Collective Soul - Counting The Days Lyrics






Hey baby are you listening
I've batten all the hatches down
I've taken all of your prescriptions but no remedy I've found

[Chorus:]
Counting the Days (yeah)
Until some freedom can scream my name
Counting the Days (yeah)
Until the gods break these chains.

hey baby are you watching
I'm saddling for your side show
I never want to become precious
This life is so touch and go

[Chorus]

[Bridge:]
Dig it, get it, dig it what your looking for?
Dig it, get it, dig it what your searching for?
Dig it, get it, dig it yeah, dig
Yeah, dig

[Chorus]





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  1. M.... Y....

    Yeah DIG!!

  2. D.... ....

    Годнота из детства))

  3. J.... S....

    This is one of the songs from my preteen years and teenagers and I just thought about it randomly so I decided to look it up I remember how awesome the song was brings me back good times.

  4. C.... ....

    I always come back to this song for a good ol’ quick line of ear coke 😜

  5. J.... R....

    Wwe smackdown new theme 2020

  6. R.... H....

    underrated group

  7. R.... C....

    Why was "Youth" the album so underrated?

  8. J.... ....

    Me and my gf enjoy getting twerking naked to this song when we play it on here

    J.... ....

    Dude...

  9. D.... T....

    Trailer mortal kombat Armageddon

  10. I.... F....

    The first time i heard this it for a MK video trailer for a game but i never knew who sang the song so when i bought Injustice 2 i kept thinking about the song each time i play Sub Zero this song is awesome

  11. R.... P....

    SOUNDS LIKE MATELLICA'S KING NOTHING!

    R.... P....

    *Metallica

  12. T.... W....

    this band is nice. the guitar guy ROCKS!

    T.... W....

    Now is "Architects" so better than this

  13. C.... N....

    Best song in Load Album, hail Metallica lml

  14. E.... C....

    fuckin bad ass song

  15. J.... A....

    Thank you..

  16. J.... C....

    WHERE'S YOUR CROWN, KING NOTHIIIIINNNGGG??

    J.... C....

    Two years apart bud..fuck Metallica

  17. D.... R....

    fuq sake.. ...yeah dig...

  18. S.... S....

    Wow i didn't know this song was by collective soul. I've been looking for his song for over 10 years and finally found it!

    S.... S....

    also a song my metallica

    S.... S....

    Yes, a rockin tune. Dig......

  19. e.... m....

    This rocks

  20. D.... W....

    3 days, 10 hours, 53 minutes, 51 seconds

  21. t.... ....

    i wanna go back to 2004 please, TAKE ME FUCKING BACK RIGHT NOW.

    t.... ....

    turbokike Yes, all of us, and have someone prevent the murder of Dimebag Darrell.

  22. R.... A....

    Where is the album? Because in the spotify don ' t seacrh. Sorry x my inglish

  23. P.... 4....

    Mortal Kombat Armageddon Anyone??

    P.... 4....

    Hell yeah dude

    P.... 4....

    Oh hijo de perra, creí que era el único.

  24. B.... d....

    Who's here because of Dolph?

    B.... d....

    l saw his tweet.

  25. V.... G....

    Dolph brought me here! Snap - vegagotem

  26. T.... ....

    King nothing

  27. D.... C....

    They also pretty much lifted the bassline from "freaks of the industry" on "no more no less".

  28. K.... M....

    larga vida al rock

  29. M.... E....

    YEAH !!!

  30. A.... O....

    top essa música

    A.... O....

    ae br comanda

  31. D.... A....

    Awesome riff - great band, very underrated

    D.... A....

    Dave Abbott kinda reminds me of Headbangers Ball

    D.... A....

    They ripped the riff off from Metallica

    D.... A....

    hahahahaha. Get dafukowtahere. You mean Metallic ripped the riff off them. No fucking way is Metallica capable of creating a decent riff anymore. They haven't had shit since the Justice album.

    D.... A....

    rofyle Metallica used this riff in King nothing. That song is from 1996. The song from collective soul is from 2004. So your comment is a bit stupid.

    D.... A....

    rofyle are you that fucking stupid

  32. s.... j....

    THIS SONG REALLY ROCKS :) IT SOUNDS LIKE METALLICA "KING NOTHING"
    COLLECTIVE SOUL ARE A GOOD CHRISTIAN METAL BAND

    s.... j....

    That's why that riff sounded so familiar

    s.... j....

    Its essentially the same riff.......vanilla ice anyone?

  33. F.... ....

    @1IMPALASS but the album came out in 2004?

  34. S.... ....

    Collective soul is my favorite band ever!

  35. J.... R....

    crank it at the solo
    fucking love CS, have all there albums

    J.... R....

    there are 8...

    J.... R....

    @jayPB08 I think he meant "all their albums"

    J.... R....

    Yeah brother love all their solos they're so like crunchy or something

    J.... R....

    +goochsurfer not so crunchy here but in other songs like shine

  36. b.... ....

    Along with the Foo Fighters, Pearl Jam, VR, Tool/Perfect Circle (same singer so might as well be same band), Silvertide and maybe even RHCP one of very few lone bright spots from the douchebag rock era (aka the era of Nickelback, Creed, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Linkin Park, Staind, Puddle of Mudd, Chevelle, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Breaking Benjamin, Disturbed, Hoobastank, Seether, Trapt, Theory of a Deadman, Saving Abel, Earshot (aka fake Tool/Perfect Circle), Lit, Eve 6, Third Eye Blind, Lifehouse, Vertical Horizon, Daughtry, Coheed & Cambria, and a whole lotta sucky wimpy soft rock (a la John Mayer, Coldplay, Train, Five For Fighting, Jack Johnson, Matt Kearney, Gavin Degraw, Keane, Snow Patrol, the Calling, Ninedays, etc) and cheezoid pop-punk/emo (Blink/Boxcar Racer, Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, Ataris, BFS, AAR, FOB, NFG, Sum 41, MCR, BFMV, 30 Sec To Mars, Unwritten Law et al) plus you might as well toss in all the other talentless rap-rock acts from that era with those douchebags. CS, FF, PJ, VR, Tool and all the talented acts were very lonely company (in terms of good rock acts) in a very large pond of rubbish.      

    b.... ....

    bucky468
    Thumbs down for the run-on sentences and no break down.
    Anyway, that period had a nice mix of anything rock or rockish.
    Seriously, look what we have now?

    b.... ....

    Harden Thicke - Come on, all those bands I listed stunk. I'll take ANY 80's rock 'n' roll over the rock of the past 2 decades - even lame ass glam hair bands - and I hate hair metal unless it's Tesla, GN'R, Whitesnake, Ratt, Dokken, Great White, QR, early TS, W.A.S.P., Yngwie Malmsteen, Fastway, Autograph, MSG, Bonham, Blue Murder, Vandenberg, Giant, Alias, Bad English, Hardline, Vixen, Bulletboys, Junkyard, Bang Tango, Tangier, Dangerous Toys, Giuffria/House of Lords, King's X, Babylon AD, Killer Dwarfs, Atomic Playboys, and a few others - over the "douchebag rock" of Y2K. That's how much I hate that modern alt/indie garbage. However, AOR, prog-rock and southern rock are my go-to genres of rock n' roll music.

  37. e.... m....

    Collective Soul and Blue Oyster Cult together would be one great show.

    e.... m....

    @Ed Foley What made you say that about CS and BOC?

    e.... m....

    Everyone died

  38. D.... Q....

    Mortal Kombat Armageddon music video xD

  39. D.... C....

    I think he's trying to make a point, I'm not 100% certain...

  40. S.... J....

    COLLECTIVE SOUL AND METALLICA ARE BOTH ON WARNER MUSIC ;) IM SURE THERES A REAL CONNECTION FROM METAL TO ALT-ROCK

  41. E.... X....

    :D exelent song!!

  42. 1.... ....

    I like the solo

  43. D.... C....

    Oh yeah, I agree. You have any idea how many times Metallica stole? Wasn't just the video I showed. They've taken many guitar riffs from Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the likes. And Led Zeppelin has taken so many songs it's unbelievable. Everything is sourced in something.

  44. M.... ....

    It is hard to find a original guitar part in the rock music world. Collective Soul used the tempo and made a really kick ass song out of it.

  45. J.... C....

    haha this is completely in different time collective soul loves metallica n rush where do u think king nothing came from....ps every songs has a note isthat infringement lol u people cant read music

  46. D.... C....

    They also sped up the tempo a little bit and added new lyrics. But, yeah, it's practically a cover. It's insane how much people can steal and get away with. You ought to check out this video: /watch?v=letLBUrt7yA (Disclaimer: I am a huge Metallica fan)

  47. w.... ....

    They literally just changed the notes! Unbelievable.

  48. D.... C....

    I smell King Nothing.

  49. R.... L....

    ROCKN'!!!

  50. D.... T....

    im a diggin you babe what?ya gooooiiing to do about it.

  51. J.... C....

    close but not quite at all, its not even in the same time and same melody with different and better sounds. however CS loves metallica, also rush and there wouldnt be metallica without rush

  52. m.... ....

    was just about to post the same comment

  53. O.... ....

    This riff sounds identical to King Nothing by Metallica.

  54. T.... R....

    I agree with the comment at the top of this page about the only that sucks about the song is that it's too damn short.

  55. r.... ....

    @Knightslayer35 Allright im going to listen to this every first day

  56. K.... B....

    @ASGninja replay it then it's twice as long

  57. f.... ....

    This song ROCKS!!!

  58. T.... R....

    Great song!!!

  59. C.... ....

    When applying to colleges in high school, I ended up not getting accepted to the only school I wanted to go to. Freshman year, at a local university that I couldn't stand, this was my theme song while I waited for my transfer application to be evaluated. I ended up graduating from where I wanted. Thank you, Collective Soul.

  60. 4.... ....

    i broke the replay button

  61. D.... M....

    me gusta la cancion

  62. C.... C....

    like #200 :P love this song

  63. A.... ....

    nfs most wanted :D

  64. S.... ....

    One person cant break his chains

  65. S.... ....

    @MustangAce36Kills They use to keep taking it down,,, people got tired of looking for it

  66. L.... M....

    @MaximumPayne12 i belive armargeddon

  67. p.... ....

    should have had a video. the song rocks.

  68. M.... ....

    @Asiangrades which mortal kombat has this song??? o.o

  69. A.... V....

    @ericdxx Yep.

  70. M.... ....

    Only 41,111 view?! That's ridiculous! This song deserves way more!

  71. W.... B....

    YEAAAAHHH

  72. j.... v....

    collective soul deserves better

  73. j.... v....

    i dont get it does this song have a shitload of views

  74. D.... I....

    @youboob6022
    mmm, go fuck yourself. Totally disagree.

  75. M.... G....

    MORTAL KOMBAT :D

  76. M.... A....

    I saw this because of mortal KOMBAT!!!!!

  77. y.... ....

    @ericdxx Metallica are an overrated pile of crap.

  78. T.... L....

    @schumisebas hillbilly

  79. A.... F....

    1 dislike??....ahahahaha!!....

  80. b.... ....

    yeah, dig!

  81. A.... Z....

    1 person forgot to count the days..:(

  82. S.... ....

    If it were not for the basicly pathetic waiting for something to free yourself from chains which ain't gonna happen, this would be right up there. Sounds cool.

    [switching vocals to instrument mode-replay]

  83. G.... ....

    cho-ness!

  84. a.... ....

    @xboxerman21 ziggler used it in ovw...

  85. J.... M....

    Suprised They Haven't Used This As A WWE Theme Yet..

  86. 1.... ....

    that song is catchy
    i used to listen to it in 2002

    and pops in my mind in 2010

    strange
    still love it

  87. A.... ....

    Only one thing sucks about this song. It's too damn short.

  88. A.... P....

    @schumisebas jaja me too.!!! :P I sing every time they pass it xd

  89. b.... ....

    de puta madre!!!

  90. j.... v....

    one of the greatest of all time im all ears on this one

  91. e.... ....

    @lovetaride FU loser.

  92. C.... ....

    @schumisebas haha yeah me too. that's awesome song

  93. e.... ....

    Clearly a ripoff of Metallica's King Nothing riff.

    I can't believe that this CS is the same band form the 90's. It seems it's all just downhill since their 2nd album.

  94. b.... ....

    there is another version of collective soul u think so
    that they played with acoustic?

  95. T.... L....

    @kybusch18 me three!

  96. s.... ....

    Great song! I knew it by Nascar!!! jajajaa