Shinedown - What A Shame Lyrics
Two packs of cigarettes a day
The strongest whiskey
Kentucky can make
That's a recipe to put a vagabond
On his hands and knees
I knew him more than most
I saw a side of him he never showed
Full of sympathy for a world that
Wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was,
Have you heard enough?
[Chorus]
What a shame, what a shame,
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
What a shame
There's a hard life for every silver spoon
There's a touch of grey for every shade
Of blue
That's the way that I see life
If there was nothing wrong,
Then there'd be nothing right
And for this working man they say could
Barely stand
There's gotta be a better place to land
Some kind of remedy for a world that
Wouldn't let him be
That's the man he was,
Have you heard enough?
[Chorus]
What a shame, what a shame,
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
What a shame
God forgive the hands that laid you down
They never knew how much a broken heart can break the sound and change the season
Now the leaves are falling faster,
Happily ever after
You gave me hope through your endeavors
And now you will live forever
[Chorus]
What a shame, what a shame,
To judge a life that you can't change
The choir sings, the church bells ring
So, won't you give this man his wings?
What a shame to have to beg you to
See we're not all the same
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same
What a shame, what a shame
'Cause we're not all the same
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Shinedown What A Shame Comments
One kick butt band a fan forever
Everytime I write a tragic character in a book this is one of the songs I listen to
This is such an amazing and sad song. So many people want to judge others. None of us should pass judgement on anyone. We don’t live. In their shoes. We all have our problems. Don’t judge be not knowing what I’ve gone through and continue to go through.
I miss my husband so much. He passed away 2 months ago from a drug overdose. I love him always.
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I love this song from shinedown because it has an awesome beat to it. 😄✌️😄✌️
I old women love you i shame
You not love me because you like me
I eat rice wait
"Full of sympathy, for a world that wouldn't let him be"
2020 and means more now than ever! Fuckin love shinedown
I love this song
Every time I hear this I think of my friends dad who just passed away last March. It hurts, seeing someone you care about loose so much. My last talk with her father, I'll never forget. God, I hope you gave that man his wings.
Shinedown is so underrated...they deserve more.
I think he had schizophrenia, and the world didn't understand him. It is difficult for people to understand the struggles that accompany mental illness. I can relate to this song every time I play it, the cigarettes are for stress and the whiskey to drown the negative voices in his head. The man who wrote the song must have seen past the bullshit which is rare, and gave him a chance. While the rest of the world believed he had a lack of effort. Its these quick judgements made by uneducated people who have never been there so they cannot relate, instead of showing mercy they believe you are faking it for attention and take it upon themselves to punish the man for it. They are relentless and the strongest person in the world couldn't handle that kind of abuse all day in and out for a lifetime, its absolute torture. Worst part is the man still feels sympathy for the world, they may see him as a small man who gave up when in his reality he knows is the strongest person on the planet every day he wakes up and tries again and again. Hoping one day he will wake up and it was nothing more than a bad dream. One out of 100 people will get schizophrenia in their lifetime, many people dont even know they have it. Living dysfunctional lives and believing they are the rejects of society. We are socially awkward and are stuck in a glitch in the human mind. Wanting to be like the rest of the world so bad and frustrated with ourselves for not being able to do today what seems so simple and easy for everybody else. Ashamed of ourselves because the world tells us we should be better and try harder and we believe we are the problem.
That's the way he was
God forgive me please, I'm trying so hard to be a christian. Loneliness is torture.
Bro drink some vodka and sit on your bed
Where the fuck is the Ashita no joe amv?
WOW!!!........HOW MANY CAN RELATE TOO AND KNOW THAT PERSON THIS SONG WAS WRITTEN FOR?
My Grandpa, who raised me, was a HEAVY drinker and smoker.......I SWEAR THIS SONG IS ABOUT HIM!!
I knew him better than most anyone as I watched him live with his pain every day.....😭😭😭
RIP 👍😘❤️💞💕
“There’s a touch of grey for every shade of blue” is written on my left forearm surrounded by polynesian tribal. Also o spited by this song I have an angel crying with her wings behind her. This song is by far one my all time favorite songs period. I wish I could hear this live! Also this song has a lot of heartfelt lyrics to live by :)
Yeah what a shame 😇😇😇😆
Bruh Moment ;(
You have quenched my thirst, oh Shinedown.
This song should be dedicated to a thug, much luv. Don't judge y'all or thou shall be judged. Seasons do change.
Sound of Madness was, is, and will always be one of the best hard rock albums of the 2000's. Brent Smith has an equally amazing voice and range. Though I don't know him, I'm proud to know he's in my age range. Talent well worth the recognition he gets.
This song really hits home with me so fucken depressed
Hey , Wow ,A real pint of View . The statement ,To Judge A life you can’t change .
Beautiful song by a band I've seen live twice!
A girl broke up with me about 4 years ago and this song always reminds me of the pain, not that she left me, that she got with someone else 2 weeks later, I listened to this constantly, when I was on the bus, train, when i was gaming, Even in the pub when I put it on, used to make me cry. Now I look back on those times with happiness when I hear this, because it gave me comfort, and now even though life is getting in the way of being easy, this makes me smile. It gets easier. Kepp going, stay strong you beasts.
I hear this and think of friends lost..some by suicide .some by nature and some that are still here but dealing with their own attitude or emotions .. Remember what ever the situation love each other while you have that chance .. Shinedown Rocks ..
now the leaves are falling faster, happily ever-after...you gave me hope through your endeavors. damn that's poetry!
Soo glad we're all different cuz,,have something to look 4ward to than the SAME OLE GRIND,DAY,ETC..
Yeah Shinedown
Anyone here still listening in 2019?
I binge on Shinedown daily. Helps me through lifes challenges. But this song never got the recognition it so deserved
I’m 47yo, never heard of Shinedown, in my defence I’m from a small Australian town. I was searching for Lynard Skynard’s Simple Man and Shinedowns cover came up....wow blew my mind!! That was four days ago and can’t stop listening to them
I’ll be listening until I can’t hear anymore.
2020. <----
By far the best concert ive ever seen.. these guys put on one hell of a show!
I husband passed away in November 2018.I love him so much and miss him.Not sure how to live with out him.I struggle everyday.This song fits him so much
Who is the you in this song?
Damn life is good with amazing music and new amazing people in my life....MUSIC ..MAKES THE WORLD GO AROUND!!!
Refer skillet as a Christian rock band summit if you break the band name into 3's sk/ill/et sky "middle memory of." fathersday and
Best band I have seen live
Father of maghithias
We aren’t ~~~~ By far truth USA 🗯
What a mouth!!! Let alone the voice of BRENT... if only.. get up get up......😎
A GREAT SONG.....WE ALL KNOW SOMEONE THIS SONG IS ABOUT! 😘❤️💞💕
Fuckin Rock masterpiece
This song if for the working man being worked to death and losing everything he loved because of how much he's being worked to death by the men in suits
The way I look at it is admiral god and sword art online R.U.N.E.S.C.A.P.E the GE grand exchange and is it fag or bag, cause if bag B.A.G 007 12 that year
Can we just like, call up Shinedown ta get permission ta put the lyrics to there songs as quotes on shirts or something please? Cuz gosh DANG they got some powerful lyrics! Like "what a shame, what a shame, to judge a life that you can't change"
I fucking love this song omg so amazing i love the sound its beautiful
This song is amazing
I love this song
Danny Harper 1971-2018 Forever in my heart and soul until I see you again
Danny Ray Harper?
This is the very first time I've heard this song and I'm in love with it jul.21-2019- 8:36 am
Always look this song because believe this was the year before second chance
"To bring a bag a bond to his knees, what a shame, what a shame to judge a life you cannot change the choir sings church bells ring so won't you give this man his wings?" 4/5 Bc, AD #7 at 9 meaningful 00
its a vagabond, i had to look it up.
15 Mr music kid 14 broad cast 12 start. God forgive the hands that laid you down, church bells ring, so won't you give this man his wings (men vs man)" AD angels death/deathstouch 21 tags 19
This band has astonishing lyrics. Wonderful.
Yeah know I've had my ups and down. Been to hell and back a few times. But this is one of the bands that the music just connects to you. All I can say is thank you to them for getting it. A song that can connect and mean something can save someone no matter how dark there life looks at that moment. I truly thank them for that. The lyrics clicked with me. I may have to struggle everyday but I know there is a chance for an up side to life and to just see it through
Played this song at my uncles funeral, had this song existed previously, would have been at my dads as well, what a song, so much raw, real emotions true words spoken, why wait to realize we're not all the same
We're not all the same, enough said right?
This song is criminally underrated. Easily in the top 3 best songs they've ever made.
This is my favorite from them!! Honestly the whole Sound of Madness album is incredible! I love all Shinedown but this one is just legendary
a wise man once told me "We live in hell, so there is only one place for us to go."
This song makes me quiver all over, just love this. His voice is unbelievable and awesome. My favorite song of his, along with Burning Bright. Can't get enough of his voice and songs.
I've seen Shinedown 4 times and this is still my most relatable song. It's fucking amazing!!! 👍👍👍
It is my personal opinion that the Sound of Madness album was their best album, and this song is one of the many reasons why
What I shame
For all eyes to see
everytime i listen to this song i cry .. and i don t normally cry :(
This might be Shinedown's 2nd best song after Second Chance.
Monsters is better than Second Chance but yeah, top 3
@cv dubya Whoa! Let's not go nuts.
Don't get me wrong, I like Monsters. But Second Chance is one of the greatest songs anyone ever wrote. When Brent sings "Tell my mother tell my father...." man that's an emotional experience you just don't get very often in a lifetime.
This a song reminds me of my dad's life. People only saw him/judged him as a drunk. Never knew the emotional scars he came home from WW2 with.
I'm not sure how much longer I can hold on. I'm tired of this pain.
"What a shame to have to beg you to see we're not all the same"
Rest in peace RJB. You weren't meant foe this world, but yet, this world had so much to offer..
Addiction is a hell of a thing.
Some conquer, some succumb..
Either way, your grandchildren will know the man you were, not the man you became....
I love you Daddy..
That key change
Love me some Shinedown
It is sad, bad people out number good. Very sad
I will wait for the day you take control of your life and not a always expect me to fix all the issues that can arise in a couple's relationship between a man$realwomen. helping each other together will have more solutions to problems if any try to arise up against us. if I am a bird u are too lmao
He was a good man. What a rotten way to die.
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Its my song to myself .....pretty sad
I swear if another anti smoking ad interrupts my video one more time I swear to God I'll start smoking cigarettes
Love me some shinedown
What a shame I got rejected 3 times by girls XD
I've tried so hard
You can say I'm a TRYHARD
Gosh, never ceases to amaze me how talented of a vocalist Brent is. This song has always been one of my favorites for some reason, and I’m not entirely sure why. I’ve never personally struggled with depression or suicidal thoughts. But this song has just always been a favorite of mine. I love their new stuff, don’t get me wrong, Special is my personal favorite from Attention Attention but I really do miss the pre-amaryllis Shinedown. I mean Amaryllis, Threat to Survival, and Attention Attention have all been super awesome records for sure. But Leave a Whisper-Sound of Madness were just completely awesome and will always be some of my favorite albums by any band ever.
The 756 dislikes are the vagabonds that couldn't move
Shame me once shame on me shame me twice shame on u
I had lost my grandma so every song I listen by Shinedown and five finger death punch they are some songs that are heartbroken
I just wanted to put something out there attention attention the album has the song special in it which clearly states on this Earth we are all the same and this song says we are not all the same I just wanted to put that out there and I'm not hating because I love this band and I grew up listening to it but I just wanted to say this because it just caught my eye so I had to say something about it
What a Shame ,Sin with a grin,Through your ghost ,Thick as thieves ,Pyro ,Call me ,Breaking inside ,Monsters,Oblivious,Diamond eyes ALL GREAT TUNES ...This band has an awful lot of great tunes....
NO WE ARE NOT , BUT SOME PEOPLE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THAT.!!
I'M DYING INSIDE.. IT'S REALLY HARD... I KNOW HOW TO DO IT . I JUST CAN'T..... I GUESS U COULD SAY YET... I HOPE THTA NEVER HAPPENS FOR ME..
Great song i like tgus one alot lol
"What a shame, what a shame, to judge a life that you can't change. The choir sings, the church bells rings, so won't you give this man his wings? What a shame to have to beg you to see; that we're not all the same!" ❤❤
I think the people that don t like this song, are just to afraid of music that makes you feel, this song does not give you the option. I love this song. When the CD first came out I would take a walk with my headphones in on full blast in the wood and scream it at the top of my lungs, LOL
My dad passed away in 2010. This song brings a tear every time. It reminds me of him. Even though it's sad, I listen to keep him close.