? That's what i told myself. And she's threatened many, MANY imes. Sometimes she would pull out a knife. I decided i was going to try the same day she told me my life was put to waste and she said she may as well put it where it belongs. She feeds off my pain. I swear she does. I don't want you to do anything about this. Because truthfully i've got it covered. Very well.

    ------ About the song Second Chance performed by Shinedown

I really do and it was selfish, but my mom abuses me and i'm very hurt. Sure i'm strong from all the bruises and cuts, but i don't care for my mom, dad, or step dad. And i did realize my mistake. But i kept my life for my boyfriend. I might be 11 and i shouldn't say i love him, but i can't help it. This is more than i've ever felt towards ANYONE. Including family. I'm the "awkward" one in the family. Just because i'm emo and i'm an artist in the music and drawing world. I'm not sophisticated enough for my family. My mom's a debt collector and my grandparents are in the IRS. I'm more than a parent can dream of. To be so involved with boys and so many extracarriculars, yet be so intelligent and keep my head straight. I just let my mother see the real me. After three years of this, and i'm banished basically. And i see i was selfish to even think of trying, but after so much... So many secrets, a hidden agenda, and a lot of pain built up. It hurts. I regret it because i love my boyfriend. So accepting, open hearted, sweet, and well loveable. I am getting emancipated in a few years, and i knew that long ago. I just don't like my family. Especialy when my mom put my baby brother up for adoption. He's nine years old now! I haven't seen him (with permission), in 4 years. I can't abandon my little man so easily. I basicaly raised him. He was my mom's last kid with my dad, before she met randy. I was too old and remembered too much of my life to be put up for adoption. But not my little man. It's hard. And i do accept your comment. And i'm sorry about your son. I really am.