Something to Believe In
1990 · Capitol PRO 79272 · Los Angeles, California
- Artist
- Poison
- Title
- Something to Believe In
- Release
- Something to Believe In
- Year
- 1990
- Label
- Capitol # PRO 79272
- Language
- English
- Country
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Genre
- Metal · Glam Metal
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Something to Believe in (Poison) Post-war, 1990s. Vietnam veteran. Glam rock, power ballad. Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land He tells me to believe in Jesus, and steals the money from my hand Some say he was a good man, but Lord I think he sinned, yeah Twenty-two years of mental tears, cries a suicidal Vietnam vet Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore To find his country didn't want him back Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there Cause I never meant the things I did" And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise My best friend died a lonely man, in some Palm Springs hotel room I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news I tried all night not to break down and cry As the tears rolled down my face, I felt so cold and empty Like a lost soul out of place And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now The things I didn't know then road you gotta take me home I drive by…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Christmas Songs
Something to Believe in (Poison) Post-war, 1990s. Vietnam veteran. PTSD, mistreatment of vet. Kills himself on Christmas eve. Glam rock, power ballad. Will I see him on the TV preachin' 'bout the promised land He tells me to believe in Jesus, and steals the money from my hand Some say he was a good man, but Lord I think he sinned, yeah Twenty-two years of mental tears, cries a suicidal Vietnam vet Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore To find his country didn't want him back Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon Our lawyers took his wife and kids, no regrets In a time I don't remember, in a war he can't forget He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there Cause I never meant the things I did" And give me something to believe in if there's a Lord above And give me something to believe in Oh, Lord arise My best friend died a lonely man, in some Palm Springs hotel room I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news I tried all night not to break down and cry As the tears rolled down my face, I felt so cold and empty Like a lost soul out of place And the mirror mirror on the wall sees my smile it fades again Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now The things…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
American glam metal band formed 1983 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania ('Something to Believe In'). [Source: Wikipedia]