One dead man that kept hundreds alive. That is what they call a Hero. You don 't need a star Layne, you are a star. Your light is shining bright upon us in the darkest of nights. Thank you my friend.
I was at a rehab school and one day they let each one of us play a song that we thought would be beneficial to the group. I chose this song and most people sat there with their dumb ass egos too tough to be affected by it but one guy broke down and I think it changed him. All that matters is it reached that one guy
Put on lil Wayne and they probably would be like ah this is the one. Smh they just didn't appreciate real music. Alice in chains is one of the best bands ever hands down.
@@damionthomas851 I love AiC but I'm gonna have to disagree there. Definitely not one of the best bands of all time, in terms of true musical innovation and impact. But hey, if the best band ever is simply the band you like the most, then all power to you!
This album was Mike McCready's idea to try and help Layne Staley rise above his demons and find the beauty in life to get away from the drugs and depression. Mike is an awesome man. Wish Layne could have disconnected from his emotional chains and not wasted away.
@@dustinanderson2825 he sure did down today 80lbs at 6'1". He was dead for 2 weeks roughly when his accountants noticed he was no longer withdrawing $. The police and his mom found him.
@@bamadeadhead they tried but what can you do when someone over 21, in their 30's shuts everyone out because of a heroin addiction. Rock God or not. Addiction is addiction whether you're a rock star or the bum on the street with no teeth sleeping under newspapers on a park bench. Mike Starr was the last person to see Layne alive but he's gone now too. So now hopefully in heaven. Lord have mercy on them, they're the only ones who know what happened that final night of Layne's life.
Laura Malizia oh they’re in heaven NO DOUBT, when I get there I’ll smoke some weed with them. I’ll be guarding the gates from all the TRUE freaks. I don’t know man, if I had a friend doing that to himself I think I’d try everything I could. All he needed was exercise and Kratom. I could of pulled him out his rut. I wouldn’t of let him rot on his own couch. So fkn sad man. I’m 6’7” 340 lbs so door don’t slow me down and why I think I could of helped him. 80 pounds? Oh yeah I could thrown his ass to where he needed to go😥😤😰 his music and connection with his fans especially people like me is why I know he’s in heaven if he believed. You can’t affect that many people positively and NOT GET to Heaven. Anyway I know because I asked god and he answered me👍🏼😎👍🏼
Wake up young man It's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go For ten long years For ten long years the leaves To rake up Slow suicide's no way to go Blue, clouded grey, You're not a crack up Dizzy and weakened by the haze Moving onward So an infection not a phase The cracks and lines from Where you gave up They make an easy man to read For all the times you let them Bleed you For little peace from God you plead And beg For little peace from God you plead wake up young man wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up... wake up wake up young man its time yo wake up Your love affair has got to go For ten long years For ten long years the leaves To rake up Slow suicide's no way to go Slow suicide's no way to go wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up
yes, im just waking up also, come back to this song and to Laney to give my respects and reflect on the consequences of our vices... hope you keep being strong and awake young woman, im proud of you.
Actually he improvised for this colaboration. There's a clip with Layne explaining his single most horrifying moment - they called him like 3 days prior the recording and they played the evening before the recording, got wasted and on the day of recording he didnt remember crap. So he just started singing.
Addiction is a bitch. I've had 2 heart surgeries and aneurysms and I have over 3 years clean. Rest in peace to all my brothers and sisters that we've lost .🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✌🏻✌🏻💪🏻💪🏻 One day at a time
My big brother gone years ago and I believe sometimes it gets harder and especially now that only me and one sister are all that's left out of my immediate family.....
This song saved my life….Relapse after Relapse It taught me this is not what you want or need…You are stronger than this evil….It took many years but It gave me hope and insight..It is a masterpiece of pain…Disappointment…And finally peace…Thank you Layne…I am forever grateful for your message…And only wish it saved you for the evil of its grip..Forever missed…
Layne, wherever you are, I want to thank you. This song came to me in my darkest hour and I can honestly say it saved my life. Every time I hear it I can't help but cry thinking of everyone, including you, who never escaped this darkness. I was one more day away from falling into the hole forever and continuing my path of slow suicide. Rest peacefully, brother. We'll never forget you.
5.5 years completely sober. I remember listening to Layne while deep in my addiction. I was completely broken and miserable. Sounds corny, but i felt so connected to he and his struggle. A part of me wanted to live for him.
I was fresh out of rehab when I found this album while working at a Goodwill. I read Layne's name on vocals and that was all I needed. It helped me every day at that shitty job until I got a good one. I still have the CD and it's 12 years later, I'm alive, I'm clean, I have a wife(who I met in treatment) and step kids a house and three dogs. If anyone out there is struggling you can do it, seriously just one day at a time and before you know it you'll have years in too.
I was never heroin addict meth and crack where my demons but nevertheless I was Junkie and I still fight with both demons till this day living the life of an addict is a never-ending fight that I myself am trying to win every day but more often than not in my walk the demons win and I'm still trying fighting the devil that has me by the throat and won't let go
Jessica Aw, don’t listen to him! Feeling a connection to an artist is perfectly normal! We identify with something that they show us in their music and we hold tight to that, I think it’s a good thing.
Jessica not a obsession honey a all. Some people are drawn to art and this is art! My husband is into history and all he does. You do you baby! Love miss RIP LAYNE
@@shannonbiehl4282 I agree, this was 95, kurt was dead and the wind in the sails of grunge was gone, and if grunge wasn't your thing this album would have no real enticement to listen since it's a grunge supergroup
This song should have millions of views , its so beautifully done it gives me chills down my spine, layne staley puts his heart and soul into his singing
Just found this group. I am obsessed with Laynes haunting voice. He is unbelievably talented. I was always a AIC fan, but somehow never heard Mad Season. This is truly his best work.
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go, for ten long years For ten long years, the leaves to rake up Slow suicide's no way to go, oh Blue clouded gray, you're not a crack up Dizzy and weakened by the haze Movin' onward So an infection not a phase, yeah-oh The cracks and lines, from where you gave up They make an easy man to read, oh-oh oh-oh For all the times you let them bleed you For a little peace from God you plead, and beg For a little peace from God you plead Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh Wake up young man Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up Oh-yeah Wake up young man, it's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go-yeah, for ten long years For ten long years, the leaves the rake up Slow suicide's no way to go-oh, oh-oh Slow suicide's no way to go Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up
So sorry for your loss😢.... I'm 7 months sober of fuking infernal opiates and I struggle every fuking day but manage somehow....love u all in bones and spiritual beings...peace ✌️ love ❤
I was only 6 years old when he died but I still remember it like it was yesterday. My uncle was huge into grunge and 90s alternative and he introduced me to so much great music, including my favorite band of all-time Alice In Chains. I’ll never forget being 5 or 6 years old and staring at that damned 3-legged dog on the cd cover, both horrified and mesmerized, as my uncle played it for me. My aunt actually met Layne at a rock bar in Atlanta. She was big in the scene during the 90s. She was invited to sit and have a drink with him, right when AIC was starting to take off. She said he had one of the most tormented souls she’d ever seen. It broke her heart to look him in the eye. That poor man lived a very tortured existence.
Saw him live 2× once at lolapoluza 2 fkn amazing seen them again at fox woods they sucked but i still feel lucky to experienced it the unplugged show for mtv was on 10 other lvls always my fav vocalist
Listening to the song I am always amazed at how lucky Mike Mcready was as a guitarist to have worked with Chris, Layne and Eddie. The guitarwork is on another level here.. and then comes Layne, when he starts with the "aaaaaaahhhaaaa - yeeaaaahhh" in the chorus I feel something inside of me tearing apart.
@@moseyballad7954 Kurt might have been murdered. But Layne's definitely a slow suicide. Though I was freaked out too when I first learned about them perishing the same day eight years apart
@@mariannegarcia2373 Cornell and Bennington found hanging from red exercise bands tied to door knobs. So was Anthony Bourdain Kate spade and a few others that same year. The knobs the color of scarf and manner of deaths are all symbolic and send a message to anybody else who dares to think of crossing the masonic cabal
this song was what got me sober 5 1/2 months ago I was in bed dope sick fighting my demons and layne said wake up young man.....deep stuff. if he only knew the lives he would save
jeremy chandler I sat in the ER today.. because I'm done with the brown stone...I'm done brother I have a baby boy to think of now...my last shot of H was yesterday at 4pm..it's hard man
@your Dad Keep working on yourself, You have someone who will forever love you and look up to you, You have a lot to live for, your journey to the rest of your life has just begun, blessings!
I've never been an addict, don't even smoke weed enough to be called a stoner. This makes me tear up every time, it's god damn beautiful, "slow suicide is no way to go." Fucking hits like a truck.
And that is just one of the amazing things about this song, and actually all of Layne's songs really.. that the lyrics have a pretty specific meaning, or subject.. but, at the same time, they have the ability to be interpreted however it feels, or means, to the listener. And, like you said, in this specific case, even someone who has never been an addict, can feel something from the song, and it's lyrics. And that is actually kinda hard to do.. but he managed to get that same feeling, and versatility, from all his songs.. both from Mad Season, and Alice in Chains. And, if for some reason, someone couldn't feel anything from the lyrics, then there is always the instrumental music 🎶.. which is universal, and anyone can get something from that...
clearly you got a beautiful heart anyhow That's the thing with so many of us who are addicts.. soft hearts in a shitty, harsh world. It just gets to be too much. Usually childhood abuse and trauma below every addiction too.
This song gets me ...I was a heroin addict for 22 years...died twice. Ive been clean for 9 years now ...but Laynes voice has gotten me thru so many dark times...love you bro and i know that Youre shinning bright upon us!! Rip Layne & Demri
That's beautiful man. I'll be 10 years sober this November. It's always easy for me to remember that day because it just so happened to be 11/12/2013. Keep your head up buddy.
9 years is no joke. Pulling for you. Obviously don't know you. But shit, nine years after 22 takes some serious strength. Hope you can credit yourself for being a badass.
This is a song dedicated to both of my young sons. My youngest is back in full addiction. My oldest is ok right now. I live for them. I have to be the example
I know you would have done this lots but for just some peace of mind, Please let your boys know what unconditional love is & that a Mother just like our Creator loves us no matter what we have done. Living in this world is like a big test but you & both your son's are Warrior's! You've seen & experienced "rock bottom" yourself &/or your sons too. Unfortunately, the bringer of evil is always waiting for an opportunity to cause Doubt, hopeless feelings etc. Addiction is a serious disease & it can & does turn families upside down. I say keep things as simple as possible in your life, 'share your honest feelings with your boys, with the support of a friend if you need to. Let your sons know they're loved no matter what they dealing/struggling with. When someone feels like they're on their own or that no one understands that is when people's inner-negative thoughts can take over & cause one to spiral into a hole, quickly! As humans, we need to keep a look out for our fellow brother's @ all times.
First of all, all of your comments are incredible beautiful people and thank you all to everyone who shared. Words cant even begin to express the way this song makes me feel, as I know many of you, including Layne felt the same as I do on a daily basis. But people like Layne, Shannon Hoon, and many others, keep me going on a daily thru this incredible music. Who cares what type of success or failure these albums or projects had, because we all know the bands that released them didnt, they made the music for the way they felt, like a human being. We need more of this type of expression in our music today, and I know the talent is there people are just afraid to express or support it. Would love to see some bands break thru just the way the grunge scene ripped through the 90s and rock and roll as it was known at the time. RIP LAYNE AND SHANNON I LISTEN AND AM INSPIRED BY YOU EVERY GOT DARN DAY
I recently lost a daughter to opioid addiction - 2017. my my, how the time passes. That event put me in a tailspin. I drank until I blacked out almost every day until my mate started hiding the bottle. Waking up shivering on a cold floor in the dark every night took its toll. There is no way to change the past, there is only the present to live through. It's a fucking rough go my friends! My brother Layne lamented beautifully about the struggles. I fight everyday because he asked me to wake up. I'm trying brother. I surely am! God Bless
I think alot of Laynes songs are about his addiction I bet you and I know that the first time I heard this song I bawled. I'm so glad you made it out my battle rages on
Remembering means they will never truely die.We as fans keep these guys alive by truely feeling and understanding the message they give us in there music.Keep em alive by listening and passing on these songs to future generations.I'm a father of four and you better believe I play all my music for them to hear and they like it!
It's very strange I must say. I randomly found this song, and honestly I forgot even how. Had no idea who was in the band, just liked the artwork. Started listening to this, and it spoke volumes in a way no other song ever has. I'm a recovering alcoholic and have been sober for about 6 months now. Lately, the urges have been eating away at me. Anyone that's been down the rabbit hole understands I'm sure. Every time I listen to this song now, it silences the demons in my head just enough to ease the feeling. Very grateful I found this, and anyone else who is struggling, you are not alone. There's so many people out there and so many different forms of help. I chose to do it with no meetings and no help really. Hard and difficult but i'll be alright, and so will you.
yeah i was listening to alice in chains and layne was already my favourite musician when i found this album, but the thing is why i listened to this album, i liked the artwork and gave it a shot. it was like 1 or 2 year ago, i cant remember exactly. i had bad times, and this album was there for me to relieve myself. i had a lot of troubles in this 1-2 years, so this album has a really important place for me. actually im getting a tattoo of this artwork in 2 days
This is the only song that gives me goosebumps as much as Nutshell does The whole building until the part where he screams ''ohh, yeahh'' and then the solo and it goes back to being soft again, its just incredible, although I never had a drug addiction, this song will always hit me like nothing else
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go For 10 long years, for 10 long years The leaves to rake up Slow suicide's no way to go, oh Blue, clouded grey You're not a crack up Dizzy and weakened by the haze Moving onward So an infection not a phase Yeah, oh The cracks and lines from where you gave up They make an easy man to read, oh For all the times you let them bleed you For little peace from God you plead, and beg For little peace from God you plead Ahhaahh, Yeah, Ahhaahh, Yeah, Ahhaahh, Yeah Wake up young man, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up Oh, yeah Wake up young man, it's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go, yeah For 10 long years, for 10 long years, The leaves to rake up Slow suicide's no way to go, oh Slow suicide's no way to go Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up
I'm listening for the first time right now. I love AIC, saw them once with Layne and then again with the new guy like ten years (?) ago, but somehow I managed to never hear this album.
“For a little peace from God you plead” Never pleaded harder than when I od’d on cough syrup, alone, in my room, just a few weeks ago. After years and years of addictions and insanity. And as I was having the most painful shit of my life to get all that poison out of me, the pain began to subside. Mashallah, god is beautiful. I’m not saying Islam or any religion is right for everyone. But I know that was my “last chance”. I’ve been clean from cough syrup, pills, and cannabis (which was just a problem for me, no judgment) since that day. It’s hard but I know I’d be dead if I denied the greater power.
Wake up young man It's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go For ten long years For ten long years The leaves to rake up Slow suicide's no way to go Oh Blue clouded gray You're not a crack up Dizzy and weakened by the haze Movin' onward So an infection not a phase Yeah oh The cracks and lines From where you gave up They make an easy man to read Oh oh, oh oh For all the times You let them bleed you For a little peace from God you plead And beg For a little peace from God you plead Oh oh oh oh Yeah oh Oh oh oh oh Yeah oh Oh oh oh oh Yeah oh Wake up young man Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up Oh yeah Wake up young man It's time to wake up Your love affair has got to go, yeah For ten long years For ten long years The leaves the rake up Slow suicide's no way to go oh, oh oh Slow suicide's no way to go Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up
I met Mike Starr Lane and Jerry Cantrell IN Charlote N.C. I am 36 now i was 13 and it was my first show , ozzy was with you tour of 93.....beginning of me . rip Lane ....I woke up
@@stratsteveo106 it had to be the new years Eve 1992- 1993 concert if Mike Starr was there it was his last concert with aic before they kicked him out.
Me to, I was 12 years clean, then slipped up again. And now feel this unbearable pain again. I hope your still doing well. I never agreed once a junkie always a junkie back then. But it has shook me after getting my life together becoming a model etc, have chucked it all away again. Never did i look back. Maybe that was another lesson I had to learn? 🤔😔.
Esta es quizás una de las.mejores canciones de la historia, la.magia que tranamite es inigualable, es.una.prueba mas de que cuando mas bajo estas (Layne estaba junto a casi toda la banda en rehabilitación ) es cuando mas alto.puedes llegar.....gracias amigo Felipe salinas por.alguna vez mostrarme esta cancion alguna vez.cuando fuimos.jovenes quizas hace 10 o 15 años atras
i discovered mad season some days before going a trip to romania, Bucharest. I was listening to this song everynight when i was walking in the freezing towncenter. it fits so well with the grey cold scenery and the yellow city lights. everytime i hear it i still feel exactly the same feeling i had that time. Its amazing how music is connected with certain feelings in ones mind.
I found this album in a bargain bin at FYE in a mall in Central PA when I was 15 circa 2008. This album had such a distinct vibe so dark and bluesy. At the time of my purchase I felt like the only person in the world listening to it in my little corner of the world. At that time "grunge" seemed so far off and mythical to me. I was in a musical reverie in the presence of this music. It was like an artifact.
I'm one of the last Gen X kids due to when I was born. I grew up in the 80's and came of age in the early 90's. Nirvana destroyed everything that was known as rock and roll sand brought a spotlight to Seattle and all of the bands from the late 80's early 90's blew up. Alice in Chains had always been a staple of myself and my musical tastes. This record was so different from them. As I've gotten older, I've learned how to approach and appreciate the music that helped form me as a person. This album right here ranks up with Facelift as one of the most underrated albums of that period and of all of these artists. It's so great to see that you found it and appreciate it as much as some of the rest of us. Seeing your comment means so much to me. Thank you. Please keep this record in your life. -signed another damn music fan
One day, I wanted to die. I wasn't going to act on it, but I was hurting bad. I played "Don't Follow" and I swear Layne's voice spoke to me and it was heavenly and spiritual. He brightens our hearts using darkness that he left behind years ago. I hope young people like me discover AIC and Mad Season for decades to come. And I hope in death we get to meet Layne in whatever comes next.
A long time ago in college, my buddy Luke was selling his CD's for $5.00. He said, check this one out, I hear you listening to Alice in Chains all the time. Best $5.00 I ever spent...
This my top 5 favorite bands of all time❤❤❤❤❤ I used to listen to this back when I was a kid my uncle introduced this to me🎉🎉. Layne Staley is a mastermind and a genius he will be missed
First time listening to this song and I got chills, dammit I really wish Layne was here, but everyone has to die at some point and some may die earlier than expected. R.I.P. Layne
I listen to this song at full volume on repeat when I feel numb and empty It's as if the song kick-starts my mind It cuts through the empty noise It's the only thing more overwhelming than the emptiness The bass echoing in my mind shaking my soul The guitar just barely and softly cutting through the darkness leaving small cracks in the numb emptiness The drums banging and pounding their way through And most of all Layne's voice cutting through the pain and emptiness it's as if he's pouring his soul into mine I feel the silence break Sometimes I listen to the song multiple times This song breaks my numbness and gives me new life This song will always be special to me because of that
I read your comment from 2 years ago, are you still alive? I quit heroin cold turkey it's dangerous and I could have died but what's the difference from what I was doing was killing me anyway if you're still alive I hope these words will help you if I can do it anyone can do it and I'm the weakest person in the world as Jim Morrison said I have a fragile eggshell mind you eventually come to realize that it just gets old all of it the chase, the hustling all of it you rise above and yes faith in Jesus is really important I don't know you but I know that you are a person of value be that value all of a sudden you have money in your pocket and don't know how to act, because you're not giving money to the dope man anymore again if you're still alive you can do it I was on the shit for several years I am 54 my brother died from it 9 weeks later the day after my birthday my son 21 years old gone overdosed and he promised me that he wouldn't die or get high by himself promises are easy to break but when it comes to your life you can't take it back to say I want to live now as your heart comes to a stop good luck I mean it cuz you can do it!
I feel you, I feel it's to late for me and I am just running on borrowed time. I don't even know the person I see in the mirror anymore heroin, Xanax, and coke have done me in and "I am down in a hole and I don't know if I can be saved". To anyone else out there fighting this battle I am with you just don't wait until it's to late, trust me slow suicide's no way to go.
