Lyrics:
What up, y'all? My Name's Tom
A little while back was a alcoholic
Had a mental breakdown like a year ago
Came close to puttin' me in a coffin
Damn
After the hooker I loved
After I did all the drugs
After I finally got fired for showing up late
To the job hella tired and drunk
After the oxy's I put up my nose with my boss
On the oil rigs when I was young
After my ex cut her wrists and the cops thought I stabbed her
And beat me, then put me in cuffs
After I totalled my car tryna run from the cops
With a kilo of coke in the trunk
After I drank 'til I rotted my teeth out my head
And got infections in all of my gums
After I couldn't get hard 'Cause the vodka and porno
Sedated me 'til I was numb
After I couldn't escape from the basement I rented
And went to go live with my mom
After I cheated on people I needed
And lied tryna hide from the guy that I was
Then I got sober, the madness was over
Now I am proud of the man I've become
I'm finally someone that I know again
I started climbing out the hole I'm in
Fighting demons and I know I'll win
It's time for me to mend these broken wings
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
What up y'all? My name's MadChild,
I've been off the Xanies for a while now
I was waking up feeling suicidal
But I think I'm finally starting to smile now
Man, I lived a hell of a life
I've been to hell and back twice
Lost ten million dollars
Three different addictions
Don't tell me 'bout paying the price
From penthouses with top models
Hanging with strippers we'd pop bottles
To anxious and hiding alone in my room from the world,
I was pissing in pop bottles
From chart-topping and being a role model
To flop records and lost follows
When I cop product, got a month's worth
When I left the spot, cops followed
If you saw a photo, it was only face
'Cause I was 85 pounds overweight
Mental breakdown tryna catch a plane
Wasn't MadChild, I was only Shane
My puppy Lola was my only gang
Had to put my baby in a f*cking grave
I walked away from every brick I laid
So I could build a new wall to keep me safe
I'm finally someone that I know again
I started climbing out the hole I'm in
Fighting demons and I know I'll win
It's time for me to mend these broken wings
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
.
When you fall down
And the world's closing in
You can get up again, up again
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
Tom's political songs are usually just one off songs for me, as in I listen to them once and after they seem too boring to listen to again, but these songs are always great. They really put things into perspective, especially for people who are going through such issues and act as a sort of warning for people who haven't yet gone down such a road. That's why Sober and castles are easily my favourites of his.
Artists: Tom MacDonald and Mad Child, feat Nova Rockefeller
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Marked as NSFW mostly due to potentially triggering topics
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Kind of meant as a follow up to the previous song posted (Church: https://m.funsubstance.com/fun/629661/just-a-wreck-in-a-bottle-wasnt-built-for-a-war-musicsubstance/ ), which was not as hopeful
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As always, for anyone who needs to hear this today
What up, y'all? My Name's Tom
A little while back was a alcoholic
Had a mental breakdown like a year ago
Came close to puttin' me in a coffin
Damn
After the hooker I loved
After I did all the drugs
After I finally got fired for showing up late
To the job hella tired and drunk
After the oxy's I put up my nose with my boss
On the oil rigs when I was young
After my ex cut her wrists and the cops thought I stabbed her
And beat me, then put me in cuffs
After I totalled my car tryna run from the cops
With a kilo of coke in the trunk
After I drank 'til I rotted my teeth out my head
And got infections in all of my gums
After I couldn't get hard 'Cause the vodka and porno
Sedated me 'til I was numb
After I couldn't escape from the basement I rented
And went to go live with my mom
After I cheated on people I needed
And lied tryna hide from the guy that I was
Then I got sober, the madness was over
Now I am proud of the man I've become
I started climbing out the hole I'm in
Fighting demons and I know I'll win
It's time for me to mend these broken wings
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I've been off the Xanies for a while now
I was waking up feeling suicidal
But I think I'm finally starting to smile now
Man, I lived a hell of a life
I've been to hell and back twice
Lost ten million dollars
Three different addictions
Don't tell me 'bout paying the price
From penthouses with top models
Hanging with strippers we'd pop bottles
To anxious and hiding alone in my room from the world,
I was pissing in pop bottles
From chart-topping and being a role model
To flop records and lost follows
When I cop product, got a month's worth
When I left the spot, cops followed
If you saw a photo, it was only face
'Cause I was 85 pounds overweight
Mental breakdown tryna catch a plane
Wasn't MadChild, I was only Shane
My puppy Lola was my only gang
Had to put my baby in a f*cking grave
I walked away from every brick I laid
So I could build a new wall to keep me safe
I started climbing out the hole I'm in
Fighting demons and I know I'll win
It's time for me to mend these broken wings
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
.
When you fall down
And the world's closing in
You can get up again, up again
.
Life has been hard, I know it gets better
This is a war that I'll fight forever
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh
I have my scars, I'll always remember
When I lost it all and never surrendered
Woah-ay-oh-ay-oh, woah-ay-oh-ay-oh