During this time, Staind played a show with Limp Bizkit. When Fred Durst saw the controversial cover of the group's self produced album; tormented, he tried to have the band kicked off the bill, but when he saw the band's live show, he changed his tone and befriended them. Durst later sang harmonies on the live version of Outside, which was recorded at a Family Values Tour concert in Biloxi, MS, in late October 1999. Durst went on to be one of the executive producers for Dysfunction and Break the Cycle. He also directed a few videos for the band later on, including It's Been Awhile.
Dysfunction
The band's big break came in October 1997 after Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst witnessed the band open up for them at a Hartford, Connecticut show, eventually signed them to his Flip record label, and co-produced their 1999 breakthrough Dysfunction with Terry Date. Although it is supposed that the band owe a lot of success to Durst, Aaron Lewis has expressed in interviews that Durst never had much of a relationship with either the singer or the band, claiming the band 'only worked on four songs with Durst and recorded the rest of the album themselves.' [4] Staind has not been associated with Durst since he directed several videos from their 2001 follow-up. Dysfunction has sold over two million copies in the U.S. alone. The album was given mediocre reviews by critics for being "indicative of the times", but a large number of the band's fans nonetheless regard it as the group's best work. The nine-track LP (with one hidden track, "Excess Baggage") produced three singles, all of which enjoyed radio play. The most well known, "Mudshovel", (which also appeared on Tormented, spelled as "Mudshuvel"), has since become a staple of the band's live shows.
Break the Cycle
Staind toured with Limp Bizkit for the Family Values Tour during the fall of 1999, where Aaron Lewis performed their first mainstream hit "Outside" (a song he was working on at the time but had not yet finished—he finished it on the fly while performing) with Fred Durst to hundreds of waving cigarette lighters, and which set them up for their smash hit 2001 album Break the Cycle, which brought them international success (it went number 1 in both the U.S. and the UK), sold more than 7 million copies, and had first week sales of over 767,000 in the U.S. alone. The album sees the band move away from the nu metal sounds of their previous album and resort to an alternative metal sound [5] which has spawned five hit singles to date, "It's Been Awhile", (which hit the Billboard Top 10) "Fade", (which has been featured on a number of movie soundtracks and television shows), "Outside", "For You", and the acoustic ballad "Epiphany", and included a track called "Waste", devoted to two teenage fans who committed suicide shortly before the album was released. The album also received mixed critical praise; Rolling Stone magazine called them "the grim genre's most song-oriented, downright sensitive band in years" [3] while New Musical Express referred to the album as "14 tracks of parent-friendly grunge-flavoured soft rock that make Creed sound like GG Allin." [4]. 'It's Been Awhile' spent a total of 16 and 14 weeks on top of the modern and mainstream rock charts, respectively, making it one of the highest joint number 1s (30 weeks) of all time.
14 Shades of Grey
In early 2003, Staind embarked on a worldwide tour to promote the release of the follow-up to Break The Cycle, 14 Shades Of Grey, which sold two million albums and debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200. The fourteen-track collection was the band's most mainstream yet[6], and showed Aaron Lewis writing songs about his daughter, as well as moving on with his life and forgetting his past, hence the title representing uncertainty for the future and forgiveness. The album provided two mainstream hits: the lead single "Price to Play", and "So Far Away" (which spent 14 weeks on top of the rock chart); in addition, two other singles failed to crack the Hot 100—"How About You" and "Zoey Jane"— but "How About You" was a fairly popular song on modern rock radio. Their song "Price to Play" was the official theme song of WWE's Vengeance pay-per-view event in July 2003. As well, their song "So Far Away" was featured on an episode of WWE RAW as part of a video tribute to hardcore wrestling legend Mick Foley. The band's appearance at Reading Festival during the 2003 tour had another impromptu acoustic set, this time due to equipment failure. The singles "So Far Away" and "Price to Play" came with two unreleased tracks, "Novocaine" and "Let It Out", which were released for the special edition of the group's Chapter V, which came out in late 2005. In 2003, Staind unsuccessfully sued their logo designer Jon Stainbrook in New York Federal Court (blabbermouth.net) for attempting to re-use the logo he had sold to the band. They re-opened the case in mid-2005.
Chapter V
After extensive promotions, including an appearance on Fuse TV's 7th Avenue Drop, Staind's newest album, titled Chapter V was released on August 9, 2005, and became their third consecutive number one. The album opened to sales of 185,000 and has since been certified platinum in the U.S. The first single "Right Here" has been the biggest success from the album thus far, garnering much mainstream radio play and peaking at number 1 on the mainstream rock chart. "Falling" (the video of which does not feature the band members at all) was released as the second single, followed by "Everything Changes" and "King of All Excuses." Staind have been on the road since the album came out doing live shows and promoting it for a full year, including participating in the Fall Brawl tour with P.O.D., Taproot and Flyleaf, a solo tour across Europe and a mini-promotional tour in Australia for the first time. Recent live shows have included a cover of Pantera's This Love, a tribute to Dimebag Darrell. Staind appeared on The Howard Stern Show on August 10, 2005, to promote their new album Chapter V. They performed acoustic renditions of the single Right Here and Beetlejuice's song "This is Beetle." Their rendition of "Beetle" is immensely popular with fans and listeners alike and became a staple of the show. Staind also performed a version of "Comfortably Numb" by Pink Floyd. Kevin Lofton, who does all the animation for the Howard Stern website, created a black-and-white animated video for the song. During a January 2006 Episode of WWE RAW, a tribute video to then WWE Champion Edge featured the band's song "Right Here". In early November 2005, Staind released the limited edition 2-CD/DVD set of Chapter V. The set included several rarities and fan favorites— music videos; a complete, 36-page booklet with exclusive artwork; an audio disc with an acoustic rendition of "This is Beetle"; the original, melodic rendition of "Reply"; the previously released B-side singles "Novocaine" and "Let It Out"; and live versions of "It's Been Awhile" and "Falling", among many others.
The Singles: 1996-2006
Staind announced that they would be performing an acoustic show in the Hiro Ballroom, New York City on September 6 and the songs played would be recorded for their upcoming "Greatest Hits" album, scheduled for a November 14 release. They played sixteen songs including three covers: Tool's Sober, Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and Alice in Chains's Nutshell.
The title was later renamed to "The Singles" and finally "The Singles: 1996-2006". The album had most of Staind's singles (including "Everything Changes" which was recorded at the New York show), the three covers performed at the New York show and a remastered version of "Come Again", from Staind's first independent release Tormented.
It was released on November 15, 2006.
The Illusion Of Progress
On August 19, 2008, Staind released their 5th studio album (6th overall), The Illusion of Progress. A limited edition of the album was also made available to fans, which included 3 bonus tracks and a year membership in the Staind Fan Club, along with other items (the first 200 fans who pre-ordered the album through Atlantic Records received a signed copy of the album by the band). Prior to the album's release, the track "This Is It" was available for download on the iTunes store, as well as for Rock Band. The album debuted at #3 on US Billboard 200, #1 on the Top Modern Rock/Alternative Albums Chart, #1 on the Top Digital Albums Chart, and also #1 on the Top Internet Albums Chart, with first week sales of 91,800 units. The first single on the album, "Believe", topped Billboard's Top 10 Modern Rock Tracks on September 05, 2008.
Not Again, the first single from Staind's self-titled seventh album was released to active radio stations on July 19, 2011 and made available for purchase on July 26, 2011. (Not Again Songfacts).
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Come Again
Staind Lyrics
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You push yourself on me
Force yourself on me
You free yourself through me
You better save yourself from me
Every time you want me to be
Something I could never be
You'll have to wait and see
'Till the next time that you have to
Come again!
Come again!
This time you will,
Come again!
Come again!
I hate myself for you
I break myself for you
I'd kill myself for you
I'd better save myself from you
Every time you want me to be
Something I could never be
I guess we'll have to wait and see
'Till the next time that you have to
Come again!
Come again!
This time you will,
Come again!
Come again!
Like the ones before you, you know you will
Come again!
Come again!
This time you will,
Come again!
Come again!
If you have to walk my way
Have something to say
Get the fuck away
Can't take one more day
I cannot conform
I cannot conform
I cannot conform
I cannot conform
I cannot conform
Come again!
Come again!
This time you will,
Come again!
Come again!
Just like the ones before you, you know you will
Come again!
Come again!
This time you will,
Come again!
Come again!
Hey!
Fuck me!
Save me!
The song "Come Again" by Staind delves into the topic of personal boundaries and the pressure to conform to other people's expectations. The opening lines "Motherfucker! You push yourself on me, force yourself on me, you free yourself through me" sets the tone of the song, indicating that the singer is angry and frustrated with the other person's behavior. The next line, "You better save yourself from me" suggests that the other person may be in danger if they continue to push their ways on the singer. Overall, the song conveys a sense of anger, resentment and a desire for autonomy.
The chorus of the song, "Come again! Come again! This time you will, come again! Come again!" is both a warning and a threat, suggesting that the other person will not be welcome to repeat their behavior in the future. The lines "Every time you want me to be something I could never be, I guess we'll have to wait and see till the next time that you have to" reinforces this idea, indicating that the singer is not willing to change to fit the other person's expectations.
The bridge of the song, "If you have to walk my way, have something to say, get the fuck away, can't take one more day" further emphasizes the singer's desire for independence and the need for the other person to respect their boundaries.
Line by Line Meaning
Motherfucker!
An exclamation expressing strong frustration and anger towards the person being addressed.
You push yourself on me
You force yourself onto me without my consent or desire.
Force yourself on me
You try to manipulate or coerce me into doing something I do not want to do.
You free yourself through me
You use me as a means to escape your problems, and you do not care about me or my well-being.
You better save yourself from me
I am a detrimental influence on you, and you should distance yourself from me for your own sake.
Every time you want me to be
You have unreasonable expectations of me and demand that I change to meet them without consideration for my feelings or capabilities.
Something I could never be
Your expectations are unrealistic and impossible for me to fulfill due to my limitations.
You'll have to wait and see
You will have to be patient and accept that your desires may not always be met.
'Till the next time that you have to
You will persist in your attempts to control and manipulate me despite our history of conflict.
Come again!
You will return to me despite our issues and negative history.
I hate myself for you
My intense attachment to you has caused me to despise myself and my actions towards you.
I break myself for you
I have compromised my own well-being and values in order to please and satisfy you.
I'd kill myself for you
My obsession with you is so strong that I would go to extreme lengths or even harm myself if you asked me to do so.
If you have to walk my way
If you try to come back into my life or continue our relationship, despite our history and my reservations.
Have something to say
If you have not changed or learned from our past conflicts and have no remorse or willingness to improve.
Get the fuck away
I will not tolerate your toxic behavior or presence in my life any longer.
Can't take one more day
I am at my breaking point and cannot endure any more of your negative influence.
I cannot conform
I refuse to change or compromise myself and my beliefs to meet your unrealistic expectations.
Just like the ones before you, you know you will
You are not the first person to treat me this way, and I know that you will continue to behave in the same pattern despite my protests.
Hey!
An expression used to draw attention and emphasize the following statement.
Fuck me!
A phrase expressing frustration, anger, or disbelief towards oneself or a situation.
Save me!
A plea for help and protection from a harmful or stressful situation or person.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AARRON LEWIS, MICHAEL MUSHOK, JOHN APRIL, JONATHAN WYSOCKI
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