Behind the Scenes of the Making of Godsmack's New Single "Truth"
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- Опубліковано 2 кві 2024
- “Today I’ve made a choice to share with all of you an emotional event that happened to me 3 years ago. Sometimes my dearest friends and family will ask me why I would want to expose such a personal story to the public, and normally I wouldn’t. However, I would also be a hypocrite if what I preach all the time is how people should expose their SCARS, emotionally or physically, and wear them loudly and proudly on their sleeves to remind us of what we survived. Rather than carry that weight internally and sink into dark places, always wondering what we did wrong, what we could’ve done better, and never forgiving the other person or ourselves.
If we are going to truly heal and live our best lives free of guilt, pain and suffering, then I feel we have to share our stories, expose our vulnerabilities and move past them with forgiveness. As I have with my ex, who chose to make this mistake and betray our love some time ago. It is also how I choose to create my art. Not only does it help heal me, but it also allows me to share my gift of music with all of you. Although it can be very painful to create under these circumstances, the reward has ALWAYS been much greater than the risk.
As you watch this Behind the Scenes of the making of our new single “TRUTH”, I hope you see it more as a celebration of a rebirth, than a trauma endured. I truly hope it helps ALL OF YOU who may have suffered a betrayal of some kind find your peace too." ~ Sully Erna
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🎬 WATCH our official video for "Truth" here: • Godsmack - Truth (Offi...
Director: Sully Erna
Editor: Noah Berlow
Sully Erna
Video: Kamal Asar
Seeing Sully just start to break playing piano hit hard. Sometimes we forget celebrities are people just like us and suffer heartbreak like us. Truth hit me so hard. Music is definitely therapy and I thank Godsmack for being there in some of my darkest times.. They'll never know they've saved my life before.
This song is my first love and while I was pregnant he broke my jaw and that was the the last good bye again. 5 years later I found my true love and have been together since then. It will come together. Married on a Friday 13 th of our 13 years of being together as a friend to lover and soul mate. Blessed Be.
Your a warrior! Broken Road by Sully comes to mind
You’re one strong and fucking brave woman. There are so many others that don’t make it through the hell of domestic violence; but you survIved. You’re a warrior. You definitely had an angel looking out for you.
God bless you and your family! Sounds like you got the awesome happily-ever-after that warrior survivors like you deserve.
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Sully is by far one of the greatest song writers of at least my generation. And he only writes about real life. And this one is right up there with the best. Thank you for always seeming to write soundtracks to my life. And I’m sure many others as well.
yes, you are right! His songs give you goosebumps.
I could not agree more with this opinion.
All his songs do that to me
Yes he is! Their music got me threw the hardest time in my life. I can relate so much to every thing he says
Not to mention their live shows. I’ve seen hundreds of bands; including basically all the biggest metal bands in the world. I’ve seen Godsmack three times and they are definitely one of the top three best live bands I’ve ever seen.
🤘🏻😈🤘🏻
Tony Rombola is such a genuine and nice person. Godsmack forever🤘
Amen!
Sully!!! You have gotten me through the worst breakup.. you music heals me!!! Thank you godsmack!!!
For those of us who have had our hearts ripped out at least once in our lives -thank you. Thank you for making us feel what we keep shoving down cause we don't want to hurt any more. Thank you for helping us heal. This is my heart song.
This song mirrors my divorce. The first time I heard it, it might as well have been me retelling my own story to someone. That relationship ended around the release of Serenity, which helped me through that time. Godsmack has and continues to speak to me in ways no other band has. Thank you, Sully.
You read my mind! 😎👍🤘
Exactly what I said. Amazing song but its like I wrote it and exactly how my marriage ended with my wife cheating
This song hits deep. My marriage ended after 9yrs.
It's weird how something so beautiful can come from something so evil. Thanks for sharing it with us even though it was so painful. I hope and pray God heals you from deep within and some day blesses you with true ❤.
"We only have one life to get it right" hits so deep. We really only have one life and you better make the most of it!
First time i heard this song it hit me right in the gut. I was in the same position as Sully, and still hurt to this day. I have played and replayed this song 100x since then and I feel his pain every time. On the bright side, this song has made me a Godsmack fan. Thank you Sully and group, heal up brother!! Hope to see you in concert.
The guitar solo is such a match for the pain in the song too.
Wow, Sully, I was crying with you thru the entire story. Unfortunately we’ve all had to endure that immense pain that seems to just linger for what seems an eternity. God Bless brother for sharing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Even when Darkness surrounds us and creeps in to our hearts and minds the clouds of despair will dissipate and fade away and the light within us will shine once more.
This was definitely one my favorite tracks on this album and one that I attempted to sing every time it was it's turn to fill my ears. Thank you for this gift!
When I lost my girlfriend 5 years ago, I couldn't work, exercise, laugh or focus. I stood in front of a coffee machine and didn't know how to use it. And above all, I couldn't express how it felt. But you did it with this song, Sully, and I thank you for that. I feel better today, but the emotions you give to this song still blows me away.
Sully is my favorite human being in the world and favorite musician. We both have lived very similar lives in a lot of regards. Thank you Sully for your music, your words...for just being you. You forever changed my life growing up.
When I was married. My husband and I got to see " Godsmack" in concert twice in Pennsylvania. Loved it. Godsmack will always be my favorite music group. Their music is awesome. Love their hard songs and acoustic songs too. ❤❤❤
I got to see them in the Giant Center, Hershey Park, show was amazing but they never came back. Rumor was they used pyro inside and they weren't supposed to!!!! Haha rock and roll right!!
@@18wheels13speeds we ( my ex and I) saw them at the Wells Fargo arena in Philadelphia. We sat forth row from the stage. And the Tower theater in Upper Darby. Godsmack was great both times we saw them. Very happy memories for me.
I just seen them in Aug in Chicago What a show!! I ❤Sully
Wow. I could feel the pain but the healing through Sully’s words here in the video. It sucks you had to go through this.
One rainy day!!! Right now I'm going through some very similar shit and it's really hurting me at the moment and has been for about a month now. I'm all alone, no true friends or any support in anyway 😢 First I lost my father on December 11th, 2023 and also around that time my girlfriend (of 3 years) moved out on me (she said we needed a break but I know what she really meant) while I am still trying to cope with my loss. It's just been a very painful couple of months 💔 😢. I sometimes feel like I wanna just, you know..so any feedback/support would be helpful. Thanks anyone ❤
Sully, thank you deeply. I 🙏🏼 you will never stop writing songs as you spoke about "gift" you have that. I myself met my x when she was 16 she had left town for few years, when she came back. we ran into each other, then married after 20 years later, left me for another woman. Said she fell out of love, but I know it's deeper. Thanks.
'music is my therapy'...damn those words hit home for so many of us with trauma 😢 this song is gonna help so many people as they scream it at the top of their lungs knowing one day they could survive and discover a new normal ❤❤❤
That's no lie it helps me at times
I straight up CRIED the first time I saw the video for Truth. Seeing the story behind it I feel the pain even more. Sully, your music isn’t just therapy for you, but for millions of others. Thank you for your courage to share. I can’t wait to see you again at the MGM in Maryland May 5. Blessings.🙏🏻
I’ve been a fan since day 1. I honestly admire your strength, in being able to both use music to help heal, all while peeling off the scars every time you play them again. The old Gods truly watch over you, brother. Stay strong, Sully.
Big Scott, 49 , Findlay Ohio
I went through a similar incident of being betrayed from someone I was married too but had spent 31 years with. It has been 9 years now since it happened and there are still times I am so emotional I can hardly function. I have played this song 100’s of times thank you for your gift.
Thank you for letting all of your fans see the raw side of you. And you are so right about music, it is there to comfort us in good or bad times. Thank you Sully & the rest of the band, love your music since your first album! Stay strong!
10 May 2019 I took my son to his first concert. Volbeat and Godsmack in Ottawa, Canada.... It was amazing...
I was in the Jr High Band, no one in that room was particularly popular, cool or gleaming with self confidence, I can imagine 45 years later those in band aren’t pretty similar. Several months back I had my wife come to the living room and I replayed the Unforgettable video for her, as we discussed how much that probably changed the lives of those kids that participated or at least the positive memories she had tears in her eyes , so through the pain, laughter and determination of Godsmacks journey you have made a positive difference, thank you all
I love you Sully. Always have. What I've learned in the last couple of years is that we grieve what we don't get. What we thought we wanted that was only that for us. We had that. They didn't. I've learned don't reason with it. Reasoning is evil. Don't try to understand why. God sometimes removes it at exactly the right time so we don't miss what He has for us. Know we all out here love you. Maybe we'll meet (again) one day because you've always been a part of my life. Thank you for all the years Godsmack & you have pulled me through.
There is so much I could say to agree with Sully's words. MUSIC RUNS THROUGH MY SOUL AND VEINS AND MAKES ME FEEL ALIVE THROUGH HIGHS AND LOWS! AMEN
AMEN AMEN. 🙏 🙏 🙏 LOYALTY I TREASURE BUT HAVE BARELY TASTED . . . AND BETRAYAL IS A SUCKER PUNCH IN THE DARK . . .
Thank you Sully for being so honest with your life. You are a inspiration to me. Your music has healed me as well through the years. I will keep you in my heart and prayers for healing and comfort. Debbie Evans
i love your music and beleave me you guys have saved my life on more then one occastion i suffer from depresssion ( deep) but when i find myself going dark i play your music and the power in the music help me to fight on thank you so much and keep the songs coming
That's amazing to hear! Music truly is medicine!
@@PressuredSpeechBand it 100% does listen to bullet proof ,under your scares
Thanks for sharing with us you raw emotions, Sully! Healing is a long proces and the most important thing is to have strong supporting group around you. And you have it in the face of the band. Keep going, keep healing and keep saving another human beings with your music.
Love & respect!
P.S. We waithing for you to visit Bulgaria soon! ❤️
When we experience trauma, our life stops. We become disconnected. Life countinues to go on while we are left trying to make sense of what just happened. It's a mind fuck.
It's through music 🎶, supportive friends, art, nature 🌴 , writing and animals that we begin reconnecting those broken pieces.
Thank you for sharing a piece of your world. ❤
#showyourscars
Nearly speachless. Thank you sully. For giving words to those whom couldn't on their own.
I wish I had these words to save me 8 years of misery. Godsmack will forever by my fav band. Keep rocking
Music has really saved my life so many times ever since i was 18 years old when I almost committed suicide with a box cutter to my throat. Thankfully I didnt do it and dropped the blade and from there went right into therapy and then group therapy and now im back to one on one therapy and ive had my share of therapists who i thought were helping me but i never gave them a chance. my life has been on a downward spiral and its coming to a crash right now. last year was my worst year ever in my life. I lost my job.. almost lost my gf of now 16 years and lost my life once again. I was so depressed.. mad.. angry.. i ran the gamut of emotions. having to deal with friends I thought had my back and betrayed my trust even though I put them in danger with my own BS, it hurt me a lot and its hard to get forgiveness from those ppl and even if u pour your heart and soul telling them about your personal life and trust they wont tell anyone and then get betrayed it hurts a lot and hard to forgive ppl that hurt u when u hurt their trust as well. I lost a ton of friends last year cuz of my foolishness on here and ill never get their trust back ever or we kinda reconcile but still go our seperate ways. My family took a big hit from it too as me and one of my uncles dont talk much anymore and Im afraid of him cuz of all the BS goign on now and as much as I want to apologize to him for that, i dont think our relationship will ever be good again. My mom has always been by my side thru my dark days and im so glad for that. I got new friends now but im trying not to divulge too much personal stuff cuz i dont want a repeat of losing my old friends to the BS going on now. It will literally hurt me if that happens. so im just trying to live my best life and do my own thing on social media and tune out the negativity I get on a daily basis almost. But music has always been my go to when I have a bad day or need to cry.
In this Moment, Papa Roach, Disturbed and New Years Day has always been my go to bands when im feeling depressed and going to those dark places in my life. But Godsmack has also been a band that has helped me get thru the pain and I hear what Sully is saying in this video and I just hope he can overcome the pain as well as anybody else reading this comment. U r not alone in this. Im with you all and I hope we all can beat this really damaging disease of depression.. anxiety and mental illness because mental illness needs to be heavily talked about in music and in general. please get help if u or anyone u know is feeling down and dont know what else to do. Music helps as well as talking to a doctor.. therapist or a close friend or family member. they can guide u along the path, but u got to do the work as well. Just dont take the advice.. do the work! thats been a problem for me for many years that I dont put in the work needed to go on with my life and im sorry to those Ive hurt and never took the advice from. I only hope someday they can forgive me..
hope this comment helps some ppl. ty to godsmack for an amazing song and message. love u all! - Peter Joseph from NYC
Since I was 7 years old, Godsmack has been the band I always turn to. Throughout my parents' bad relationship/divorce, the 5 family deaths in one year, and sheltering myself throughout school - this band has always been there for me. I'm 25 now and their music still has a major impact on me. Sully and Shannon were actually the ones that got me into drumming as well. I owe a whole fucking lot to this group of men. Thank you guys for everything you've done and will continue to do.
The camaraderie this portrays!!!!!
Sully I am sorry you had to experience this in your life. After all you have been through you truly are a survivor. After I read your book I learned so much about you that I did not know. Growing up listening to your early Godsmack music was like no other. Your voice is so unique and harmonizes with the rest of the band like a signature. There must be something out there greater for you. All your accomplishments though and your success Fame you have a wonderful daughter And a mom and dad that would do anything for you just as you would for them. Some may say karma but I like to think something bigger out there is for you something better. Then what you had. I am sure you will get through this chapter of your life. I hope you write a second book after Godsmack. Let yourself tell the rest of the story of your life. I hope you are feeling better today and the next day is even better.
Yikes!! Brings back my memory of betray from someone I loved and adored so much!! Thank you for sharing your reality with us!! I'll see you in Gilford, NH !!!!
Thank you for sharing your pain and this beautiful song you created. Your ability to express emotions through your music is so genuine and from the heart. It reaches all of our souls like nothing else can. Your music is a gift to you and you are a gift to us. Keep on fighting the good fight brother!
I so can't wait to see this either. I love this band, and Sully Erna is hot as F@CK!!
26yrs and blindsided, not bitter at all ppl fall in and out of love everyday ! Life goes on , live it to the fullest ! Love God Smack TRUE MUSICIANS
They can’t be over after this album …
It's so great to see someone like Sully who is generally seen as hardcore open up like this and express emotion like a normal human. I'm happy to see that societal stigma changing, it's important for people to be able to open up, and have close friends that you can depend on to be there for you. Glad to see that Sully is healing from his trauma, can wait to see them in Erie.
Dear Sully, I can understand how you feel and how certain internal wounds never heal. I too suffered, losing someone. The same person I held close to me during your concert in Milan in 2019. You and your music take me back to memories but... As much as it hurts, it is always your music that teaches me to be strong and bulletproof towards of life. You master, you will overcome this moment because it is you who teaches us to do it. A hug
Sully , I went thru the samething , the person I loved left me for another man and we started our divorce . We had to put it on hold while I deployed to Saudi Arabia for Desert Sheild/Desert Storm . Being 10,000 miles away knowing that I had a divorce to face when coming home was hard . My MILITARY FAMILY was my support . I just celebrated my 30th anniversary with my second wife . Music to this day is what soothes my PTSD and yes , I have seen GODSMACK in concert !! Keep pushing forward man !!
Extremely personal insight . My heart has been beating for 60 yrs to keep me alive , music has been the fuel for my heart to continue its process. I have been on my own after a relationship totally broke me 22 years ago and will never re enter another moving forward. It’s amazing how the strongest Tarzan can be turned into the weakest Jane by the actions of another.Thank God for music , not sure if it heals but certainly know it speaks louder than a 1000 voice’s ever could .Godsmack have produced numerous songs that have connected and guided me as I am sure they have for tens of thousands even more of others. Been blessed by Sully and the band and that I am grateful for . Thank you , all the way from Australia
I can't wait to see your guys next Wednesday April 10 th at the you tube theatre and I'm sorry this happened to you please feel better I'm crying for you as I speak buddy I hope and wish you Joy and happiness and I hope life treats you kind and above all this I'm wishing you Love 💕 please stay strong my friend see you next week 😊😊
😢😢😢 this made me cry. Sad, hard things happen to everyone, but it's always hard to see.
As so excited to FINALLY be able to see them April 13th in Vegas! TRUTH hits my heart hard. I love this song so much however each time I hear it, it takes me back to when I made the same decision. No excuses just a bad choice even though the outcome was a blessing. Thank you Sully for always touching my heart. 🖤🖤
This is a beautiful song. I actually cried hearing it the first time. Thanks for sharing your story! I’ve been there too !!! Sending love from your home state MASSHOLE FORLIFE!🤘🏼❤✌🏼
Thought of my Ex, he tore 8 years apart & a child we shared. He died of an overdose 9 months ago. I still loved him and grieved all over again. It sucks. Thank you for the song. I'm sorry Sully.
This and Surrender were the 2 on this album that hit me like a tsunami. It was just coincidental that I had just lost the love of my life when Surrender was released. Then Truth came afterwards of course. “Don’t Comfort Me” was in my wheelhouse as well. Wow.
I tear up every time I hear the song... I can feel his pain as he sings! Definitely a great song! 🎶💔❤️
Sully is pure talent, both lyrically and instrumentally. It's heartfelt to see and hear how deeply this has affected him. He is the shining star in this situation..
♥️♥️♥️ Life is Borrowed Time. I lost my love when I was diagnosed with Cancer. All our plans to be together ended during the worst time of my life. Still empty from it all, but the raw has faded 🩷🩷🩷
Thank you for all the beautiful music!
I have loved Godsmack since you first came out, this song was meant to be not only for you but for the rest of the world. I listen to music as well to comfort my soul. This song I play over and over and over it has such meaning and emotions in it. I can guarantee others can relate and it helps them get through just as you did. Thank you so very much for sharing your world with us, I hope I get to see you again in concert you were amazing last year here in Green Bay, WI and that was a dream come true for me from a good friend who made it happen. Again, Thank you for sharing this wonderful video
Sully, by speaking your heart through music you're able to share the pain you went through and help countless others. The raw emotions, the hurt, the tears, will allow other males to show their emotions on their sleeves. Thank you for the backstory.
Sully and his band have been a part of my life since 1999 when I was 4 years old. I proposed to my fiancée last year at their concert. I am forever thankful for their messages they put forth with music
Thank you for your sacrifice of feelings Sully...you are a top tier songwriter and lyricist.
Musician is an understatement.
You know every instrument as if it is an extention of your soul.
Thank you Sully!
It’s good seeing sully able to cry and let his emotions out among bandmates and friends. It’s all part of the healing process
When I saw this video single, brought me right back. Thank you for telling it through your writing and gift of music!
Thank you Sully for writing from the heart. Your music has carried me across many bridges ... Please keep writing your truth. You're my favorite music writer ever 💜
I've been following you for 25 years, and this is the first time I've seen such a raw side of yours..... thank you Sully for not only sharing this part of you but reminding us of the incredible badass and human that you are ❤ mucho amor y fuerza!
❤This Song!! It does capture the raw emotions of being loyal yet being cheated and betrayed after 13 years together but Sully, (GODSMACK) Yes Music is a Healing frequency we all share through your lyrics, pain, sorrow, happiness ect. Thank you I Greatly Appreciate You All for these moments. Even when we change and create that best version of yourself karma strikes for our wrong doings. We do come out stronger in the end ❤
Your music has helped many of us thru the hot holes from hell we sometimes must get thru. Prayers for peave and healing....
It's never easy, Sully! Stay strong my brother and know you arent alone! The music you, Tony, Robbie, and Shannon have made have gotten me through some pretty dark times too, including a relationship of my own that ended much the same way. I know it's tough and hard and brutal at times, but dont ever give up!
Much love from Iowa,
Paul
Can't wait to see it
Me too!
Thank you so much for sharing this! I am really struggling right now in my relationship. Music is my only comfort most if the time! You are an amazing man, musician, and songwriter. Never ever doubt that. I saw you all last year in concert and I will never forget it. All of you guys are fucking amazing. Again, thanks for sharing this, and I hope you are continuing to heal and overcome. Our scars tell our story! ❤
Sully , I give this comment to YOU !!! , when I first heard this song I swear to you it was because of the same thing my friend! Love of my life of 35 years just disappeared and wouldn’t even talk to me , still to this day Kim aka MK , is living her life like I am nothing!! It would be a dream if you would dedicate this to her live from me on one of your tours !!! Thank you and the band for the best music EVER !!! You have know idea how much your music touches my heart and gets me through hard times !! Thanks again Sully 🤙🤙👍👍
Soundtrack of my life has been on some part of all their albums. For this , I thank you fellas ! Sincerely. Music is the best medicine.
When I first listened this song, I felt something really emotional connection to my life. All your songs help me to survive an another day. And this is my favourite because I feel the same. Thank you
Sully man,your music and lyrics have brought me through so many things and times!!!! The more you suffer, the more it shows you really Care....until then....is a daily reminder motivater,thank you for TRUTH...
Godsmack is best band ever!!!!.❤
My dear Sully, definitely you are an amazing artist and no doubt about it, you are a unique man.
And thanks to your talent as a songwriter, we all get to listen pure art... I love your music so much!❤❤
Wow....just freakin wow! I've felt that once in my life. Thank you for this. All the love and respect guys!
Tony your emotional expression is so open and heartfelt. To knowing your expression is genuine and an expression of giving and taking is phenomenal. Thank you for being real and loving.
I met Sully in 2013 at a meet greet on Long Island and I told him “he got me through a lot of break ups and probably going to get me through more “ and that was the truth …Godsmack will always be my favorite band been a fan since I was in middle school around when awake came out 🤘🤘🤘
Thank you so much Godsmack for Supporting Silly and thank you Sully, people make mistakes and go through dark times and have deal with heartbreak.
I just wanted to say to you and Godsmack thank you for being my strength in the dark times with the power of music.
Sully, all of your heart that you poured out into this masterpiece hits me right in mine. Makes me cry every time I hear it because I've also felt that pain....as many have. Thank you for letting us in.
WOW... 😢 RAW TRUTH. 😢 BETRAYAL FROM YOUR SOULMATE IS A WORSE PAIN AND LOSS THAN A DEATH. ID RATHER LOSE MY LOVE TO DEATH THAN BETRAYAL. THAT PAINS ENOUGH TO COMPLETELY DESTROY YOU.
I ❤ U SULLY, MANY MANY PRAYERS TO HEAL YOUR HEART, GUT N SOUL. ❤GOD BLESS ❤
I have been listening to Godsmack from day one, and I swear sometimes it's like they are in my head. This Sunday, April 7th will be 36 yrs my hubby and I have been married, and man it's been one helluva ride. You don't know how many of your songs especially Truth describes us. He's here but not here. Your songs have saved me more than once. I've been codependent for all those years and still am. Thank you for sharing your pain and letting others know they are not alone. My health is going down hill and fast. My only request is to see you guys live. I've missed you twice now in Michigan. Hoping to make the Canada show in Windsor if I can get mt passport, hard when you aren't allow to drive at the moment. But again, thanks you Sully and all you guys! I listen to you everyday. God bless! My therapy is poetry now a days, it used to be singing but can't sing anymore.
Thank you Sully for sharing your pain. Im glad you had those special friends by your side to listen.. to help you feel heard and seen and help create the music your heart needed express
I felt this so hard. Betrayal is the absolute worst. It affects us for the rest of or lives because even when we get over the one who betrayed us, learning to trust anyone ever again feels impossible. So future relationships pay the price for our past experiences. Love sucks!
You guys are such an awesome band, thank you for the awesome music! Had a blast seeing you guys live last year and hope to see you guys again sometime!
This song is his life falling apart and I know the music is his way of trying to grieve about it. I'm glad to see he's not hiding his emotions . Your music will always be there . I was married 27 long hard yrs I wish the best for you Sully and I see the hurt and pain in your voice and face. I cry everytime I hear it because I know fist hand what you are going through keep your head up everything is going to be alright ❤❤❤
You got balls Sully! That's the F*ckin' "TRUTH"! I Love you!
First time I heard Truth I was driving and had to pull over, it had me in tears. I seriously felt that one!
The first time I listened to “Lighting up the Sky”, this song hit me like a punch to the gut. I was in the car, on my way to work, and I was crying by the second line. All I could think was that Sully had some how managed to get in my head, seen what my ex-husband had done to me, and turned it into “Truth”. It’s been five years, but it felt like it’d just happened as I listened. Godsmack and Sully have gotten me through some of the hardest times in my life; their music is a gift. And this song is no different. Thank you, Sully, for sharing yourself with us and reminding us that we’re not alone. That we all go through heartbreak. Because of you, I’m not ashamed of any of my scars and can bravely share my stories with others 💙💙
Thanks for sharing your emotions with us sully. Many of us can relate with having a significant other that can’t handle being alone. My wife and I divorced after 10 years of marriage and after several years I finally healed from it and moved on. Then she got cancer and died bringing back all those emotions and pain. Having to hold back and be strong for our kids was the hardest part. I would wait until they were in n bed and go on a drive so I could cry, yell and just let out what I’d been holding in pretending to be strong in our kids eyes.
So many songs trigger emotional memories. Truth will always be one of them. Music can heal if you allow it to
After almost 7 years of marriage, my husband told me he wanted a divorce. It was 2 weeks before Valentine's day and he told me through a text message. I sat there wondering what the hell. I was...devastated, broken. The pain I felt was soul tearing. I had no one. My loved ones were 12 hours away. I felt lost and alone. So I grabbed a pistol, put it to my head and cocked it. Then I opened my eyes and there on the wall in front of me were pictures of my kids and my new grandbaby. I put the gun away. I agreed to the divorce, packed my stuff and moved back to Tennessee. I buried the pain, put a fake smile on and continued with my life. Months after the divorce was finalized I found out he had been having an affair for quite a while before the marriage ended. It's been 6 years and I still have days where just the thought of him sends me into tears. But know this, it does get easier. The good days come way more often than the bad. For anyone that is going through something like this, you are not alone.
Same for me. Almost 7 years of marriage, husband tells me that he wants a divorce! Says he loves me but isn't in love with me! He wants to be single! We weren't even divorced for 6 months, and he was in another relationship! Go right ahead! IDC!
The phrase ,"I love you but I'm not in love with you" has been said twice to me. And I gave the same answer both times: You only love yourself, you're simply confusing me with you. If you gave a damn as you say, you'd never had done it
Sully please don't stop, continue with Godsmack, i want more albums, You 're brilliant songwriter
I first heard this song in March of 2023. This was literally a week after my girlfriend had ended things with me, and the lyrics could have been written totally about us. The line "I didn't realize that time alone meant time with him" hit like a freight train. She had used that phrase (I need time alone) on me after standing me up going to a friend's reception. I learned later that she had instead driven to New York to see an old flame. I must have played this song hundreds of times trying to get over her. And yes, why am I still in love with her? Thanks, Sully, for saying what so many of us are feeling. This song will forever hit home.
Thank you for sharing this with us. Sully you are such a badass
Been a fan of Godsmack since the beginning, and they just keep getting better and more genuine. THIS is what lifelong friendship looks like.
Been there. Peace dude. Much love for writing Truth, n telling your truth
I have been there. Your music has been a life saver! Thank you for showing your scars. ❣
Thank you for sharing this behind the scenes. Every song that your band delivers is healing to me. This band is the gift. You all will forever be legends.
Sully I feel the pain you were feeling when this was wrote. You said it best 04/13/2024 in Vegas the songs are just soundtracks to our lives and heal us when needed. Thank you for this song and Under your scares they have helped me emincley
i fell in love with godsmack many years ago, they still help me to this day, i cant thanks all the members of godsmack enough for all the music through the years, and still to be able to get new music as a fan is very awesome to us all, but as a fellow musician in the same kinda world, its kickass as hell to hear new music coming out, and to hear about healing rather then self destruction. big love @Godsmack
Man I get chills every time I hear this song and not many songs can do that that these days. How they keep pumping out such great music after all this time will always amaze me. Keep rocking, Godsmack.
You all are amazing. I have loved Godsmack for over 20 years. Seen you open for Metallica in Orange County Cal to just last month in Austin Tx. This song is amazing & so sad. So sorry someone made you feel this way. Thank you for sharing your musical gift with all of us.
This song lifted me up when I was feeling down I experienced feeling similar to heartbreak I listened to this song on repeat for hours thank you godsmack wish you well
Thanks Sully for sharing these intimate moments with us. Makes us ❤ you even more showing your humanity. I met you once and I'll never forget how it made me feel and what your shared with me on how Avalon came to you. Broken road hit a chord with me on how you go through all the same emotions as I do. Your music is my therapy
This totally resonates with me. All the things he was saying and feeling I can relate to. I’ve been there.
I felt his pain and I’ve lived through similar circumstances. I’m still trying to heal. Bless your heart and soul Sully. You deserve only the best. Love your music! ❤️