Aaron Lewis - It's Been Awhile (Acoustic) // Country Rebel HQ Session
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- Опубліковано 30 січ 2025
- Aaron Lewis stopped by to sing the most played rock song in the last 2 decades, "It's Been Awhile," acoustically for everyone at Country Rebel HQ for the Country Rebel HQ Sessions.
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“It’s been awhile since could stand on my own two feet”..... I was homeless and alone, now I’m in university, have a home, and full custody of my kids ❤️❤️...this song is my life.
Bless you my friend!
Good luck bro
Bless brother
Good for you, brother...good for you.
god bless you and you re family , i really understand cause i m alone and lost all i v had and my mom , my only family .. but i ve HoPe .. Hope
As an addict in recovery this song hits me hard. Coming up 6 months clean what a journey its been so far
Heck yeah, congrats!
My daughter's father, just hit 6months as well. Good luck, and I hope you stay well! God bless!
One day at a time
I can see how song would "hit you" w/ your currently being in recovery. Get clean.
I'm glad you found hope. God bless you. It's been awhile since I was addicted. Almost two decades. It is possible.
You got this man. Don’t quit fighting.
I remember laying in my bedroom when I was 18 and listening to this song. I just turned 40 a few days ago. It's crazy how fast life goes by. It's also crazy how much this song still resonates with me although for completely different reasons now.
Same I'm 38, n I remember laying on my bed with this on repeat
Always finding myself coming back
Congratulations on your old AF balls
Yeah, I remember listening to this when I was 17, I just turned 41 in November. Yeah life does go by fast, it's about to be 2024 jeeeez. The older we get the faster time goes for us, it's very strange.
@@carltaylor2975Your brain perceives time as a percentage of life lived already. therefore as time goes on, each day is smaller percentage of your total life, so it appears to go faster.
I cannot blame this on my father, he did the best he could for me. What a powerful fucking line
@Aaron Lewis when are you coming back to Louisiana man? We need your art more now than ever in this country!
Spot on. The most overlooked line of this song. Hits home big time.
punches me right in the gut everytime.
Top 3 lines of any song, ever, for me.
My father was a sperm donor.. but I love this song... Aaron Lewis music ... Prick in real life tho
So powerful.
Metal singer or Country singer... I'll always like Aaron's voice. The dude has massive talent.
kornfreak78 *rock
i would love to hear him sing some metal, when did he do that?
Not sure if you're being serious or just trolling me... So if i'm taking the bait, then you win... otherwise, if you're serious? Check out the band called "Staind". Aaron Lewis fronted that band. They were most famous for their song "Mudshovel". That's a good place to start if you want to hear him sing some metal.
no one is trolling you, but if you're not aware staind isn't metal.
kornfreak not just mudshovel their 3rd album breaking the cycle threw them bigger into the mainstram
If you hear someone say, "It's been awhile," and you don't immediately start singing this song, you definitely missed out on real music.
This song tears me up, probably for the same reasons it tears a lot of people up, damn. 😞
Lol same
A very genuine post Aaron
Since I fucked up just like I always do
Sorry my friend, lost wife, mom n dad, and my brothers..... Last one was my 37 years old with a wife and child, You don't understand that tune
I just realized his neck tat says "Don't Tread On Me". Aaron truly wears his beliefs. Mad respect.
I believe he actually does some part time work for Sons of liberty GunsWorks. Check them out if you haven't heard about em.
I'm 41 and served in the U.S.MC from 94 to 04 did 2 tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan and would have still been serving had I not been injured. I tried to live my entire life trying to prove my family wrong as to not turn out like my parents who weren't very good people to say the least. So I always worked hard to exceed in everything I did after 40 years I got caught up in an addiction and I will beat that because that's what I have to do. My family the people who are supposed to be a supportnsystem for you look at me like they were right all along. Just want Aaron to know it's his music that has gotten me through the best and most definitely the worst of times. You have kept me motivated yet humble throughout my life starting at 17. So for that I am eternally grateful and will always support you and your music as your music has supported me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Will Roberts
Thank you so very much
@@sadboylogan7291 you are welcome I don't really even mention my shit that much but had to explain how I relate to him and his music so much. But the Honor was mine.
Save it for ur love ones not the internet
Keep the faith brother.
Thank you sir for your sacrifice and service.i pray god helps you through it all
20 years later..... STILL my absolute favorite song.
Hello there are you one of my fan
Mine to
Its been while sunsaku alfauck things on
Nostalgia at its finest. Staind was a great band
La mía tb la amooo❤❤❤❤ alcohólica y adicta en recuperación ❤️🩹
His voice in concert sounds exactly as his record, it is very rare today to hear a voice like his.
Isn’t he amazing?! The first acoustic version of this I heard I couldn’t hear what was different & also familiar about the performance. Now I know it’s that very special melancholy bluegrass tone he does so well. Lovely 😊
Check out Florence and the Machine and Death Cab for Cutie. Two other musicians who are like this
it's what happens when an Artist refuses to use auto tune
sooo awsome greatest...
Stupid rare we are over due waiting for Chris cornell to reincarnate
11 days clean off drugs and alcohol. This song hits home for me. I always loved this song and it was for a reason. It's been a while since I could hold my head up high
Keep it going🤙🏼
Please keep it going bro!
23 days brother keep going on
2 years clean and I think about it everyday. Song reminds me of that dark place so I don't go back
For what it counts from some guy on the internet, I'm happy for you man, and I thank God you're still alive, and I thank God for anyone else who may see this and feel something, clean or not.
Crap I was in my early twenties when I heard this song.... I'm almost 40... Time goes fast.
Real music kids.
Hello are you one of my special true music fan?
I was a teenager. This music defined and molded my generation. Yes, technically I'm a Millennial but I come from the early generation of them. The late 80s kids that knew what hard work was, what life was like on bikes and rollerblades to get anywhere you wanted to go, when you had to tell your Mom not to use the phone so you could use the internet, when cellphones were just dumbphones, how all our world's were changed on 9/11/01. We are the forgotten.
@@daddydubz88 Yep.
All music is real music .
I'm 11 I like 1970- 2000 rock and Arron Lewis
Man, the first girl I ever loved, bought me this CD.
Break The Cycle.
It's been a while since I saw the candles light her face.
My dad has passed away, I am married, and I am breaking cycles.
That girl died earlier this year at 38 years old.
Tomorrow, my dad has been dead for 8 Years.
Its been a while since I have listened to this song.
It's been a while since I was thankful.
He doesn’t just sing a song he paints a story and takes you there as he sings. Something very few people can do.
He is awesome. Been that way for a long time.
Pure raw emotion.
I agree with u very much, I feel him in my soul
Knipp Cattle Farm a natural story teller.
yes!!!!
After all these years that man still feels and connects with every word. Barely opens his eyes. It's beautiful.
10 years clean today. Love this song
Congratulations!!
I’m on 17, well fucking done
Congrats! 😊
Just recently put down the bottle. I'm bi-polar. Shouldn't have been drinking at all, but spent from age 19-33 drinking everyday. I'm tired of depression. I've lost almost all my friends to fentynol now, including my first wife. Our daughter deserves to have me at my best. I've been a drunk for too long and I've been angry at myself for too long. It's time to stand up and be better for my 3 kids, my mother and my wife. The only ones who really care about me. They deserve me at my best as they stood by me at me worst.
Sunday will make 3 weeks sober for me.
👍X1000
Keep it going. Hopefully you still are sober!
Hope you're still sober brother!
God bless you and yours brother. One day at a time. Keep your head up.
@@py4288you’re on a right way man
In 2001 (the year this album was released) I was 22. Its amazing how music can erase all years and bring me right back to those days.
Same. Right back to the pain
If you have or had issues with addiction, this song is beyond powerful.
Very true.
I think it's an issues with existing and addiction is a symptom. The song is great.
@@FrankBurnham
Explain Dis???
Mr.Burnham??
Cuz dis didn't
Make much
Since @ all???
Drugs free one from the pain temporarily, the pain is the real problem. How does a personality fix itself. How can one change ones own nature. It seems impossible but it can happen. Amnesia patients can turn out like a whole new person. Drugs are a crutch for not knowing what to do with your life but some people make whole families and careers to avoid their own pointlessness. This world is a nightmare. I try to be positive and lie to myself but the fact is life is a bitch.
@@FrankBurnham oh lord honey dis is so beyond
TRUE!!!! Keep ur head up
Darlin' u got dis bae!!!
I remember being 12 years old diagnosed with cancer ….. and having this song on repeat was the best thing ever
“It’s been awhile since I first saw you”…I miss my daughter so much. I pray God changes her mother’s hardened heart so I can see her again. I just wanna be a Daddy in a broken world to my baby. Every Child needs their Dad.
And every child their mom. I don't know where my daughter is. So, so hard
Finally UA-cam recommends something good!
Been crying for over 2 hrs missing my best friend my husband of over 23 yrs he was murdered on march 24 2023 I miss him so much
I am so sorry
It will be OK trust in the process of life
So sorry to hear this. I hope you have people who you are close to you can lean on. Nobody deserves to suffer that loss. God bless you.
Very sorry for your loss 😢
😢 I wish you warmth, love and most of all happiness to come. So damn sorry for your loss. Keep your head high as he would have wanted, pray and you will reunite one day in Jesus’s kingdom of heaven.
I was a teenager in 97 at a 311 concert and smoked weed with a tobacco wrap with friends, never used tobacco and nicotine sent me into an anxiety attack I got disoriented and went over to the EMT they brought me back stage to chill and Aaron was there with his old band he came over to check on me and make sure I was doing ok. I always remember that, such a genuine dude. God bless you brother.
Those big feelings of being a teenager.
I miss those summers.
Word
@@BC-tn5ss No, you cant... You're only 16-17 once... Those summers are gone... Now all that we have left is needles and bottles...
@@glockamole7128 and people that were once your friends that have either fucked you over or down right left.
I hated all the depressing ass music we had to grow up with though...
We all do as we get older
This guy touches something in your very soul and doesn't ever let go. Thx Aaron...
dbag0584 lol... Someone very appreciative of his talents
dbag0584 😂😂😂😂😂💀
Well said
Amen
fresh start
My daddy just died this month. Aaron Lewis is the thing getting me through the days.
amen sister
This song is for every addict out there. Im a recovering alcoholic and this song just touches my heart and helps in my recovery God bless Aron
Chris Bauer I totally agree
I’m also a recovering alcoholic and this mans music has also been a helping tool in my recovery
What's first step?....
im a recovering heroin addict. 7 monthes. this song is deep.
First time I heard this song,God's honest truth. I was in my dope dealers house that was 19 1/2 years ago.
I'm clean 19 years now,always gonna remember this song
Who ever gives this video a thumbs down is obviously not human.
From drugs and alcohol addictions, to being sober, in a warm bed with my 3 year old daughter. When she's restless and can't sleep, i always turn on "What hurt's the most" with Aaron and she listens to his voice and falls to sleep every time. It's her lullaby. Being doing it for almost 3 years now, since i found out it calmed her. I always end up listen to "It's been a while" afterwards, to remind myself of how long i've come since then..
His live version of Outside w/ Fred Durst is still one of my all time favourites. I miss Staind
Louder than Life... staind reunion. September '19
Durst fucked that song up. I wish he'd have shut up and let Aaron play.
Sadly I thought that was the only version of that song for about 5 years since that was the only version they played on the radio when I was younger.
Yeah dude. From that version of Outside my musical-scene path began
reading your comment I could hear fred saying
Biloxi this is the real motherfuckin deal y'all
This song is more emotional with him singing the acoustic version but just as good with Staind..love this Aaron Lewis
you can hear the wear and tear in his voice, but god damn it still hits home!!
Wear and tear from decades of using it - without autotune and digital trickery. The wear and tear adds a new dimension.
No reason to curse my family I do like the man walked in them shoes for many years then I met the family of God and I hope you do to it truly filled the hole in my heart with something other than booze and drugs peace brother and keep it alive in Jesus holy name amen brother always and forever
It works incredibly well for the song though-the lyrics essentially tell of a man who is worn out on life and feels immense guilt after the love of his life dies…
Dude. Listen to his new stuff. His voice is superb. Country music suits him.
It's just how he sings it here. Just watched him live, and it was flawless.
This song stopped me from killing itself during the covid lockdowns, thanks so much AARON
My farts kept me alive during RONA, thanks for NOTHING AARON
Lamo
You matter. Happy to know you had a change of heart to stay.
Children, this is a thing called true music.
Diego Managlia You look 14 and gay....
GiantxWarrior Why you interested in him?
GiantxWarrior haha
please the dude plays the same 3 chords over and over
POSSIBLY INSANE just because the chord progression is simple doesn’t make it great music. Whether or not it touches something in your soul is what makes it music. Almost every song he sings hits that mark.
Aaron lewis has extreme talent. The man can literally make your hair stand up. His acoustic versions in every thing he sings is the best!
Im 33, it's been 3 months since I've taken drugs. I'm a recovering addict, I've moved back into my parents place, I've lost everything due to addiction, everything. I've just enrolled into university and have started having a much better relationship with my kids. I CAN NOT WAIT until I can blast thing song, I spent 10 years tearing my life up it's going to take longer than 3 months to get it back, I know this but I promise when I do I'm gonna play this song.
🙏🙏🙏🙏 stay strong.
Understand all you just said. Keep your head up. I was 29, living in my parents garage, addicted, no hope, just wanting to die, the drugs wouldn't kill me. Now I'm 42, living life. Loving life. "Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a Gift. That why we call it the Present." My first Sponsor always said this. He lost his life to Addiction after many years clean. Never give up. RIP Ken M.
You can do it! No matter how rough life may get U CAN DO IT
Read the Bible. It’s the Word of God and gives my patients strength when they are down. Stay strong, my friend. Many blessings from Texas.
Sometimes it feels like I"ve only been sober a little while if and when I'm down. But i know it's been 20 years or more. My life has turned around completely in those 20 years. Thank you God!
This is the best version of this song that exists....
Grew up with this song. Loved it as a teenager. Now that I’m three years sober it hits different but I will always love it!!
Love his vocal rasp. This man has incredible feel behind his playing.
James Romano check out shawn james when you get a chance
James Romano try listening to broken by seether Shaun morgans voice is superb
slackin gaming I have dude. That's a good song
James Romano it is my favorite song ever
James Romano the rasp jus tops it all off
Even if the whole world has ended, I can imagine this guy strumming his guitar and singing this song all alone.... Totally unperturbed
And that's good. I admire the calm cool composed attitude
God I feel old listening to this in 2023, but I being in my late 30's, this song hits very different compared to when I was 15. Always been a fantastic song.
I remember being 17/18 laying in my bed with this on repeat fast forward to 2023 I'm 38 years old and I do the same thing
I’m not at some point of my life to say “It’s been a while since I could hold my head up”... but this song makes me wanna try for a better life and pass these miserable days when I’m a total mess... then I’ll play this song on guitar, cry along and feel happy to finally be fine again...
I hope ur in a better place than u was a year ago
Love to you. Whatever u do or dont do❤
There was a time where my future was a blur, i thought everything was over. Everytime i heard this song i would tear up and feel a sense of hopelessness. This is the first time i hear this song ad just enjoy the beauty of the music, i may not be where I want to be, but the dream stays alive.
I'm still watching. Seen him many times live, with a couple meet n greets. Straight up cool dude. Strong handshake, eye contact throughout the meeting. Just a real man.
Coming up on 2 years clean and sober, and man. I’ve been listening to Aaron and this song since I was a kid. It wasn’t until I hit that rock bottom of addiction, and pulled myself out of it that I realized how deep this song is. It’s been a while for me too…but I still think of it often. I tear up every time I hear this song thinking of the things I did to my family and friends. My family has forgiven me, but it’s still a burden i carry every day. Thank you, Aaron.
Hang in there friend, find Jesus Christ OUR SAVIOR, and your 'recovery' will be complete.. Please, don't take this wrong, take it from somebody who has, 'been there , done that' ..
Be kind to yourself
My heart breaks every time I hear it. Nearly lost my son. Lost my younger brothers to drugs. So many friends.
I'm so sorry for your loss
Well, thank you for sharing your soul brother. Your songs have got me through some pretty tough times they speak my heart. Thank you again.
Heard this back in 2001, right as depression started, and I connected strongly to the emotion of the song. Found this version today- after 16 years I’m 2 days away from 2 months of recovery. So new, but longer than ever before. And this song says it all, and reminds me to keep pushing.
YOOOO Im rooting for you!!! I went through fair share of problems and know sometimes get overwhelming but hang in there!! The light at the end of the tunnel is there!!!
I hope you are doing well!
Fucking legend right here. Dysfunction and Break the Cycle will always have a special place in my heart.
Aaron can sing half as good as he does and it’ll still make me tear up. What a talent man. ❤
Absolutely best version ever. It's been more than awile, too long and it's never coming back.
😢😢 favorite band ever
Boys and girls, this is what a real musician looks and sounds like.
Young brother' !! Tears fill my eyes with your words .... 74 years old and still taking punches. The fight is really never over , it's how you summon the strength to get back up and take another punch 💪
Thank you true inspiration words I hope your doing well
I’ve loved this song since it’s release. Memories of that time come rushing back. Girlfriend at the time. College. Wow. Thank you Arron. Break the cycle. Still one of my favourites
Stone eclipse Same here. So much nostalgia with this song + the whole “Break The Cycle” album. I was 6 years old when I fell in love with Staind.
From Poland 💪
You just threw me back into my teenage memories.
my first amazon buy was' break the cycle ', as Sri lanakan we didnt have alot of access to original copys of cds all my cds were $1 pireted copys , after listning to this album on a copy i had to get dads credit card details handed over so i can buy a original . So yer im a big fan fro sri lanka!
So raw, real and true, full of passion and grace! Thankyou for sharing a piece of yourself with me! God bless and stay safe brothers!
Im 37 now and i grew up listening to staind, i loved this cd and song so much and remember singing along to EVERY word of it and now that ive been clean for some years now and listen to not only this song, i now know and feel what its really about.
Arron Lewis deserves a whole lot for his career he went out and made it happen that's truly the american spirit to the fullest. Good man
this man is the musician of a lifetime. noone will ever know how much he cares about certain musical status.
23 years, 33 years it'll still be an amazing song. So many meanings to so many people. One of the nicest dudes I've ever met in the music world also.
When a song sends chills down through you, you know it's good.
Damn man this guy is in my feed and this watered my eyes I must say
It’s been awhile since the first time I’ve heard this song. Boy…do we all get old. Cheers to the additions that made us all relate to this song. Thanks for everything Aaron.
Ya know! That song never gets old, just better with age!!! Nice Aaron..
Wow, the lyrics to his songs never meant nothing to me when I was a kid ,whereas now it hits home a lot more, means alot, thanks Aaron ✌️
This song blow my mind again 25 years later, I hope that the new generation of people have to find a similar songs to them!!!
I was good friends with his nephew in high school. When he visited Aaron his nephew told him that he had two friends that were fans. So Aaron sent another friend and I an autographed photo with our names on it. I've moved across the country so I haven't seen is nephew in quite a while but I was so happy to receive that autograph!
I have no idea why some people have not liked this? Like wtf pure class
Im trying so hard not to tear up but its not possible with this song. Addiction and my fucked up ways took the best of me but now I have a little girl thats keeping my ass straight. Thank u Aaron for this beautiful piece.
Just listened to his latest hit that rocketed to number one.... " Am I the only one" what a country voice he has. What a gift he has to both write and sing so powerfully. I hope we hear hell of a lot more from Aaron Lewis!
I've loved this song since the first time I heard it!
pure emotion!!
Just really found this song deep, found this song by grace. It’s helping me the most of anything to stay sober. It’s every single thing I think all the time. We all share THIS when it gets real.
It's a tough battle but the victory is oh so sweet. Keep up your hard work and fight those demons off. Remember that you are not alone ask for help whenever it is needed.
This song is even more emotional as a county song and Aaron Lewis is perfect for it. Thank you brother. God bless!
One of my all time fav songs, and what a refreshing version
First love gave me this Album in 7th grade, it got me through group homes, homelessness and life for the past 20+ years. It made a major positive impact in my life
THIS IS REAL MUSIC,, THIS IS AS REAL AS IT GETS,, HIS VOICE CAN TOUCH YOUR HEART IN SO MANY WAYS,, ROCK ON
A man's heart is hurting. He done things he regrets.But now he comes out. God bless you
I had been playing guitar about 3 years when Aaron hit the scene. I learned a lot of songs. I’ve been trying to make it as a musician every since then. 22 years ago. I’ve been playing daily. Never giving up. Now that I’m 38. I’ve missed any window I had of making it. I dreamed of being a musician similar to him / his original genre. I am still hopeful as I write all new songs and post them. But seeing him so much older and sounding so different. I realize time has gone.
Yea. But you could always be a songwriter. Get the music out there. In terms of doing what he did and does… yea that ship has sailed. Sucks to say that but just dropping facts. I’m a musician as well. 42. I actually chose a diffeeent genre and was booming but black mold fucked me up.
This song has always said so much but the original video of the song was so relatable! Staind fan for life
Call me naive, but if ever a song should be allowed to be played uncensored on the radio, this is it.
I love this version! So much more experience and meaning attached to the words because of his slightly aged voice. And beautiful guitar arrangement as well.
I remember first hearing the original song when I was 8 years old and now I’m less than 3 months away from turning 27. That song remind me of all the pain I’ve went through since my aunt passed away a year ago, she was everything to me & practically helped raised me into the man that I am today & I’m grateful to have her not only as my aunt, but my best friend, and a second mother who truly understood me & the talents I have ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
All the years that´s "been a while" and still haven´t found the way or mood to sing along with this without having my voice broken at some point...
Aaron Lewis is one of my favorite musicians. He's a damn good singer guitarist and lyricist, and while I may not be a huge fan of his country music, his songs with Staind have helped me get through some dark and rough times during my life
It’s been a while since i could say i wasn’t addicted…..finally got it under control
👍🏻
I'm sick maybe if I listened to your music I will get better soon I usely listened to you for breakfast but to sick to do this .
This song hits me deep inside my heart...
Its probably indigestion
1 year and some months cleans from herion and meth and Crack I listen to this and I just drift away much love brother I'm 23 now
One of my all time favorites. I thinks the acoustic versions are always more enjoyable
What the heck?!? I was a Teenager, I think 17 or around 20, now getting soon 36. In my youth this song, the lyrics and the whole Staind Album helped me alot to make it through.
And this Nightshift in the off time I scroll through UA-cam and found this Video.
Life should be lived, no need to understand it. Beautiful Song.
He puts so much emotion and character in his songs. I love it!
We need to play this on current radio , this is deep.
I'd love to see Aaron and Rogan sit down.. and just converse about everything.
Joe rogan actually made fun of one of aarons songs
@@BulletBillmg is Joe Rogan a Lib? Lotta famous people are
@@MrBrian5524 yes and no
@@BulletBillmg what do you mean?
@@MrBrian5524 he has alot of conservative and liberal views and opinions, watch some of his podcasts
I can feel every word of your music,been an addict most of my life I’m 65 five now and I’ll have five years clean I June thank you for your music
Getting "Hurt" vibes. Amazing man! Long time fan.
Damn it.......Over 20 years later and this song is just as good as the day it was released. If this song, does't hit home you probably don't have a pulse.
I seen him perforn a few years ago and he started off with his country songs. Outta nowhere he segwayed into right here waiting and for some reason I started balling my eyes out. His music helped me through some tough times. Great music sticks with you.
It's been a while since I heard this song and didn't think about her and that summer so many years ago.
This song has to be of the greatest things a singer could give. A darn fine ditty.