| Description | I make music because it helps me through difficult times, and hopefully to help others get through them as well. A few months ago, Tammy Sienkiewicz reached out to me about a poem her daughter Alex wrote while fighting a terrible addiction to Heroin. She then shared the details about Alex’s overdose, asking me to make one of her last poems into a song. I felt the pain her and her family has endured since her death, and I wanted to help in any way that I could. I knew that Alex’s story needed to be told and her poem needed to be heard. Alex grew up in the same small town that I went to school. The area that we’re from, like many US towns, is suffering from a major Heroin problem, and the awareness of this needs to be improved. I hope making Alex’s final poem into a song will touch people enough to spread it to others. I hope it’ll open people’s eyes to the heroin issue happening in our towns across America, and will give some closure to the Sienkiewicz’s. This is Alex’s story, her poetic call for help, put into a song to live on forever.
I would like to thank the Sienkiewicz family for sharing their story, Thomas Hogan for filming the music video with me, Joel Kulick and Brenden Bugge for helping me capture the documentary, and my wife for believing in everything that I do. |
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| Lyrics | Hey girl, it's been a while
I see you got your color back and that pretty smile
Well put together and you're mostly upbeat
I know you're still hurting with demons to defeat
They say staying positive will help you get through
So you push and you fight til' you're alone in your room
They say staying positive will help you get through
So you push and you fight til' you're alone in your room
That's when I creep in
They mess with your, with your head
I keep, keep you down
Heart as heavy, heavy as lead
I am the devil on your left
I am the angel on your right
I am the devil on your left
I am the angel on your right
Disappointment lies in secrets you keep
Eating you alive, countless nights with no sleep
Suffer in silence, day in and day out
Tell them you are fine, your eyes full of doubt
No longer using
But still dying inside
You're wanting the help
But still, you're trying to hide
No longer using
But still dying inside
You're wanting the help
But still, you're trying to hide
That's when I creep in
They mess with your, with your head
I keep, keep you down
Heart as heavy, heavy as lead
That's when I creep in
They mess with your, with your head
I keep, keep you down
Heart as heavy, heavy as lead
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Sitting on your shoulder
Soon the angel on your right
Will take over
Eternal peace is not
Hard to find
I'm that final relapse
Forever on your mind
That's when I creep in
They mess with your, with your head
I keep, keep you down
Heart as heavy, heavy as lead
That's when I creep in
They mess with your, with your head
I keep, keep you down
Heart as heavy, heavy as lead
Heavy as lead
I'm that final relapse
Forever on your mind |
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