Macklemore - Starting Over Lyrics
[Macklemore:]
1, 2, now
Those 3 plus years, I was so proud of
And I threw 'em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups
Made my sobriety so public, there's no fuckin' privacy
If I don't talk about it then I carry a date
08-10-08, that now has been changed
And everyone that put me in some box as a saint
That I never was, just a false prophet that never came
And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
Deceit on your shoulders, deceivingly heavy weight
Haven't seen tears like this on my girl
In a while the trust that I once built's been betrayed
But I'd rather live telling the truth and be judged for my mistakes
Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised
I guess I gotta get this on the page
Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is
I know what I gotta do and I can't help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
God help 'em
Yeah, one day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
[Macklemore:]
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
Now look at me, a couple days sober
I'm fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the east side
Shaking tweakin', hope that they don't see it
Hope that no one is looking
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken
If they call on me I'm passing, if they talk to me I'm looking at the door
But before I can make it somebody stops me and says, "Are you Macklemore?
Maybe this isn't the place or time
I just wanted to say that if it wasn't for "Otherside" I wouldn't have made it."
I just looked down at the ground and say, "Thank you."
She tells me she has 9 months and that she's so grateful
Tears in her eyes, looking like she's gonna cry, fuck
I barely got 48 hours, treated like I'm some wise monk
I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can't
I just shake her hand and tell her congrats
Get back to my car and I think I'm tripping, yeah
'Cause God wrote "Otherside", that pen was in my hand
I'm just a flawed man, man I fucked up up
Like so many others I just never thought I would
I never thought I would, didn't pick up the book
Doin' it by myself, didn't turn out that good
[Macklemore:]
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
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Macklemore Starting Over Comments
Good old days
To everyone out there struggling, I feel your vibe. Stay strong, I promise there is light at the end of the tunnel
Had ten months clean, back to one day today but no way I'm gunna let a lapse make me go backwards. Keep carrying on♥️
Relapsed again, made it back to nuway, guilt and shame, makes it hard to move on, wish I never put my family through my bullshit :( after everything I've done, how could I go back to drinking.. I'm just processing
I got 177 days today...fuck heroin you ruined my life
RIP Mac Miller
RIP Lil peep
RIP Juice Wrld
all lost through drugs
10 day sober
Great song don't give up on your loved ones or self
Doing it for my son
Macklemore, probably I’m only fan of you from India. Your songs are big motivation for me. Today what I am now is because of this song. Lots of love to you brother and the soil of Seattle ❤️❤️
This. This.. This...
I was 26 days sober and fell back thinking it was ok to celebrate. Day one starts again today. Just need to pick up where I left off. One day at a time.
I get you, bud. I was almost 4 moths clean from a different addiction, and fell down again earlier this month. Its a struggle to get past more than one day without giving in, but we can do it. We have to.
Thank you for that👇
"If I can be an example of gettin' sober...
Then I can be an example of startin' over!"
i’m 1 year clean from EVERYTHING in 10 days 🖤 thank you for putting your story out there mack. i’m done letting a pill control my life. thank god for NA. i used to listen to this song while i was withdrawing. 15 and lonely with only a song to explain my entire life story. thank you again. i’m 18 years old, almost a year clean from opiates, benzodiazepines, and every other drug. therefore, you can get clean no matter what.
01.01.2017 - still going
Trying so hard..clean 9 days then fucked up and relapsed last weekend. Starting over on day 3 clean. Not giving up that easy.
Going on 14 months
2 years❤️
Thanks Macklemore. God bless you and everyone that hits home with this song
21 days clean. Thank u Macklemore this song has helped me thru all the lack of control of emotions I been having. We got this. We can do this.
3 years from pills
113 days sober!!! one day at a time. x
33 days sober ( rehab #5)
@Rudolf 88 well done!!! :)
what a inspiration, been there many times starting over. this time 09/02/2019 clean
4 years sober, it's been a long journey. Ups and downs. Dont ever give up!!!!
Kto z Polsk????
2019 still my hero
50 days sober today... May not seem like a lot to some but to me it's a lifetime. I hit my knees every night and thank God for another day sober. My prayers go out to the still sick and suffering.
JUST CAME BACK FROM A 6 MONTH BENDER , 11 DAYS CLEAN TODAY
One, two, now...
Those three-plus years, I was so proud of
Then I threw them all away for two Styrofoam cups
The irony, everyone will think that "He lied to me"
Made my sobriety so public, there's no fucking privacy
If I don't talk about it then I carry a date
A "08/10/08" that now has been changed
And everyone that put me in some box as a saint
That I never was, just a false prophet that never came
And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake?
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
What the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed and you look at him directly into his face
Deceit on your shoulders, deceivingly heavy weight
Haven't seen tears like this on my girl in a while
The trust that I once built's been betrayed
But I'd rather live tellin' the truth than be judged for my mistakes
Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised
I guess, I gotta get this on the page
Feelin' sick and helpless
Lost the compass where self is
I know what I've gotta do, and I can't help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I've gotta find a way to tell them
God help 'em, yeah
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I've gotta find a way to tell them
We fought so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost, lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along, along
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean, now look at me
A couple days sober, I'm fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the East Side, shakin', tweakin'
Hope that they don't see it, hope that no one is lookin'
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Just posted in the back with my hands crossed, shooken
If they call on me I'm passin' it, if they talk to me I'm bookin'
Out that door, but before I can make it
Somebody stops me and says "Are you Macklemore?
"Maybe this isn't the place or time, I just wanted to say that"
"If it wasn't for 'Otherside' I wouldn't have made it"
I just looked down at the ground and say "Thank you"
She tells me she has 9 months and that she's so grateful
Tears in her eyes lookin' like she's gonna cry, fuck
I barely got forty-eight hours, treated like I'm some wise monk
I want to tell her I relapsed, but I can't
I just shake her hand and tell her "Congrats"
Get back to my car, and I think I'm trippin', yeah
'Cause God wrote 'Otherside', that pen was in my hand
I'm just a flawed man, man I fucked up
Like so many others, I just never thought I would
I never thought I would
Didn't pick up the book
Doin' it by myself didn't turn out that good
If I can be an example of gettin' sober
Then I can be an example of startin' over
If I can be an example of gettin' sober
Then I can be an example of startin' over
We fought so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost, lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along, along
We fought so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost, lost
Xx
Man fuck I did so well for so long, and now .. I’ve literally od’d 4 times this past month. From a combo of Xanax and fentanyl/heroin who tf knows what it was. Man I’m in a world of hurt. The most recent time my 10 yr old son was with me. He called 911. My God why ... I don’t think I can live with this pain ...
Stay strong
40 days clean an I just relapsed 08/27/19 is the starting over date
This is me today. hurting, avoiding, fighting these fucking demon. nothing but tears in my eyes.
holy anus burger so good i forgot about this
I lost my mom and dad because a car wreck, my mom was coming down off some meth, she was irrational and mad turned around and yelled at my brothers girlfriend while she was driving and got hit by a truck... that was at christmas 2018, (Sperry ok) look it up if you want too... since then my brotber hasn't been sober nd hasn't spoken to me... I hope he will get clean so I can have some family back again...
Stay strong sister!
Amazing soul in this man
I cried
Been addicted for 6 years to Xanax. I can’t stop. But this gives me hope. Some days I jus wanna end it all then I remember Macklemore.
Deep love the tunes just came across you keep them coming!!!
If it wasn't for this albulm I'd give up... it helped me detox a couple of times.
relapsed last night... feeling so lost. this song helps.
to recovery nothing's better than this shit, im stronger than ever and so could you. the only person i love in this world keeps me going, you can find your reason to quit the pain
my favorite macklemore song.
I love this song
02/07/2016
I get my 1st year sober, and break my leg and back. In 2017. It’s 2019 and having an amputation. No matter what I gotta pull thru with minimal medicine and I feel like imma die, but it’s way better than dying again. Pray for me and my babies and wife.
Mmmm I get this completly
listened to this on repeat when I first got my heart broken. honestly Macklemore speaks straight to my soul. his music is one of the few things that can get me out of bed, make my depression go away, calm my anxiety, put me in a pinging mood and bring out my passion, all that shit man.
03.15.17 was the day i started my life over. One day at a time, it can be done.
"Starting Over"
(feat. Ben Bridwell)
[Macklemore:]
1, 2, now
Those 3 plus years, I was so proud of
And I threw 'em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups
The irony, everyone will think that he lied to me
Made my sobriety so public, there's no fuckin' privacy
If I don't talk about it then I carry a date
08-10-08, that now has been changed
And everyone that put me in some box as a saint
That I never was, just a false prophet that never came
And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed then look him directly into his face
Deceit on your shoulders, deceivingly heavy weight
Haven't seen tears like this on my girl
In a while the trust that I once built's been betrayed
But I'd rather live telling the truth and be judged for my mistakes
Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised
I guess I gotta get this on the page
Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is
I know what I gotta do and I can't help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
God help 'em
Yeah, one day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
[Macklemore:]
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
Now look at me, a couple days sober
I'm fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the east side
Shaking tweakin', hope that they don't see it
Hope that no one is looking
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken
If they call on me I'm passing, if they talk to me I'm looking at the door
But before I can make it somebody stops me and says, "Are you Macklemore?
Maybe this isn't the place or time
I just wanted to say that if it wasn't for "Otherside" I wouldn't have made it."
I just looked down at the ground and say, "Thank you."
She tells me she has 9 months and that she's so grateful
Tears in her eyes, looking like she's gonna cry, fuck
I barely got 48 hours, treated like I'm some wise monk
I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can't
I just shake her hand and tell her congrats
Get back to my car and I think I'm tripping, yeah
'Cause God wrote "Otherside", that pen was in my hand
I'm just a flawed man, man I fucked up up
Like so many others I just never thought I would
I never thought I would, didn't pick up the book
Doin' it by myself, didn't turn out that good
[Macklemore:]
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
Sober nearly two years and just relapsed. This song gives me hope. " I'd rather live telling the truth then be judged for my mistakes
than falsely held up". Thanks for the encouragement Macklemore
fk this is so deep
I pray for all of u🙏
Best Macklemore song eve stfu if u disagree😖
Best part about this is Ben Bridwell
so f.. underreated
my favorite macklemore song. quite relatable
15 year I'm in recovery relapsed twice but doing better haven't popped or downed a bottle 3 months💯✌❤
160 dislikes. why would you dislike this song?
2:20 im crying so hard...sending my prayers out to everyone struggling with addiction
The hardest part of relapse is facing the people that you love and that are fighting with you. it's the fucking worst feeling ever but what I have realized is I have learned from it and I do better and the folks that were there are still here and still fighting and the greatest... they still love....
🙏🏾 this song helped me get back. It's not were I was that matters, only were I want to be. And what am I willing to do to get there. Thank you Mack!
I hope all is well
There is a 7th grader in my school that smokes and is proud of it. She posted multiple videos of her on snapchat and put them on her story so EVERYONE can see. Then she and another one of her friends were snorting ibuprofen pills crushed. And she had another drug but i couldn't see what it was but it was dark grey in a bag. Like WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU!??
*I now notice that I'm not drinking to have fun anymore, I'm drinking to stay sane and that sh*t brings a lot of negativity in my life. I stopped working out for 3 weeks already and if I don't stop or even control drinking alcohol now, things might get nasty sooner or later. If anybody out there is feeling the same way just know that you're not alone*
ÇOK GÜZEL ÇOK GÜZEL AMINA KODUMUN ŞARKISI
Mac Miller - Best day ever. To this. Help me.
Sadly enough some of us don't get the chance to start over. Mac Miller. 1992 - 2018.
@Lindsay Brewster bro where were you😂
Marshawn Lunch high apparently. Lol. Sorry, not funny.
@Lindsay Brewster you're all good bro, its all love😂❤
@Marshawn Lunch I’m a lady btw bro. Lol
I didn’t know that either, but I was in jail lol
I was convicted of 2 felony sales with a firearm and spent 4 months in jail and am currently on house arrest. I've suffered from addiction that has taken everything from me for 9 years. I now have 149 days clean and never thought life could be like this. I'm learning patience, acceptance, and now have a piece of mind. I'm slowly. gaining back everything I've destroyed because of drugs. This song has resonated with me on so many levels and has gotten me through so much. Thank you, Macklemore, for helping me do that.
i love this song
vegan trying to stay away from pop tarts this song helps me
Who the fuck is Ryan Lewis? I´m dead serious...
For me, the biggest lesson from this song is to never even try to take any drugs. Because once you have started, it gets painful for everyone involved, and so hard to get out of it again.
The day I was allowed to view my boyfriends body after he overdosed on a combination of prescription drugs and heroin was the day that I heard "drug dealer" for the very 1st time-which absolutely tore me apart (even more)and tore me down.
Tonight,I heard this song for the 1st time and it really hit home. I am so happy for everyone's recovery, but I'm forever broken for the love of my life who didn't get that chance (for very long).
He relapsed after being sober for 10 months of a 15 year addiction after being over prescribed deadly and illegal combinations of medications from open heart surgery. We signed NO OPIATE contacts...but he was prescribed them 2 weeks after surgery,then died on the 4th week.
He was MY somebody's someone♡♡♡
may first two thousand eighteen
wow I remember I was only 16 years old when I first heard this song and now I'm 21. It's been so long
Beautiful. Thank you
Hey y'all /\
I know this is not the same.
And I always feel bad relating to this song so heavily when I’ve never had a drug addiction, but I had an addiction to self harm for several years.
And after 8 years of being clean I slipped up.
That was a few months ago and the urges that had once been muffled are so loud.
It really is like starting over.
Brings back more old memories
5 months
"If i can be an example of getting sober, then i can be an example of starting over" got me through a lot of rough nights when i just wanted to relapse and cut again. 4 1/2 years clean because music like this keeps me going
Love to all addicts.. in recovery or still active. Keep up the fight brothers and sisters. One day at a time.
the fact, that most are ashamed of relapsing, when it actually shows how far you made it. starting over is nothing to be facing the problems caused, look in the mirror, just face it.... you can make it, just have patience. spiritual love, embrace it, problems will get straightened like teeth to braces... have Faith. . you will make it.
God bless Macklemore
1,2, now
[Verse 1: Macklemore]
Those three-plus years, I was so proud of
Then I threw them all away for two Styrofoam cups
The irony, everyone will think that "He lied to me"
Made my sobriety so public, there's no fucking privacy
If I don't talk about it then I carry a date
A "08/10/08" that now has been changed
And everyone that put me in some box as a saint
That I never was, just a false prophet that never came
And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake?
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
What the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know, what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed and look at him directly into his face
Deceit on your shoulders, deceivingly heavy weight
Haven't seen tears like this on my girl in a while
The trust that I once built has been betrayed
But I'd rather live telling the truth and be judged for my mistakes
Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised
I guess, I gotta get this on the page
Feeling sick and helpless
Lost the compass where self is
I know what I've gotta do, and I can't help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I've gotta find a way to tell them
God help 'em, yeah
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I've gotta find a way to tell them
[Hook: Ben Bridwell]
We fall, so hard, now we gotta get back what we lost, lost
I thought you’d gone, but you were with me all along, along
[Verse 2: Macklemore]
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
Now look at me, a couple days sober, I'm fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the East Side, shaking, tweaking
Hope that they don't see it, hope that no one is looking
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Just posted in the back with my hands crossed, shooken
If they call on me I'm passin', if they talk to me I'm booking
Out that door, but before, I can make it
Somebody stops me and says "Are you Macklemore?
Maybe this isn't the place or time, I just wanted to say that
If it wasn't for 'Otherside,' I wouldn't have made it"
I just looked down at the ground and say, "Thank you"
She tells me she has nine months, and that she's so grateful
Tears in her eyes, looking like she's gonna cry, fuck
I barely got forty-eight hours, treated like I'm some wise monk
I want to tell her I relapsed, but I can't
I just shake her hand and tell her, "Congrats"
Get back to my car, and I think I'm tripping, yeah
Cause God wrote "Otherside," that pen was in my hand
I'm just a flawed man, man, I fucked up
Like so many others, I just never thought I would
I never thought I would, didn't pick up the book
Doin' it by myself didn't turn out that good
[Bridge: Macklemore]
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
[Hook: Ben Bridwell]
We fall, so hard, now we gotta get back what we lost, lost
I thought you’d gone, but you were with me all along, along
Lleno de nostalgia cada que repito está canción.
I just love him so much y’all bless up
Clean since 6-5-17 and like he said the hardest part is looking your dad if the face telling him you relapse that part always makes me cry a little even tho I'm clean now
Macklemore and eminem are one of the best rappers of all time and they all have been forgotten😔😞
Just lost my job.. And alomost overdosed yesterday.. Feeling really lost rn but i always come back to this song.. gives me hope. #thankyoumacklemore
David Cardinal I hope you made it through those dark times ❤️
9 months since i last had a drink and i have been clean
Relapse is a part of recovery
Macklemore is to savage for any one
This song hits me right in the heart, how many others?
My mom just got out of rehab and this is now my favorite song.
Lyrics:
[Macklemore:]
1, 2, now
Those 3 plus years, I was so proud of
And I threw 'em all away for 2 Styrofoam cups
The irony, everyone will think that he lied to me
Made my sobriety so public, there's no fuckin' privacy
If I don't talk about it then I carry a date
08-10-08, that now has been changed
And everyone that put me in some box as a saint
That I never was, just a false prophet that never came
And will they think that everything that I've written has all been fake
Or will I just take my slip to the grave?
Uh, what the fuck are my parents gonna say?
The success story that got his life together and changed
And you know what pain looks like
When you tell your dad you relapsed then look him directly into his face
Deceit on your shoulders, deceivingly heavy weight
Haven't seen tears like this on my girl
In a while the trust that I once built's been betrayed
But I'd rather live telling the truth and be judged for my mistakes
Than falsely held up, given props, loved and praised
I guess I gotta get this on the page
Feeling sick and helpless, lost the compass where self is
I know what I gotta do and I can't help it
One day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
God help 'em
Yeah, one day at a time is what they tell us
Now I gotta find a way to tell them
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
[Macklemore:]
And every kid that came up to me
And said I was the music they listened to when they first got clean
Now look at me, a couple days sober
I'm fighting demons
Back of that meeting on the east side
Shaking tweakin', hope that they don't see it
Hope that no one is looking
That no one recognizes that failure under that hoodie
Was posted in the back with my hands crossed shooken
If they call on me I'm passing, if they talk to me I'm looking at the door
But before I can make it somebody stops me and says, "Are you Macklemore?
Maybe this isn't the place or time
I just wanted to say that if it wasn't for "Otherside" I wouldn't have made it."
I just looked down at the ground and say, "Thank you."
She tells me she has 9 months and that she's so grateful
Tears in her eyes, looking like she's gonna cry, fuck
I barely got 48 hours, treated like I'm some wise monk
I wanna tell her I relapsed but I can't
I just shake her hand and tell her congrats
Get back to my car and I think I'm tripping, yeah
'Cause God wrote "Otherside", that pen was in my hand
I'm just a flawed man, man I fucked up up
Like so many others I just never thought I would
I never thought I would, didn't pick up the book
Doin' it by myself, didn't turn out that good
[Macklemore:]
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
If I can be an example of getting sober
Then I can be an example of starting over
[Ben Bridwell:]
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
I thought you'd go
But you were with me all along... along
We fall so hard
Now we gotta get back what we lost... lost
Otherside, starting over, Kevin , drug dealer = most realist, sincere and powerful songs in the world ( in my opinion ). I wish these songs received the credit they deserve, keep up the phenomenal work Macklemore !!!
the truth is the only thing that can offend you and set you free much luv and respect
man i wish these songs were not so sad. 😢😢😒😒😞😞
this is a sad song.. #macklemore