Songs About Addiction

Whether it s a song about drug addiction gambling or even an obsession with a particular person music is a great way for musicians to express the struggle they re going through.

Songs about addiction. Songfacts category songs about dependency or addiction. The lyrics provide examples of what people tell themselves to avoid acknowledging a serious issue. Some of them have gone on to write songs about recovery after they have gotten sober eminem is a perfect example with his relapse album in 2009 and the subsequent recovery album in 2010. I get home i got the munchies.

Contrary to popular belief this isn t a song about their lead singer s addiction but he did tear up when he first read the lyrics. Like many songs about addiction not an addict questions the glorification of substance abuse and addiction in a powerful and moving song. In the song tom petty talks about marijuana as a woman named mary jane. Over the years many great artists have written songs about addiction.

This is a ranked list of all songs about addiction as voted on by music fans like you. And i drank up all my money. He also talks about using the drug to escape the pain of being alone. Dazed and kinda lonely.

Songs about drug addiction express various feelings about who suffers from it. Under the bridge red hot chili peppers the red hot chili pepper s under the bridge remains one of the most symbolic and powerful songs about addiction over 25 years after it was written. Throughout the song he constantly references feeling alone. Anger fear sadness anger are some of the emotions present.

The a team ed sheeran. Throw up in the tub. Then i go to sleep. I surrender by hillsong.

More than a feelingboston. If you need a reminder about the damage addiction can do listen to this song. Linkin park breaking the habit. The benefit about listening to songs about addiction if you re in recovery.

It also talks about song lyrics today and how rappers underestimate the power their words have on young people. This song hits on the idea that although the abuse of drugs may seem like fun and games it can be deadly. Songs about drug addiction. As the verses carry on the tone becomes more solemn and the character in the song verges on admitting there is an addiction.

The acclaimed song expresses the denial people often feel when the idea of being an addict enters their consciousness. Next some songs that express in different ways the drug addiction and the reasons why their artists were inspired to write them. Boston leader tom scholz went back to his job at polaroid after releasing the group s debut album. The song also highlights how addiction can harm relationships with the lyrics the one thing that always tore us apart is the one thing i won t touch again the band s justin furstenfeld checked into a treatment center for rehab for prescription pill and alcohol addiction after his pregnant wife told him she would end the marriage if.