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  • *Sad, very personal story that I share to the internet anyway to get thumbs up*

  • Funny guy↓

  • Same here jovacollen. Nice to know we're not alone. Much love!

  • This song got me through my most depressing teenage years, still makes me cry

  • fuck what any of u think, id go gay for this man. lol

  • can anyone explain what a "hidden track" is?

  • @hoiningt it is not on the actual track listing for the album. It's at the end of Spleen, preceded by moments of silence.

  • Wow... Like a good meal when im starving... This song hits the spot... Funny how I can play it over and over.... And over

  • the emotion in aarons voice is amazing! gives this song such an edge. amazing :')

  • Isnt it incredible how 4 chords and FUCKING genious lyrics can stirr a storm of feelings inside? Aaron Lewis is the FUCKING MAN!

  • ITS HAS IF AARON WROTE THIS ABOUT HOW I FEEL INSIDE ABOUT MYSELF...MANY NIGHTS I STAYED PLAYING THIS SONG OVER AND OVER JUST THINKING OF A REASON NOT KILL MYSELF LUCKY FOR ME I HAVE TO WONDERFUL KIDS....

  • @joso76522 Isn't about suicide its about the sadness & despair of addiction."Im left here with nothing 2 live 4 but you" he's not talking about taking his life but how drug has taken it& became its reason."i'll carry it w/ me til im not alive" Is not a death wish, but despair of never being free from it & what it has done 2 him.Please dont make your kids your reason 2 live.Not fair 2 them not good 4 U. Theres no joy w/o sadness no peace w/o pain&the clearest day is after it rains Hang in there.

  • ITS HAS IF AARON WROTE THIS ABOUT HOW I FEEL INSIDE ABOUT MYSELF...MANY NIGHTS I STAYED PLAYING THIS SONG OVER AND OVER JUST THINKING OF A REASON NOT KILL MYSELF LUCKY FOR ME I HAVE TO WONDERFUL KIDS....

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  • i think every explanation is possible... but in my very personal oppinion i think its about someone who feels like shit and he wonders why she loves him, because he feels so ugly and broken.

    and when he says: "is not easy to hide all this damage inside" its because he's trying to be like a normal person for her but he continues thew struggle with his feelings and his head.....

    I love you Aaron!!!!!

  • WOW!!!

  • its about heroin

    

  • I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say it's about a girl.

  • Does anyone even know what this song's really about?

  • I love this song this and Waste are my favorite staind songs

  • @bluepros915 my thoughts exactly!!! Haha!

  • Some ones gotta perform a exorsism on that red head chick. She looks like shes about to jump him.

  • Of all the cd's I've owned, this was was the most worn out. I literally played this one repeatedly. Powerful words.

  • "He was most likely unaware of the fact he was being recorded at that time." I'm pretty sure.........yeah he did.

  • Who is the girl in the front row with the reddish hair that looks like she is about to run on stage rape Aaron? Lol. Great song though. I love playing it on my guitar. :)

  • The hidden song. 17 minutes before the beginning. So many emotions run thru me when I listen to this. Truly, music makes you feel.

  • When he says, "When you look in my face, does it seem just as ugly, to you?" My heart fucking dropped. He had such a sad look on his face. Touching!

  • just a down right beautiful song. frealz.

  • undoubtedly the saddest song by Staind....but I love it!!!

  • i'm left here with nothing nothing to live for but you

  • LOVE this! you have a beautiful heart my friend! <3

  • this song has always somehow made me relfect on my past, idk how and idk why...but at times i hate the memories brought up, but this song is too amazing to not listen to lol..its a deep song, aaron in my oppinipon makes some of the most emotional pieces of music. which is why hes ma favorite of all time, keep rocking aaron!!!

  • when he holds his fingers up on the fret board it looks like hes flipping the crowd off. just saying Aaron Lewis is the greatest song writer ever

  • my favorite. makes me cry

  • I'm so sick of this place..and this taste in my mouth..

  • @22zson fuck off then

  • Fuck you@aench

  • My guess on the mic of the acoustic electric to to pick up the vibration of the strings, it seems to be a subtle but vital part of the emotion brought forth by his playing. Image the song with out it...

  • you can see how the song effects everyone in the crowd.

  • "Well I know the words, but I can't really speak them to you. And I hide all the pain that I've gained with my wisdom, from you."

    That hits home. Hands down my favorite song of all time.

  • Love this song so much :) Please check out my cover :)

  • who da fuckkk dislikes this song?

  • @ninjew303  People

  • hauntingly beautiful -3

  • Where is this being played at?

  • @lamename81 It was an MTV Thing

  • Great song

  • wow Aaron...it's amazing how a song can help you pass rough moments, it makes it easier for you to know that you're not the only one that's been through that, a lot of people felt like you and everything goes away in the end...

  • beautiful doesn't even come close to this work of art. aaron lewis is such an amazing & beautiful poet

  • Well I know the words, but I can't really speak them...

    ... when listening to this song.

  • beautiful!

  • I don't see any reason to suppose he was unaware that it was being recorded... I mean, they could have recut it just fine, and there's no reason for him to go into the recording room of the studio to play a song unless they had the intention to record it. The silence and preceding noises are to add to the mood of it, like what they did with a lot of the Tormented album. Regardless, fucking awesome song.

  • 2:34

  • @menowmeafter

    Yeah, raw emotion =) There are many times throughout the whole show, when you can see similar things. Yet I like this occurrence most — there is some kind of mind-blowing cuteness about it, which makes it feel even better =)

  • 2:43

  • geez dood cheer up.

  • man aaron lewis is a bad man lol.staind has too many great songs.

  • This is such a great song just a man and his guitar aaron lewis is the only one who can synthetise this kind of depression into songs.

  • im lost... aarons guitar is an acoustic electric. you can see the cable coming out of it. yet it is still miced at the sound hole.. wtp

  • @panteraowns98

    how do you think they record the sound for the DVD and CD LOL... mic is for the actual performance sound

  • @staind420 nah even better

  • @panteraowns98 haha you clearly dont play guitar its connected to a amp that is like a speaker which makes it much louder and you can change things to it

  • @BrokenxStringz HAHAHAHA i know more about being a musician then you ever will know. fuck off.

  • who the hell could dislike this? pure fucking amazement!

  • My friend played this song for me right before telling me how he feels about me and how he wants me to leave my boyfriend.

  • i have this dvd and it's amazing this song made me cry a few times

    beautiful... just beautiful

  • My favorite song. It's got so much feeling in it. No other band can even come close to this

  • And I'm eaten alive, By what I hold inside !!

  • this is the song i sent to my husband while he was locked up. i wrote the lyrics on the back of a bible and sent it out. this is a hidden song by staind... its called excess baggage..... when my uncle mike and my uncle bill moved me out of wamego, ks.. all the police that were involved and my mom.... I love you all......

  • this man is a fucking lyrical geneous. and a god among men.

  • How much can one song make me ache.. haunting and beautiful

  • Aaron Lewis in highschool probably got all the girls as soon as he busted out his acoustic guitar.

  • Instrumentals are awesome. They always rock.

  • the best staind song

  • Same guy..same shit..always turn to the same song.

  • Aaron Lewis is so raw and true to himself, why can't we all be like that.

  • Felt this song time and time again..

  • One of my favorite staind songs. A Flat is my fav.

  • Both versions are emotional but the original is still the best. Even more if he was unaware of the recording. If you have not heard the original on a HiFi System you need to hear it. It's like he is in the room. Recorded very well.

  • todos llevamos una gran carga un exeso de equipage...................

  • I didn't get anything in this about being suicidal, just about being lost, and tired and not feeling alive,and not being able to let go of the baggage.

  • One of my all time favorite songs, obviously...

  • Life can be a bitch. Suicide is the cheaters way out. we all must live and move on with life... Somewhere over the horizon we will see the light of day again. No matter what. If you fight for happiness you will find it in the end. You will be happy once more.... The moment you give up the moment you will not survive the world

  • @keiichi1 i agree but watch how you put it my brother killed himself after i tried to stop him three times before and he did it anyways and im still fucked up and pretty sure will always be but dont mean its the cheaters way out . some people need to go quicker then others

  • @keiichi1 Shut your fucking mouth. Life is pointless and meaningless. Suicide is the smart thing to do.

  • @keiichi1 Some ppl just can't be as optimistic as you. I can give a shit less how long I live. What i care about is how happy those years were. Needless to say, my years haven't been peaches and rainbows. What keeps me from jumpin off the bridge is golf. I suppose if that doesn't work out, then it's good bye cruel world.

  • beautiful

  • 2:09

  • Combatting the human survival instinct (suicide) does take courage, despite the unfortunate results that it may bring about.

  • I dont believe that to be true. It takes courage to live, and continue your life. It takes courage to wake up every day and continue to live your life. Suicide is a cowards way out and nothing more. It is unfortunate that people die by suicide, but if you think about it, its still a cowards way out. Just because you cant handle life, doesnt mean you should end it

  • This is what i thought was gonna be my wife makes me feel like ''EXCESS BAGGAGE'' maybe it was her way of sayin how she felt by letting me hear this tune? if it is wow i cant beleive she would think that way in ways ive givin her everything i am what a shame i loved her sooo much

  • they'll play this at my funeral.. when I build up the courage 2 take my life

  • Suicide is kinda stupid...

    far better to live and get revenge on life by being successful and twisted...

    it doesnt take much courage to kill youself..

    it take far more to live and laugh at this screwed up world....

    just my opinion...

    4:20 in SoCal...

  • I think it DOES take a lot of courage. Well, yeah, suppose you could do that, but then again, getting revenge never really solved anything, did it?

  • depending of where the revenge goes...yes

    if Life screws ya over then the best revenge is to fight back and win...

    trust me on that...lol

    after 9-11 I was two steps from the edge myself (literally)...long story but I felt alot of guilt that week...but was reminded by a friend with FDNY of the good I'd done also...

    it's doesnt take Courage to die...it takes Courage to live...

    just my opinion of course...lol

    4:20 in SoCal...

  • Different people, different lives, different opinions obviously, but there's probably truth inside yours...

  • I want to say though I've heard of one case of Suicide that impressed me...

    Last year there was an English Noble who had Cancer...

    his wife had it too and was much worse than he...

    she was in extreme pain and wanted to end it...

    He had a couple years left but decided to go with her because she was scared and he didnt want to be without her...

    That was not only one of the most Romantic things I'd ever heard of... but that was Courage in it's purest form...God bless them both...

  • Well, yes, some people would call it romantic, others would call it reckless. Whatever's the case, it was indeed a brave act and should not be forgotten...

  • HEY WTF IS UP WITH "courage 2 take my life' CHEER UP EVER DAYS A STRUGGLE BUT STAY IN THE FIGHT

  • if you actually have to contemplate suicide, your more hopeless. What is the point of suicide? Because you cant handle life? Too stressful? This world is ridiculous. Someone has a hard day at work or something and they go home and bite the bullet. Suicide does not take courage, it takes stupidity. Anyone can pull the trigger, but if you have to think about doing it, or build up the courage to do it, then you might as well not do it at all.

  • i had a friend that was an iraq vet and he told me this song in some ways described how he feels like nowing coming home,just listen to the lyrics and you ll see what i mean

  • yeah "and I'm eaten alive from what I hold inside"

    btw who are the extremely hot girls in the video?

  • my fave staind song. really means something to quite a few people

  • i lovw this bass parts of dis song, this song is great too!

  • a man i love introudeced this song to me by singing and playing it for me in his bedroom.... so romantic!!! i love this song SO MUCH!!! Very deep and meaninful... good job guys.. your the BEST!!!

  • judy...

     hang onto that boy...he loves you...

  • i just love this song..

  • this is probley the only song that can bring me to tears every time i hear it I LOVE STAIND!!!!!!!!

  • Me too! Especially if you have felt this before!

  • this is by far one of their best songs

  • I'm in love with Arron. He look like my bf . And it's a kick ass song:)

  • this is the most beautiful/sad song ive ever heard................

  • It is! It is the words that really grab me.

  • FUCKIN-A MAN! Another stellar performance by the man

  • dam good song

  • this is like my theme song right now. everything about the song is so perfect about whats going on in my life right now. this is my myspace song. and my ringtone. but its an amazing song about lost love. and all the pain tht goes along with it. . an absolutely fantastic song.

  • Beautiful way to put it spawn22222! That is truly what this song is about. It dives into a place that most people had no idea how to express with words but Aaron Lewis does this often. He takes an emotion that we have no words for really and makes it into a beautiful piece of music.

  • i love this song and i love the fact he wasent going to release this at first but im glad he did it an awesome song

  • Epic on every level.

  • You're one to talk dude, don't be a hypocrite. You don't even know what death metal is, so don't tell someone else to know their music when you need lessons yourself.

  • One of there best songs

  • I don't think its stupid mine got married and has 2 kids we just started to talk again. She is not happy where she is now. I don't wanna brake up there home but if she leave then there is my shot. I pray she will someday. Anyway hang in there man you'll be fine if I can get 1 more shot you can to.

  • And I wish ya luck...

  • I sent an invite...

    let me know how it goes...

  • Thanks man so do I. Its been 10 years and its ate me alive this hole time.

  • I still say hang in there...

    I will love my Helen 4ever...

    She married about 2 years ago... but I still look at her picture everyday...

    I still pray for her everyday

    and I still wear the ring everyday...

    maybe I'm stupid...

    but maybe not...

  • I love this song. But its better on the CD tho more feeling in it. This song fits perfect to the one who I let get away. I hope one day I get a chance to get her back. And staind kicks ass live!

  • I hope you get her back guy...

    I miss my Helen still...after 8 years...

  • This song is so deep and speaks for itself!! Luv it!!!

  • This song gets to me everytime i heard it.

  • This song is so Dark and Beautiful! One of my all-time favorite acoustic songs!

  • Amazing song!!! I love it!!!

  • this is the greatest love song ever..i would like to propose to the 1 i love with this playing in the background

  • It's not realy too much of a love song, It's about a lot of pain from a long term mentaly abusive relationship . . . but in a way still a love song. Like, you still love someone because of memories and everything you've been through with them, and you can't imagine life without them, but because of the serious relationship you've formed, it's hard to let go, even though in the case you might hate them, you still can't help but care.

  • I dis-agree...

    my take is it's about still loving someone even after they have mis-trusted you...wrongly

    and how you still want to trust them but have now bottled up everything to avoid that pain again...

  • Hey, I'm not saying that anyone is right or wrong. Everyone has their own views and I respect your view. It's an interesting interpretation, thank you for shareing.

  • @Raytwenty4seven

    This is more about the psychological damage of a very long relationship.

  • @GGFan amen to that i know everything about that

  • @Raytwenty4seven Its not a love song...its a song about a woman who has damaged him emotionally.

  • @kowtpr187

    and it is because of his love for her that he has been so damaged by her. in that regard, it is a love song, in that love is a big part of the emotion he put into the song. not all love songs are happy songs. [=

  • @Raytwenty4seven how is this a love song..?

  • Favorite song.

  • I have this unplugged... love aaron

  • great stuff - had this on video and lost it and they haven;t released it has a dvd so good to see it on here. Emotional song. Definitely a case of things going from bad to worse.  I can well appreciate that at the moment. They're great live as well

  • I know for 100%, there is a dvd of this

  • It's on dvd:

    Staind - MTV unplugged

  • Aaron Lewis knows exactly how to capitalize on true emotions! Staind Forever..

  • awsome song. yeah your right it was hidden on the disfunction album i found it on accident a few days after i found the hidden track on voodoo by godsmack. i found that on my computer using windows media player i couldnt figure out why the hell it said the song was so long. and there it is hidden at the end. this sounds bettter than whats on the disk thos.

  • Soooooooooooo pretty!!

  • q temaaaaa

  • I hope my former fiance hears this song and listens to the lyrics...

    I miss her so much....

    never give up on "Love" folks...!

    some ppl say just give up if your heart gets broken...

    I say NEVER give up...never let others tell you something that your own heart knows is wrong...Fight for who you love...

    never let the darkness and sadness win though...fight but smile while you do...

    peace...!

  • If the relationship is perfect, something is wrong. Fights are only natural....

    I know what you mean dude. Lost my girl twice. but i kept on fighting to get her back. Lets hope i dont recieve strike 3. lol

  • Love this song! 5*****

  • when I lost my brother.... this song gives my up and every time I heard it...... it´s .... this song is amazing.. 5/5

  • This song is amazing! One of my favorites!

  • this is the best song of staind, i can relate so much to this song, this song says everything about whats going on inside of me, aaron is the best!!! by the way im a fan of staind and aaron from venezuela just to tell how far their music reachs, sorry about my inglish

  • your english was fine until you mis-spelled english...

    peace...

    4:20 in SoCal

  • freakin 20*s man

  • The Girl with Red Hair !!!You are a godsend.

  • I'm so sick of this place and this taste in my moutth.. Cuz' of you I can't figure what I'm all about.

  • I like the album version more...I love how it sounds like it was recorded in a basement or something.

  • Actually, it was recorded in a basement. During one of his solo shows someone asked him about the sounds before Excess Baggage, and he said it was recorded at the bottom of some stairs in a basement, the knocking sounds in the first of it are him walking down the stairs (he says he was wearing boots) and he pours himself a drink.

    He knew he was being recorded, though.

  • Interesting info...thanks!

  • nothing to live for, but you...

  • one of my favorite staind songs ever. love it

  • wow, that's a perfect performance. i'm stunned.

  • Aaron should have played this epic song solo, like the original!

    This doesnt even sound half as good....

  • Couldn't agree more!

  • i love this song, best staind song hands down....

  • that aint no shit skylands....

  • the music and the lyics is there for sure... staind is my favor band...

  • God i love this song

  • like the redhead !!! :P gr8 song!

  • wow! she's hot

  • There is no greater pain then being separated from the one you love.

  • best song EVER

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