Lanegan began his musical career in 1984 with Screaming Trees, with whom he released seven studio albums and five EPs before their disbandment in 2000. During his time with the band, he also started a solo career and released his first solo studio album, The Winding Sheet, in 1990. He subsequently released a further 10 solo albums, which received critical recognition but only moderate commercial success. Following the end of Screaming Trees, he became a frequent collaborator of Queens of the Stone Age, and was a full-time member between 2001 and 2005 during the Songs for the Deaf and Lullabies to Paralyze eras.
Lanegan collaborated with various artists throughout his career. In the 1990s, he and Kurt Cobain recorded an album of Lead Belly covers that was ultimately never released. He also joined Layne Staley and Mike McCready in the band Mad Season, and formed the alternative rock group The Gutter Twins with Greg Dulli in 2003, as well as contributing to releases by Moby, Bomb the Bass, Soulsavers, Tinariwen, The Twilight Singers, Manic Street Preachers, and Unkle, among others.
Lanegan struggled with addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout his life, but had been sober for over a decade at the time of his death. Encouraged by his friend Anthony Bourdain, he released the memoir Sing Backwards and Weep in 2020. He followed this up in 2021 with the memoir Devil in a Coma, which focused on his near-death experience with COVID-19. He and his wife Shelley Brien left the U.S. in 2020 and settled in the Irish town of Killarney, where he died two years later at the age of 57. No cause of death was revealed.
Studio albums
The Winding Sheet (1990)
Whiskey for the Holy Ghost (1994)
Scraps at Midnight (1998)
I'll Take Care of You (1999)
Field Songs (2001)
Bubblegum (2004)
Blues Funeral (2012)
Imitations (2013)
Phantom Radio (2014)
Gargoyle (2017)
Somebody's Knocking (2019)
Straight Songs of Sorrow (2020)
Because of This
Mark Lanegan Lyrics
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To find in a kiss
Somethin' I've missed
You burn away my disguise and galaxies fall
Because of this
Because of this
It hurt
And when it hurts sometimes
You're there to quiet my mind
Because of this
Because of this
You pry open my eyes
I resist but you do
And when I stumble and bleed
You give your body to me
[Repeat: x3]
Because of this
[Repeat: x2]
Because of this
Oh and it hurts sometimes
Cause you're there to quiet my mind
You take me back to the place where I cease to exist
To find in your kiss
Something I've missed
You burn away my disguise
And the heavens fall
Because of this
Because of this
And it hurts
God knows that it does
But when I stumble and bleed
You give your body to me
Because of this [Repeat: x4]
The song "Because of This" by Mark Lanegan captures the depth of emotions of a person who is deeply grateful to be with someone who helps him navigate the challenges of life. The opening lines "You take me back to the place where I cease to exist/To find in a kiss/Somethin' I've missed" denote a sense of longing and a feeling of being incomplete. The singer is searching for something, perhaps a sense of purpose or meaning, and he finds it in the form of the person he loves. The lines "You burn away my disguise and galaxies fall" suggest that when they are together, all the barriers and walls that he has built around him come down, and they are connected in a way that transcends all boundaries of time and space.
The chorus of the song "Because of this/Because of this/It hurt/God knows that it does" repeats the phrase "because of this," emphasising the impact that the other person has had on the singer's life. Despite the pain that it might have caused him, he acknowledges that he is better off for having experienced it. The lines "And when it hurts sometimes/You're there to quiet my mind/Because of this" show how the person he loves provides him with emotional support when he is in pain or feeling overwhelmed.
Overall, the song is about the transformative power of love and how it shapes us as individuals. It talks about the pain and joy that comes with finding someone who brings out the best in us.
Line by Line Meaning
You take me back to the place where I cease to exist
You bring me to a state of mind where nothing else matters
To find in a kiss
To discover comfort in a simple gesture
Somethin' I've missed
Something that has been absent in my life
You burn away my disguise and galaxies fall
You reveal my true self, and the world seems to crumble around me
Because of this
As a result of your actions
Because of this
Again, because of your actions
It hurt
The experience is painful
God knows that it does
It is painfully obvious
And when it hurts sometimes
During those difficult moments
You're there to quiet my mind
You comfort me and put my mind at ease
You pry open my eyes
You force me to face reality
I resist but you do
I try to fight, but you persist
And when I stumble and bleed
During moments of hardship
You give your body to me
You offer yourself to help me through
Oh and it hurts sometimes
Once again, during those tough times
Cause you're there to quiet my mind
You are always there to comfort me
And the heavens fall
Everything seems to be going wrong
Because of this
Once again, due to your actions
Because of this
Again, as a result of your help
Because of this [Repeat: x4]
Repeated acknowledgement that everything is because of their assistance
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: KENI RICHARDS, MARK LANEGAN, MIKE JOHNSON, PAUL DANA
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@littlehappymess
This seriously takes you to a different state of being.
@marioski54
Acid. Hypnotic. Wonderful
@cobaltbattery4657
Love this tune album great too goin to buy all this dudes work soon top stuff hes a legend thx
@WILLY-zf9rw
masterpiece
@apdictor
I like it !!!!
@maxgorov561
"Because Of This"
You take me back to the place where I cease to exist
To find in a kiss
Somethin' I've missed
You burn away my disguise and galaxies fall
Because of this
Because of this
It hurt
God knows that it does
And when it hurts sometimes
You're there to quiet my mind
Because of this
Because of this
You pry open my eyes
I resist but you do
And when I stumble and bleed
You give your body to me
Because of this [3x]
Because of this [2x]
Oh and it hurts sometimes
Cause you're there to quiet my mind
You take me back to the place where I cease to exist
To find in your kiss
Something I've missed
You burn away my disguise
And the heavens fall
Because of this
Because of this
And it hurts
God knows that it does
But when I stumble and bleed
You give your body to me
Because of this [4x]
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@princepsque
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@thebailey67
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