At a recent solo concert, Staind frontman Aaron Lewis opened up about the lyrics of ‘Lost And Lonely.’ The singer also talked about his childhood and said he often questioned God because of it. He explained:
“I had a pretty fucked up childhood. I went through a lot of sh*t that no child should ever have to endure. And I’ve questioned God on many occasions in my life as to why he felt that I needed to go through that in order to get right here. Some days I have a better grasp on that, some days I don’t.”
He went on to explain several things ‘destroyed’ him as a child, but he still gained the strength to get back up:
“I guess the sh*t that absolutely destroyed me as a child, it also gave me the strength to persevere through anything, which is why I feel like I’m still here. Which is why I feel like God’s had his hand on my shoulder my whole life. Ever since. That maybe he didn’t allow me to go through what I went through, maybe he was there to protect what was left. I don’t know. These are things I think about every day.”
Why Lewis Wrote ‘Lost And Lonely’
Following in the same show, the frontman explained how he decided to write the 2012 track from the album ‘Sinner’:
“So I wrote this song, ’cause I was going through some sh*t. And happy songs usually don’t come out of that. I had decided that in that moment, the one thing that I could do to try to save my entire life from just completely collapsing before I die. So I checked myself into rehab.”
He added:
“And with that I say cheers. Cheers to successfully making it through another day in this f*cked up world, in this f*cked up life.”
Aaron’s newest solo album, ‘The Hill,’ landed at No. 175 on the Billboard 200 in its first week, including both album sales and streams. It’s the lowest-charting album of his solo career so far.
You can see the footage from the show down below.