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you made me cry. you are one of my inspirations to stay here, to write, to show, to save others and to not die. im sad that even 6 year old me couldnt do anything, since i was 6 i was abused forever. i went to a mental hospital at 10 years old. told my crying family i will not get out until im a better person. here i am, almost 8 years later, still pushing, still surviving. thank you sooo much for being here too. you made me stronger, through the tears and my anger. i would hug you a million times, thank you in ways i cant explain with words, keep fighting.
I didn't have good ol' days I had to grow up fast. All I remember stepping in between my parents when the physical fights started and having to change diapers and making bottles also making sure we all got to school on time
That “one day you went out to play and didn’t know it was the last” really hit hard for some reason because I can’t remember the last time I actually went outside to play as a kid
That part really hit me. I listened to the whole song but it was like that part of the song just caught my entire attention and I ended up crying once the song was over. Because it's true, you never realize when it's the last time for something like that.
I don't know why I stopped playing outside. I just know I did, and that's enough to hurt and i always feel like that is a thing I cannot do now that I grew up.
As a teen with ptsd I seriously relate to this. I was forced to grow up at 11 and I hated it. Don't grow up. It's not as happy as its said to be when your little, and once you know what life is really like you realise it's not a good place.
didn’t know I needed this song until I heard it its an emotional release I’ve been waiting for, this and "Caring Ghost" by Mysteriousic both songs hit deep in my heart, this band never fails to connect.
This song made me realize how much I truly mourn the life I could have had. I was never allowed to have my good old days. I hope everyone who relates can find healing and happiness and I hope everyone reading this knows that they are loved and worth it.
I treasure every moment of this song that makes even an adult cry. These emotions were somewhere deep inside me, thank you for helping me stop and look at the face of a child who wanted to grow up fast in the good old days.
This is still a great song, even for those who grew up to fast and didn't have this. Thank You Citizen Soldier for another amazing and heartfelt song❤❤❤
Just the opening of the song made me tear up. I never got a childhood, and 6 years old is when my parents divorced, I didn't get to be a kid. This healed my inner child just a little bit
I miss my childhood. It was amazing! What hurts now is that I'm struggling so hard to give my kids even a fraction of that. Times have definitely changed.
Mourning over a faded version of you from the past. When everything was colorful and vivid. Now you are wondering when it all turned gray, how as a kid you wanted to be more, only to see you became less.
I think it's maybe one of your songs that made me feel something from the very first seconds. It's so pretty but what hurts me here is that my memory from those times went away so I don't even feel like I had good old days. The little kid I was is always smiling on the family pictures, even as a baby, but I don't feel nostalgia or anything except pain because I can't remember a time when my childhood was fine and not something fake. It's like I was born only at 8 and always went through hell. Now i'm healing but it always makes me so sad to lack something that so many people have, and at the same time, i'm not sure I want to remember because I i'm scared it would make me feel even more guilt. I don't know if someone is reading my comment and relate to it, but I wish the best to everyone who's feeling this way too. And thank you as always, Citizen Soldier 🧡
Tears are still streaming down my face. I often think to myself that it's amazing when you're a kid you don't even think something like stress, trauma, and triggers exist. A kid is worry free. Whenever I see a young child, all I could think to myself is "they don't know yet, how hard life can be when you're older." When I was at that age, I always wanted to be older, now that I am, it's so hard. I can't even remember the last time I ever played, probably cause at an age like that you don't think it will ever end. That's the part of the song that really got me. All I can say is to those who are going through hard times in their lives, keep fighting and always look up, there's always a bright side to everything, it just takes some time to see. Beautiful song, absolutely outstanding.
That's just hard man. I think a lot of people, including myself, thought that growing up and being independent was the answer to our family troubles, just get away from mom and dad. The reality is that adulthood is brutal, a consistent fight to survive in a world that's trying to kill us. "The grass ain't greener here" is true. Keep busting illusions man. You're doing a good job.
Yeah thats the plan I have and the one ima still role with even if the grass isn't greener I can get away from the abuse I can try to start over ik a few people who im planing on going ill have at somthing to do plus I think I should at least get them out there bad family's if I can or at least threaten one of the kids parents I won't tolrstebyou neglecting the little dude anymore he's got enough problems with out his family sure I can help 2 of them but I can see if they wana room an apartment with me and try to get the other twos life better till there adults
@HunterNeyorApollo my best years were when I got freedom and left home. It only lasted for a few years for me but if I could go back and make the right choices I think it would be different. I was suggest getting therapy when you get free. Make sure you aren't stuck thinking you need something you don't like a partner or such.
@jake8748 i visit the school coupler to talk about it and i usually do just end up reliable on one person to help guild me healthy absolutely not but idk I just happens idk what to do bout it but tit works out fine as long as the person is decent
@HunterNeyorApollo yeah I didn't realise I needed therapy early on. Its only looking back how dysfunctional I was as I never learned what it was to have a home etc. I'd been independent so long that I stupidly assumed I already knew how to adult. And yeah, find a new therapist if one doesn't feel right. I had a bad one and it made me worse. But stick with one if they make you feel comfortable. I should have known mine wasn't working when he came across as combative early on and far to full of himself and arrogant.
@jake8748 idk if my new school therapist is good the past few lessons have just been renewing my contract idk what to talk about ik im fucked up but idk where to start with them and it sucks
I wish my younger self could listen to this. I couldn’t wait to grow up, but looking back… there were some really good times. This masterpiece has not only moved me to tears but has me feeling nostalgic as I remember playing with my siblings
I am a 20 year old and looking back on my life. I have realized how much it is worth to stay in touch with my friends because almost all my friends are in college and I wish I could go back to the GOOD OLD DAYS
I am 22 with two siblings that I use to play so much with but now they no longer want me around with them unless they want something, there is constant yelling between my younger sibling and mother, my older sibling is constantly wishing things were less loud and back to how it use to be while I just sit there stuck in the middle it hurts a bit but songs like this keep me going and the memories keep things alive, I've lost two dogs in less then a year apart and they had been there most my life one was born in the family while the other was his father both in a better place now.
My good days were the days of working on stuff with my dad and listening to him secretly pass down wisdom I would need later in life. My dad went to Vietnam and had PTSD, yet found the strength to share his war stories with us. He was fighting battles every day in the back of his mind that I can only imagine. This man's best friend literally fell apart in his hands. I'm amazed he found the will to stay alive. He died almost 3yrs ago at the age of 77. Anyway, that's what I remember most about being a kid when I wasn't fighting everyone else's battles.
Strong dads sure are something, eh? Like my dad focused his entirety on me. He'd play, teach, punish when needed, etc yet never show weakness 'till the last weeks of cancer. He was very, very ill & filled with horrific pain even before the cancer beginning in his 20s. He was 36 when I was born (died at 51). You'd never have guessed his legs were on fire, autoimmune diseases, migraines, etc by looking at him & his body language around me. He was strong, I know it... Cause I inherited everything he had (illness-wise) and here I am, 36 like he was at my birth suffering from every pain he did & dang... He was STRONG to be able to keep that facade up around me. Takes all I have just to not split over gasping from pain. Strong man.
I love you, Jake. Thanks for everything. Thanks for being my therapist with your songs. I’m French. Each time you post a new song, I love to translate lyrics in French and Spanish and Serbian. Your songs make me stay alive. To all people with mental illness : Je t’aime. I love you. You’re strong. We will fight together. 🩷
This song made me cry because it reminded me of how much I miss paternal grandparents and spending summers down at their house when I was a kid. As I've gotten older, I've started to miss my days of youthful optimism and obliviousness to how the world works, and I look back at my life and I realize just how much happier I was when I was kid compared to now. I didn't have a care in the world because I didn't need to, and my grandparent's house was always a second home to me, a place where I could escape from school and the bullies and hang out with a friend, play video games, I didn't have to think about much of anything then like I do now.
Wow… This is amazing. As someone who just turned 20 today I can relate so much to this song. There’s so much I would love to go back and say to the young me. Yesterday was the last day of the decade to where I almost lost myself. Thank you Citizen Soldier for helping me and everyone else through everything. ❤
I remember as a kid we couldn't wait to be older and now that I'm in my 60s I wish I could turn back time to a time when we had no worries, no bills to pay. Live was fun and care free.
"Cause one day you went out to play and didn't know it was the last"; that line hit so hard. Tears. Thank you for this song. I first heard of Citizen Soldier when I heard their collaboration with Thousand Foot Krutch on "Be Somebody" another favorite from TFK. Now I'm discovering many of CS songs. Let It Burn is another favorite now. This song "Good Old Days" hits close to home, so many things I wish I would have done differently when I was age 13, 18, 21, 29...
I'm turning 17 soon, and honestly, I'm scared of growing up. Everything changes, everything is becoming so unsettled, and I have no idea what to expect to happen in the future. Many of the others can't wait to start building their own life, a career etc, but I don't know... It seems like a lot of pressure and responsibility. School is a pressure too, it can be really really exhausting sometimes, but at least, I know what to expect. But what to expect from the adult life?
@@mariamalafifi6286 only thing i can say you is dont be scared youll get through it actually my brother is 19 and just starting money as a streamer like 2 days ago you'll find something you like and keep it
@@mariamalafifi6286 Well, the Peter Pan thing sounds fun 😊. I really love to get lost in my fictional worlds, too bad that real time is also passing during it.
My misery started at the age of five. So there were hardly any 'good old days', but it was much easier to breathe. My inner child still feels embraced. Thank you so much for your music
I waited months for this song and now that I can finally hear it, all I have to say is that it was totally worth it. I love this song. Thank you for another masterpiece!
A few months ago i lost my younger brother, just a few days after his 21st birthday. This song couldnt be more true, forever grateful for every moment i had with him. Fly high Vince, i hope i can see you again someday
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This song hits be so deep because now I wish I could go back to the good old days when I didn't have to worry about anything sometimes I wish I could tell my young self how sorry I was for rushing to grow up
Dear Young Me, Thr grass is greener, but not because it was that way. You put work into it; Years into it. You've found happiness after so many years in pain. You found the gilr you would live and die for. The dead bushes live now. Thank you, for not giving up. Your Future Self
I'm a 33yr old single father. This song really hits hard. It's strengthened my conviction to give my little girl a better life than i ever had. Anyone whos younger than me, and reading this comment, cherish your days. The people around you wont be here forever.
This song hits hard, I felt all the feelings... Now that I'm older I just wish to hug and console the kid I was cuz I know that she deserved it, but no one helped her, they were all blind and she grow up shy, insicure, hopless and with a void in her feelings, thinking that maybe it could hsve been better if she died... I'm still here, it's hard thinking 'bout the past, I only hope that kid one day will finally finde the peace
I always tell my stepdaughter to slow down and enjoy this time and don't wish it away. Because once it is gone, it is forever changed. I can only be there to help her when she needs it.
I’ve never cried so hard in my life Omg, Citizen… u changed my life… thank u so much I love u so much❤ Idk how to express how grateful I feel The best feeling is when u realize people are going through the same stuff And u aren’t the only one ❤
This is probably one of the few songs from this album I can relate to. I've always wished I could go back and redo my life over again because I've felt like a failure where I'm currently at in life.
Every single one of your songs make me feel better, but this one.. i actually cried of how true is it. As a kid i sometimes wish I grew up quickly but i wish I didn't, life wasnt as good as i thought when i was a kid. This song reallt hits hard for everyone... thank you citizen solider for another amazing song! 💜
i immediately started thinking about my grandfather, who passed in 2016.. when i was 11. “one day you went out to play and didn’t know it was the last”.. i really wished i had some more time with him... this is probably one of the songs that hits me like a brick. thank you for this..
Your band is honestly amazing, I’ve recommended it to teachers at my school. They loved it for mental health wise for pshe. It’s changed a lot of my friends and teachers lives. Keep up making amazing songs
Oh my god, I love this song. It so heartbreaking and painful, but also very relatable and healing. It makes me feel that that child, that I was so many years ago, hears me and calms me, giving hope that everything will turn out alright eventually. The grass won't be greener than before, but it will have a new unique shade that will bring new joy and peace someday. And I believe the little me.
Full of Hope at six years old... man I wish I'd had hope that long. I didn't have the best start to my life, and sometimes I just feel myself spiraling. Thank God for my boyfriend; he's too good for me. Not sure where I'd be without him. Thak you for your amazing songs. Edit(started responding to someone, then figured I should not unload it to one random person XD): I wake up each day, knowing I have at least one person who truly cares and understands me. No one forget that even if everything seems bleak, even if you want to give up, choose to wake up each day, no matter how bleak it seems. If life feels like its at its worst, that means it can only get better. Just keep going. It worked for me, and maybe it'll work for others as well.
I have had a rough couple of days and this song was absolutely beautiful and helped take my mind off of everything! Tysm Citizen Soldier, I love your music!
"stop growing up and just slow down, nothing's better than what you have now" I would tell that to my 13 year old before I was taken from my father and before his death 2 years later. My father was the good parent, I miss him. Ever since he died, suicide has been in mind But y'all have been there everytime for me. Thank you Citizen Soldier! Love y'all!
It's also hard because my mother is abusive She even false accused me to send me to jail And unfortunately because of my autism and ADHD, I can't call the cops or CPS because my anxiety gets so high I can have a potential seizure that kills me in seconds@@suzonlommel3737
"One day you went out to play and didn't know it was the last" I think about that a lot. There was a point our parents never picked us up again. At time we used to believe in magic and fairytales. My siblings and I joke about how we miss the good ol' days where we would pretend to fall asleep so that our dad would carry us to bed. I wish I could go back to being an energetic and happy kid. You guys are amazing, CS. Thank you for the beautiful music ❤
I waited so long for this song because I always wanted to grow up and now all I wish is to be a kid again. But after listening to this I more feel like it came exacly to the right time. Dammit, I'm still a teenager and I can still have fun and live in the moment and ignore all problems like back then!
This song hits so damn different.. I was one of those kids who wished they were an adult, who couldn’t wait to grow up.. I wish I would have listened to my mom about growing up too fast 😢😭
YOU! Yes you CS! It's another one... another song which broke me and let me cry like my dam is irreparabelly damaged.😭 Our childhood is precious and sacred cause that is the time which will be marked the most. I cannot thank you anymore for this, cause there aren't any words to describe how important this song is for me and everyone else! ❤🙏
Thank you citizen soldier for all your great work, you're an incredible band and the only one in my life in which I've deeply loved every single song you've made. Every one of them touches my life personally in one aspect or the other. Story time: my parents were a mess, heavy alcoholics without work and even though I was the second child ten years after the first, and they decided to have me (I suppose), they spent their days doing drugs. When I was 3 years old, my aunt came home and saw that there was absolutely no food on the freezer with a 3 year old and a 13 year old. She took me with her but she lived in the countryside about 1 hour away from my school and made the trip every single day with me. Even though she had the best intentions, I grew up without socializing much with anyone, because there wasn't ever anyone my age there. Those were really happy years, though, I grew up surrounded by a lot of animals she had there, but I didn't get to make friends anywhere else. At 8, my parents grew jealous of her and started telling me that she was a bad person and was separating me from them, so I'd ask to come back home. From 8 up until I left home at 18, my life was absolute hell. I've had suicidal ideation since I was 11 and of course they mocked me and didn't let me go to a psychologist or psychiatrist because that was for "crazy people". School actually got involved when I was 10 but nothing happened because they believed my parent's words, the police came some times from neighbours' calls but never did anything. I went to the police myself when I was 18 with audio proof of the abuse for years, they didn't listen to anything and told me to get a job at McDonalds to leave home. I decided to leave home and have had no contact with my family (other than my aunt) for 10 years now). I have CPTSD and just last year realized how deeply my family scarred me, I've been going to therapy on and off which has helped but is too expensive, and I honestly don't know if I'll end up killing myself as I see it as just a escape rute for when everything else fails. Right now I'm doing fine, but it comes and goes and never has actually left. Your songs help me immensely to get through rough days. Much love 🧡
Saying I can’t wait to grow up is one of the worst things I ever said. I wish I was back in 5th grade where my heart wasn’t broken and I didn’t have to deal with the pain of getting heartbroken all the time
If I could go back 14 years ago, I would comfort and play with myself. I would tell her that it’s not all dark and lonely. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The scars that you have are a reminder of that darkness. You are stronger than that darkness don’t dream of a world replacing yourself… you are the superhero of each story. I know it doesn’t feel real, but it is. Hold on little one. Don’t be afraid to let others see the hurt you. You can help others through that sad year. Don’t quit. Don’t run from your problems. For those problems are there to help you, not hurt you. You got this. Don’t give up. Cherish what you have here and now. One day, you will wish you had this time back
I really needed this, it been a rough day, this made my day if I could tell my 6 year old self was hug my brother keep my innocence long as I can, tell my parents what happens with the other brother doing something was wrong
Ok. Listen to me. I don’t check notifications. But let me tell you something… I feel your comment…! You! We!!! Listen ok!!! WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BLAME OURSELVES OK!!! Take that to heart and hear me out. ✌️❤️
This song is such an eye-opening experience. I remember when I was young, I could not wait to grow up and leave school and all the bullies behind. If only I knew how much more difficult my life would be when I grew up because the next thing, I knew I was struggling with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks almost constantly. Thank you, guys, for this song, it's great to know I'm not the only one that feels this way.
From the question in your song’s description: If i could say anything to my younger self it be “Hey young one dont isolate yourself dont bottle up your emotions…it will get better, you dont have to be strong 24/7, look at the people you are closest to they love you and care for you, you are not alone and will never be alone…you got this lil aaron….and try not to force yourself to man up/grow up too quickly enjoy life as a kid”
This really hits that spot, reminds me of my young days and how i saw everything and how things has changed as i grew older, you see things in such a different way as you grow older! sometimes i wish i could go back and just remember and seeing people from my young days, living in those times again. But with that said, I like where i'm at! just saying, i'd love to go back and live it again!
Excellent work especially on the lyrics of the past several songs.While this song sounds nothing alike I'm reminded of Nothing More's "Fade In/Fade Out" from a few years ago. (that song reminds me of the 1st song I added to my memories playlist "Cat's in the Cradle")
The first line of the lyrics had me crying my eyes out cause it was when i was 6 that life changed for me. Thank you @CitizenSoldier 🙏 please dont stop making music
I needed to hear this at six years old I was in and out of behavioral facilities and I had to grow up and take care of myself cuz my mom was an addict and was never there for me and listening to this sobbing knowing there were never good old days for me
whenever I feel like stepping off a ledge at night, I go to Citizen Soldier. I feel heard, I feel seen, I don't feel alone. Funny how words from someone who never knew I even exist had been saving my life for four years now...
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this is to real I miss the old me that could have fun and enjoy everything....
you made me cry. you are one of my inspirations to stay here, to write, to show, to save others and to not die. im sad that even 6 year old me couldnt do anything, since i was 6 i was abused forever. i went to a mental hospital at 10 years old. told my crying family i will not get out until im a better person. here i am, almost 8 years later, still pushing, still surviving. thank you sooo much for being here too. you made me stronger, through the tears and my anger. i would hug you a million times, thank you in ways i cant explain with words, keep fighting.
@@theproudtransyuri I'm sorry for what you have been through
Which hurts more, missing the good ol’ days when you were a kid or knowing you never had good ol’ days, even when you were a kid?
2.
The second one, at least for me. I can't relate to this song at all. Great song, just not one I lived.
Same, can't relate to this song, but I wish I had this... 😅
I didn't have good ol' days I had to grow up fast. All I remember stepping in between my parents when the physical fights started and having to change diapers and making bottles also making sure we all got to school on time
I never had good old days. But I have great present days right now.
Never give up folks. I know it's hard, but don't give up
That “one day you went out to play and didn’t know it was the last” really hit hard for some reason because I can’t remember the last time I actually went outside to play as a kid
Same here.
Really but me as well ❤
That part really hit me. I listened to the whole song but it was like that part of the song just caught my entire attention and I ended up crying once the song was over. Because it's true, you never realize when it's the last time for something like that.
I don't know why I stopped playing outside. I just know I did, and that's enough to hurt and i always feel like that is a thing I cannot do now that I grew up.
That was the line that brought the tears.....I don't remember either
As a teen with ptsd I seriously relate to this. I was forced to grow up at 11 and I hated it. Don't grow up. It's not as happy as its said to be when your little, and once you know what life is really like you realise it's not a good place.
I love you. Even if no one will.
We are the exact same...Maybe we could call or text to talk it out?
@@Muichiro_Tsugikuni I'm sorry that you've had to go through similar, I hope you're okay
@Elven_Warrior thank you I'm sorry you had to deal with anything like that
didn’t know I needed this song until I heard it its an emotional release I’ve been waiting for, this and "Caring Ghost" by Mysteriousic both songs hit deep in my heart, this band never fails to connect.
This song made me realize how much I truly mourn the life I could have had. I was never allowed to have my good old days. I hope everyone who relates can find healing and happiness and I hope everyone reading this knows that they are loved and worth it.
Just graduated from school
I treasure every moment of this song that makes even an adult cry. These emotions were somewhere deep inside me, thank you for helping me stop and look at the face of a child who wanted to grow up fast in the good old days.
This is still a great song, even for those who grew up to fast and didn't have this. Thank You Citizen Soldier for another amazing and heartfelt song❤❤❤
A hug from an internet stranger to the inner kids that lived in the good days. And a hug to those inner kids that struggled through them *hug*
Your inner kid is being hugged back by another stranger 🫶 we need more people spreading love like you do 🫂
@@bl00dy_p1xelSame to you 🫂
@@bl00dy_p1xel Same to you 🫂
🫂 my hug to you all
I will share a hug we all need 🫂
Just the opening of the song made me tear up. I never got a childhood, and 6 years old is when my parents divorced, I didn't get to be a kid. This healed my inner child just a little bit
This song hits hard, especially the bridge. I was never the kid who was rushing to grow up but I would give anything for childhood innocence again😭😭
A song that truly resonates with many in this age. Truly, thank you for continuing to make songs like this!
I miss my childhood. It was amazing! What hurts now is that I'm struggling so hard to give my kids even a fraction of that. Times have definitely changed.
Mourning over a faded version of you from the past. When everything was colorful and vivid. Now you are wondering when it all turned gray, how as a kid you wanted to be more, only to see you became less.
I think it's maybe one of your songs that made me feel something from the very first seconds. It's so pretty but what hurts me here is that my memory from those times went away so I don't even feel like I had good old days. The little kid I was is always smiling on the family pictures, even as a baby, but I don't feel nostalgia or anything except pain because I can't remember a time when my childhood was fine and not something fake. It's like I was born only at 8 and always went through hell. Now i'm healing but it always makes me so sad to lack something that so many people have, and at the same time, i'm not sure I want to remember because I i'm scared it would make me feel even more guilt. I don't know if someone is reading my comment and relate to it, but I wish the best to everyone who's feeling this way too. And thank you as always, Citizen Soldier 🧡
Got the notification and shouted "Everyone stop, pause everything! I have a new Citizen Soldier song!!"
I was focusing on writing things down when I got the notification I dropped everything
Lol I love that
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So glad I have a study hall cuz otherwise I wouldn't have seen it until 3:30
Don't know if there has been any song I've awaited more than this one
Tears are still streaming down my face.
I often think to myself that it's amazing when you're a kid you don't even think something like stress, trauma, and triggers exist. A kid is worry free. Whenever I see a young child, all I could think to myself is "they don't know yet, how hard life can be when you're older." When I was at that age, I always wanted to be older, now that I am, it's so hard. I can't even remember the last time I ever played, probably cause at an age like that you don't think it will ever end. That's the part of the song that really got me.
All I can say is to those who are going through hard times in their lives, keep fighting and always look up, there's always a bright side to everything, it just takes some time to see.
Beautiful song, absolutely outstanding.
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That's just hard man. I think a lot of people, including myself, thought that growing up and being independent was the answer to our family troubles, just get away from mom and dad. The reality is that adulthood is brutal, a consistent fight to survive in a world that's trying to kill us. "The grass ain't greener here" is true.
Keep busting illusions man. You're doing a good job.
Yeah thats the plan I have and the one ima still role with even if the grass isn't greener I can get away from the abuse I can try to start over ik a few people who im planing on going ill have at somthing to do plus I think I should at least get them out there bad family's if I can or at least threaten one of the kids parents I won't tolrstebyou neglecting the little dude anymore he's got enough problems with out his family sure I can help 2 of them but I can see if they wana room an apartment with me and try to get the other twos life better till there adults
@HunterNeyorApollo my best years were when I got freedom and left home. It only lasted for a few years for me but if I could go back and make the right choices I think it would be different.
I was suggest getting therapy when you get free. Make sure you aren't stuck thinking you need something you don't like a partner or such.
@jake8748 i visit the school coupler to talk about it and i usually do just end up reliable on one person to help guild me healthy absolutely not but idk I just happens idk what to do bout it but tit works out fine as long as the person is decent
@HunterNeyorApollo yeah I didn't realise I needed therapy early on. Its only looking back how dysfunctional I was as I never learned what it was to have a home etc. I'd been independent so long that I stupidly assumed I already knew how to adult.
And yeah, find a new therapist if one doesn't feel right. I had a bad one and it made me worse. But stick with one if they make you feel comfortable. I should have known mine wasn't working when he came across as combative early on and far to full of himself and arrogant.
@jake8748 idk if my new school therapist is good the past few lessons have just been renewing my contract idk what to talk about ik im fucked up but idk where to start with them and it sucks
Safe to say “Good ole Days” will now be a “Senior class graduation song” for years to come 💯💪🤘❤️
I wish my younger self could listen to this. I couldn’t wait to grow up, but looking back… there were some really good times. This masterpiece has not only moved me to tears but has me feeling nostalgic as I remember playing with my siblings
I am a 20 year old and looking back on my life. I have realized how much it is worth to stay in touch with my friends because almost all my friends are in college and I wish I could go back to the GOOD OLD DAYS
I’m 22. I wish the same. Man things were easier
I'm 22 as well and I do miss those days of being able to game without worry
I am 22 with two siblings that I use to play so much with but now they no longer want me around with them unless they want something, there is constant yelling between my younger sibling and mother, my older sibling is constantly wishing things were less loud and back to how it use to be while I just sit there stuck in the middle it hurts a bit but songs like this keep me going and the memories keep things alive, I've lost two dogs in less then a year apart and they had been there most my life one was born in the family while the other was his father both in a better place now.
I had it good at six, when I was 7 is when all the hurt and trauma hit me. And yeah, I love this song ❤️🩹
20 seconds in and I'm already crying... I miss those days, where I had nothing to worry about....
Same 😭
Same didn't want to cry today 😭😭😭
same 😔 hits so much harder now because everyone is gone
Same
@@elliea5088 Exactly 💔
My good days were the days of working on stuff with my dad and listening to him secretly pass down wisdom I would need later in life. My dad went to Vietnam and had PTSD, yet found the strength to share his war stories with us. He was fighting battles every day in the back of his mind that I can only imagine. This man's best friend literally fell apart in his hands. I'm amazed he found the will to stay alive. He died almost 3yrs ago at the age of 77. Anyway, that's what I remember most about being a kid when I wasn't fighting everyone else's battles.
Strong dads sure are something, eh? Like my dad focused his entirety on me. He'd play, teach, punish when needed, etc yet never show weakness 'till the last weeks of cancer.
He was very, very ill & filled with horrific pain even before the cancer beginning in his 20s. He was 36 when I was born (died at 51). You'd never have guessed his legs were on fire, autoimmune diseases, migraines, etc by looking at him & his body language around me.
He was strong, I know it... Cause I inherited everything he had (illness-wise) and here I am, 36 like he was at my birth suffering from every pain he did & dang... He was STRONG to be able to keep that facade up around me. Takes all I have just to not split over gasping from pain.
Strong man.
I wish I could tell my younger self so much...
Same
felt! 😂
Okay, I cried on this one hard. Wish I could go back to old good days when life was much easier
I love you, Jake.
Thanks for everything.
Thanks for being my therapist with your songs.
I’m French. Each time you post a new song, I love to translate lyrics in French and Spanish and Serbian.
Your songs make me stay alive.
To all people with mental illness :
Je t’aime. I love you. You’re strong. We will fight together. 🩷
This song made me cry because it reminded me of how much I miss paternal grandparents and spending summers down at their house when I was a kid. As I've gotten older, I've started to miss my days of youthful optimism and obliviousness to how the world works, and I look back at my life and I realize just how much happier I was when I was kid compared to now. I didn't have a care in the world because I didn't need to, and my grandparent's house was always a second home to me, a place where I could escape from school and the bullies and hang out with a friend, play video games, I didn't have to think about much of anything then like I do now.
Wow… This is amazing. As someone who just turned 20 today I can relate so much to this song. There’s so much I would love to go back and say to the young me. Yesterday was the last day of the decade to where I almost lost myself. Thank you Citizen Soldier for helping me and everyone else through everything. ❤
Such a touching song
I LOVE THIS SONG I CANT WAIT FOR THE ALBUM
I remember as a kid we couldn't wait to be older and now that I'm in my 60s I wish I could turn back time to a time when we had no worries, no bills to pay. Live was fun and care free.
This one and golden weather go hand in hand
This song it's too beautiful, deep and full of messages to be real. Thanks Citizen Soldier. ✨💖
"Cause one day you went out to play and didn't know it was the last"; that line hit so hard. Tears. Thank you for this song. I first heard of Citizen Soldier when I heard their collaboration with Thousand Foot Krutch on "Be Somebody" another favorite from TFK. Now I'm discovering many of CS songs. Let It Burn is another favorite now. This song "Good Old Days" hits close to home, so many things I wish I would have done differently when I was age 13, 18, 21, 29...
as someone whos about to turn 16 in February this song is so true its unbelievable and i agree dont grow up stay a kid as long as you can
I just turned 17 and I am scared of adulthood. I'm not counting down till 18 😭
I'm turning 17 soon, and honestly, I'm scared of growing up. Everything changes, everything is becoming so unsettled, and I have no idea what to expect to happen in the future. Many of the others can't wait to start building their own life, a career etc, but I don't know... It seems like a lot of pressure and responsibility. School is a pressure too, it can be really really exhausting sometimes, but at least, I know what to expect. But what to expect from the adult life?
@@Alnira_314 yeah. Wtf do we do as adults? The million dollar question. I'm scared. Can we do a teen Peter Pan thing lol
@@mariamalafifi6286 only thing i can say you is dont be scared youll get through it actually my brother is 19 and just starting money as a streamer like 2 days ago you'll find something you like and keep it
@@mariamalafifi6286 Well, the Peter Pan thing sounds fun 😊. I really love to get lost in my fictional worlds, too bad that real time is also passing during it.
My misery started at the age of five. So there were hardly any 'good old days', but it was much easier to breathe. My inner child still feels embraced. Thank you so much for your music
I waited months for this song and now that I can finally hear it, all I have to say is that it was totally worth it. I love this song. Thank you for another masterpiece!
A few months ago i lost my younger brother, just a few days after his 21st birthday. This song couldnt be more true, forever grateful for every moment i had with him. Fly high Vince, i hope i can see you again someday
This album is probably gonna be peak. Everything has already been so great
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This song hits be so deep because now I wish I could go back to the good old days when I didn't have to worry about anything sometimes I wish I could tell my young self how sorry I was for rushing to grow up
Dear Young Me,
Thr grass is greener, but not because it was that way. You put work into it; Years into it. You've found happiness after so many years in pain. You found the gilr you would live and die for. The dead bushes live now. Thank you, for not giving up.
Your Future Self
The perfect song to dissociate to as I reminisce on the childhood I had before I lost it. This is the song to remind me to take a break and cry.
I'm a 33yr old single father. This song really hits hard. It's strengthened my conviction to give my little girl a better life than i ever had. Anyone whos younger than me, and reading this comment, cherish your days. The people around you wont be here forever.
I wish I heard this when I was a kid, cuz I would enjoyed my life as a kid more…. This how my nostalgia of my childhood feels.
This song hits hard, I felt all the feelings... Now that I'm older I just wish to hug and console the kid I was cuz I know that she deserved it, but no one helped her, they were all blind and she grow up shy, insicure, hopless and with a void in her feelings, thinking that maybe it could hsve been better if she died... I'm still here, it's hard thinking 'bout the past, I only hope that kid one day will finally finde the peace
God this mad me cry…, I wish when I was younger I didn’t know what I know…, this hit me…
Same here…
I always tell my stepdaughter to slow down and enjoy this time and don't wish it away. Because once it is gone, it is forever changed. I can only be there to help her when she needs it.
IT'S FINALLY OUT ON UA-camEE AAAAAAA THIS WAS THE SONG I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE MOSTTTT
I hope this for all kids. I wasn't lucky enough to have this but I'll do everything I can to ensure others do!
Brought tears to my eyes immediately hope I can see u on the 22 of next month
I’ve never cried so hard in my life
Omg, Citizen… u changed my life… thank u so much
I love u so much❤
Idk how to express how grateful I feel
The best feeling is when u realize people are going through the same stuff
And u aren’t the only one ❤
So true ❤
This is probably one of the few songs from this album I can relate to. I've always wished I could go back and redo my life over again because I've felt like a failure where I'm currently at in life.
We always thought it'd be good and everything will stay the same... but even if things change, we'll always make more fun memories, somehow
Every single one of your songs make me feel better, but this one.. i actually cried of how true is it. As a kid i sometimes wish I grew up quickly but i wish I didn't, life wasnt as good as i thought when i was a kid. This song reallt hits hard for everyone... thank you citizen solider for another amazing song! 💜
I love you! All your songs I deeply feel I've never related to anyone's songs more then yours.❤
i immediately started thinking about my grandfather, who passed in 2016.. when i was 11. “one day you went out to play and didn’t know it was the last”..
i really wished i had some more time with him...
this is probably one of the songs that hits me like a brick.
thank you for this..
😔 I truly wish this to my old self… thank you for the song…
Your band is honestly amazing, I’ve recommended it to teachers at my school. They loved it for mental health wise for pshe. It’s changed a lot of my friends and teachers lives. Keep up making amazing songs
Oh my god, I love this song. It so heartbreaking and painful, but also very relatable and healing. It makes me feel that that child, that I was so many years ago, hears me and calms me, giving hope that everything will turn out alright eventually. The grass won't be greener than before, but it will have a new unique shade that will bring new joy and peace someday. And I believe the little me.
Full of Hope at six years old... man I wish I'd had hope that long. I didn't have the best start to my life, and sometimes I just feel myself spiraling. Thank God for my boyfriend; he's too good for me. Not sure where I'd be without him. Thak you for your amazing songs.
Edit(started responding to someone, then figured I should not unload it to one random person XD): I wake up each day, knowing I have at least one person who truly cares and understands me. No one forget that even if everything seems bleak, even if you want to give up, choose to wake up each day, no matter how bleak it seems. If life feels like its at its worst, that means it can only get better. Just keep going. It worked for me, and maybe it'll work for others as well.
I have had a rough couple of days and this song was absolutely beautiful and helped take my mind off of everything! Tysm Citizen Soldier, I love your music!
"stop growing up and just slow down, nothing's better than what you have now"
I would tell that to my 13 year old before I was taken from my father and before his death 2 years later.
My father was the good parent, I miss him.
Ever since he died, suicide has been in mind
But y'all have been there everytime for me.
Thank you Citizen Soldier!
Love y'all!
I was lucky to be able to keep my good parent for a while longer. My heart goes out to you. We need you here; please keep listening. Hugs
It's also hard because my mother is abusive
She even false accused me to send me to jail
And unfortunately because of my autism and ADHD, I can't call the cops or CPS because my anxiety gets so high I can have a potential seizure that kills me in seconds@@suzonlommel3737
you are stronger than you know
"One day you went out to play and didn't know it was the last"
I think about that a lot. There was a point our parents never picked us up again. At time we used to believe in magic and fairytales.
My siblings and I joke about how we miss the good ol' days where we would pretend to fall asleep so that our dad would carry us to bed. I wish I could go back to being an energetic and happy kid.
You guys are amazing, CS. Thank you for the beautiful music ❤
I waited so long for this song because I always wanted to grow up and now all I wish is to be a kid again. But after listening to this I more feel like it came exacly to the right time. Dammit, I'm still a teenager and I can still have fun and live in the moment and ignore all problems like back then!
I love this so much…. I would tell my younger self that I shouldn’t let people control me or manipulate me
This song make me cry bc i took my childhood for granted so this song hits home this lyric video is amazing great job citizen soldier
This song hits so damn different.. I was one of those kids who wished they were an adult, who couldn’t wait to grow up.. I wish I would have listened to my mom about growing up too fast 😢😭
YOU! Yes you CS! It's another one... another song which broke me and let me cry like my dam is irreparabelly damaged.😭 Our childhood is precious and sacred cause that is the time which will be marked the most. I cannot thank you anymore for this, cause there aren't any words to describe how important this song is for me and everyone else! ❤🙏
Thank you citizen soldier for all your great work, you're an incredible band and the only one in my life in which I've deeply loved every single song you've made. Every one of them touches my life personally in one aspect or the other.
Story time: my parents were a mess, heavy alcoholics without work and even though I was the second child ten years after the first, and they decided to have me (I suppose), they spent their days doing drugs. When I was 3 years old, my aunt came home and saw that there was absolutely no food on the freezer with a 3 year old and a 13 year old.
She took me with her but she lived in the countryside about 1 hour away from my school and made the trip every single day with me. Even though she had the best intentions, I grew up without socializing much with anyone, because there wasn't ever anyone my age there. Those were really happy years, though, I grew up surrounded by a lot of animals she had there, but I didn't get to make friends anywhere else.
At 8, my parents grew jealous of her and started telling me that she was a bad person and was separating me from them, so I'd ask to come back home.
From 8 up until I left home at 18, my life was absolute hell. I've had suicidal ideation since I was 11 and of course they mocked me and didn't let me go to a psychologist or psychiatrist because that was for "crazy people". School actually got involved when I was 10 but nothing happened because they believed my parent's words, the police came some times from neighbours' calls but never did anything. I went to the police myself when I was 18 with audio proof of the abuse for years, they didn't listen to anything and told me to get a job at McDonalds to leave home.
I decided to leave home and have had no contact with my family (other than my aunt) for 10 years now). I have CPTSD and just last year realized how deeply my family scarred me, I've been going to therapy on and off which has helped but is too expensive, and I honestly don't know if I'll end up killing myself as I see it as just a escape rute for when everything else fails.
Right now I'm doing fine, but it comes and goes and never has actually left. Your songs help me immensely to get through rough days. Much love
🧡
Saying I can’t wait to grow up is one of the worst things I ever said. I wish I was back in 5th grade where my heart wasn’t broken and I didn’t have to deal with the pain of getting heartbroken all the time
Jake, this is spot on!!!! Love this song.
"don't waste these sacred years.. the grass ain't greener here."
I've listened to this countless times already, it's exactly what I needed to hear.
dang this hit hard
all their songs are so relatable
great song as always Citizen Soldier!!♡
Always excited for a new citizen soldier song 🎉
Can't wait to see you guys in Denver!! Your music really hits, and feels me with hope that things can change.
This is so needed these days.
“the grass aint greener here” hits so HARD
27 seconds, a new record!
It really is amazing that all of us want to grow fast, and then we all want to go back.
It's something so simple and relatable.
If I could go back 14 years ago, I would comfort and play with myself. I would tell her that it’s not all dark and lonely. There is light at the end of the tunnel. The scars that you have are a reminder of that darkness.
You are stronger than that darkness don’t dream of a world replacing yourself… you are the superhero of each story. I know it doesn’t feel real, but it is. Hold on little one. Don’t be afraid to let others see the hurt you.
You can help others through that sad year. Don’t quit. Don’t run from your problems. For those problems are there to help you, not hurt you.
You got this. Don’t give up. Cherish what you have here and now. One day, you will wish you had this time back
Sounds pretty good 👍
I really needed this, it been a rough day, this made my day if I could tell my 6 year old self was hug my brother keep my innocence long as I can, tell my parents what happens with the other brother doing something was wrong
Ok. Listen to me. I don’t check notifications. But let me tell you something… I feel your comment…! You! We!!! Listen ok!!! WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BLAME OURSELVES OK!!! Take that to heart and hear me out. ✌️❤️
I can't wait to see yall in concert on Friday
This hit the heart strings so damn hard, I miss those good ol' days.
Great song!❤
I was almost 6y/o when I first tried to unalive myself...didn't die, just made me stronger. Can't recall any "Year" I could call Good ol'days though.
This song is such an eye-opening experience. I remember when I was young, I could not wait to grow up and leave school and all the bullies behind. If only I knew how much more difficult my life would be when I grew up because the next thing, I knew I was struggling with anxiety, depression, and panic attacks almost constantly. Thank you, guys, for this song, it's great to know I'm not the only one that feels this way.
From the question in your song’s description: If i could say anything to my younger self it be
“Hey young one dont isolate yourself dont bottle up your emotions…it will get better, you dont have to be strong 24/7, look at the people you are closest to they love you and care for you, you are not alone and will never be alone…you got this lil aaron….and try not to force yourself to man up/grow up too quickly enjoy life as a kid”
I literally just got home today from a mental hospital from attempted s***ide. This was the best welcome home. I needed this song💔
"Don't you wish away the present, you don't know its worth." Got me for sure
This really hits that spot, reminds me of my young days and how i saw everything and how things has changed as i grew older, you see things in such a different way as you grow older! sometimes i wish i could go back and just remember and seeing people from my young days, living in those times again.
But with that said, I like where i'm at! just saying, i'd love to go back and live it again!
Excellent work especially on the lyrics of the past several songs.While this song sounds nothing alike I'm reminded of Nothing More's "Fade In/Fade Out" from a few years ago. (that song reminds me of the 1st song I added to my memories playlist "Cat's in the Cradle")
The first line of the lyrics had me crying my eyes out cause it was when i was 6 that life changed for me. Thank you @CitizenSoldier 🙏 please dont stop making music
This hit so hard 😭😭 I'm shaking in tears
I needed to hear this at six years old I was in and out of behavioral facilities and I had to grow up and take care of myself cuz my mom was an addict and was never there for me and listening to this sobbing knowing there were never good old days for me
whenever I feel like stepping off a ledge at night, I go to Citizen Soldier. I feel heard, I feel seen, I don't feel alone. Funny how words from someone who never knew I even exist had been saving my life for four years now...