Yesterday's Addiction- Mike Mitchell- Guitars, Jim Tamburini- Drums, Jeff Moore- Vocals; Special thanks to Jon Cimino for contributing bass tracks
Story behind the song
Mike wrote the music, and before we had lyrics we referred to the song as "A min", which is the relative minor to C maj. So, we began calling the song "Relative". Jim wrote some lyrics that I thought were great, so with a few minor "singer" additions and edits, this song was born. It was really inspired by the notion that sometimes bad things happen that end up being blessings.
Lyrics
Someones pain, someones pleasure- you find sorrow in your treasure. A live well lived, who can measure? It's carried away by the wind like a feather. A new beginning, a familiar end. Time goes by like grains of sand. To tell the tale, the truth to bend- a stranger to me my dearest friend. Pre Chorus: The weight of the world on my shoulder but I won't go down... Chorus: In the dark I find the sun, and in losing you I've won. You can't take what you can't give- it's all Relative. White noise, distracting me. My foolish heart with every beat. Your open eyes, they still can't see- what forever was will never be. Pre Chorus, Chorus
Outro Chorus: When the end has just begun, to tomorrow I will run. And in dying I will live- It's all Relative