Rise Above This

Album: Finding Beauty in Negative Spaces (2007)
Charted: 91
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  • Take the light, and darken everything around me
    Call the clowns, and listen closely, I'm lost without you

    Call your name everyday, when I feel so helpless
    I've fallen down, but I'll rise above this (rise above this)

    Hate your mind, regrets are better left unspoken
    For all we know this void will grow
    And everything's in vain, distressing you, don't leave me open
    Feels so right but I'll end this all before it gets me

    Call your name everyday, when I feel so helpless
    I've fallen down (fallen down) but I'll rise above this (rise above this)

    Call your name everyday when I seem so helpless
    I've fallen down (fallen down) but I'll rise above this (rise above this)

    I'll mend myself before it gets me
    I'll mend myself before it gets me
    I'll mend myself before it gets me
    I'll mend myself before it gets me

    Call your name everyday, when I feel so helpless
    I've fallen down (fallen down) but I'll rise above this (rise above this)

    Forty-eight ways to say that I'm feelin' helpless
    I've fallen down (fallen down) but I'll rise above this
    Rise above this, rise above this, rise above this doubt Writer/s: DALE STEWART, JOHN HUMPHREY, SHAUN WELGEMOED
    Publisher: Reservoir Media Management, Inc.
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Comments: 15

  • Drew Peters from Beech Creek PaBest song ever
  • Tiffany from Lashea Love seether! Such a inspiration to every walk in life. Especially close to my heart with this song.
  • James from Milton, Delaware Does anyone know what movie of the week, that "Rise Above This" was in, with also a Pop Evil song? I believe 2008...?
  • Sidney from Pretoria South AfricaYou all know bits of the story. Eugene tried to commit suicide but failed. Shaun then wrote the song to encourage Eugene to Rise Above It. But Eugene jumped out the hotel window before Shaun ever got to play it to him.
  • Lynne from Williamsburg, VaI read that Shaun changed his name because no one could ever pronounce it correctly! I know I wasn't! So he used his middle name. The song Rise Above It I believe was dedicated to Eugene but I think it was already written. It's an awesome video. I love it and wish lots of people would see it... not just Seether-type fans. Such an important idea- what would happen to the family when someone in the family commits suicide. I know the new song "Pass Slowly " is about his brother. There's a better answer than suicide.
  • Scott from Brooking, SdI actually saw seether the night this happened. i heard that they stopped the production of "finding beauty in negative spaces" to write the song like suicide about him.
  • Jessica from Uvalde, TxYes, the song was written before Eugene killed himself but Shaun has said that he had him in mind when it was written. So even though he killed himself after the song was written and on the album, it's still Eugene's song.
  • Joel from Victoria, Capetown, South AfricaAgain I can relate. My sister killed herself with an overdose of sleeping pills after getting out of an abusive relationship. The trauma messed me up so badly that I delevloped a drinking problem and some other mental problems. I've stopped the booze but it still hurts everytime I'm reminded of the situation. This was when we were living in Australia for several months.
  • Niko from Petteyville, Nyi love this song, i didnt know what song was about till i saw the video and i looked in to it and its very sad to hear how his brother passed
  • Tommy from Cape Town, South AfricaShawn never wrote the song about his brother, he only dedicated it to him. the song was already written before Eugene Committed suicide.
  • Berto from Northport, Flthis song is about shaun morgans brother eugene, who committed suicide, but it always reminds me of a girlfriend who i haven't spoken to or seen in a while. awesome song, very sad, but awesome.
  • Michael from Johannesburg, South AfricaI'm proud to say that Seether is originly from South Africa, which is where I live! Sean Morgan's real surname is 'Welgemoed'. Rumor has it that he was forced to change it when his mother disowned him for his adictions and 'alternative' lifestyle. Seether was originlly called "Saron Gas" before they left SA for The US
  • Samir from New York, NyAs soon as the album was released, n i listened to it for the very first time, i knew that Rise Above This is gonna be the best single by this album!! ... n when they made the video, i was the happiest to know it!! but so down after watching it!! ... great song!! salute to seether!!
  • Caitlyn from Naples, Flthis song is so sad. so is the video
  • Jennifer from North Plainfield, NjThis is a great song. The first time I heard it I loved it and I didn't even know the background (Shaun Morgan's brother who died). Pretty without being a ballad.
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