Social Distortion - Footprints On My Ceiling Lyrics






Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
wanna go without a care
pull Gardenias from her hair
I think of a time we didn't have a care in the world
captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
she had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
And keep it all inside?

There are footprints on my ceiling
I can't help this fucked up feeling
something's wrong, you ain't coming 'round here no more
try to get my thoughts together
I think of a time when things were better
this miscommunication is breaking me down

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
How you treat your new best friend?

Everybody wants a lover
Nobody wants to uncover
what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
my heart is heavy slowly sinking
I redirect my desperate thinking
And kiss her red full lips like I did the very first time

How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
How do you hear without listening?
How do you live without feeling? yeah!
How do you take without giving?
There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah!
And I kept it bottled up inside... all my life.





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  1. S.... H....

    I love this mix. Thank you. You took me back to the 80s when I hitchhiked around the country...my time in Cali was so much fun...✌

  2. G.... A....

    White with dread locks. Riding bikes with yellow jump suit one. DAYUN

  3. D.... F....

    Fuck if I know. You tell me.

  4. L.... P....

    yeahh hevy metal is my passion

  5. i.... ....

    The guitar on this song reminds me of Neil Young, especially starting at 2:57.

  6. S.... ....

    fuk, this is a good song

  7. T.... K....

    They call themselves a punk rock band but his lyrics are so deep and so meaningful it's incredible!!! I'll admit it at times I tear up!! His lyrics and his songs are so underrated

  8. K.... B....

    "Footprints On My Ceiling"

    Everybody wants a lover
    Nobody wants to uncover
    what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
    wanna go without a care
    pull Gardenias from her hair
    I think of a time we didn't have a care in the world
    captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
    she had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    And keep it all inside?

    There are footprints on my ceiling
    I can't help this fucked up feeling
    something's wrong, you ain't coming 'round here no more
    try to get my thoughts together
    I think of a time when things were better
    this miscommunication is breaking me down

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    How you treat your new best friend?

    Everybody wants a lover
    Nobody wants to uncover
    what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
    my heart is heavy slowly sinking
    I redirect my desperate thinking
    And kiss her red full lips like I did the very first time

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah!
    And I kept it bottled up inside... all my life.

  9. D.... B....

    ཀagnus ༡༣&ཧtella 7

  10. D.... B....

    ४४४༼༽Dayun

  11. b.... s....

    How do you live without feeling

  12. r.... l....

    I got in this band when I was 16 and it's when I started playing guitar and became a sick boy since then and this was the first album and that's like almost 15 yrs ago long live social d

  13. D.... B....

    ࿂࿇༼༽༎

  14. p.... ....

    Love this tune. Obviously about love and the pain that goes with it. But one thing I don't understand, whose footprints?? At first I think its the footprints of the girl he loved and lost. All the way until the last line when he says he kept it bottled up inside all his life. Makes me wonder if he cheated on her and they are someone else's footprints and he the can't take the guilt. Or maybe "footprints on my ceiling" is a metaphor for something else? Someone steer me in the right direction.

    p.... ....

    Take it however you want. Perhaps either distress he's kept bottled up because he realises he's been cheated on, or guilt because he cheated

  15. D.... B....

    ପ༇༈ལ༓༒༔༎ༀ༄༖

  16. R.... W....

    my man of 5 1/2 yrs... this was one of our first songs way back to when i was 19 yrs old. i love you jake. remember the "fort" lol

  17. D.... B....

    ཀཅཙརོོོཔཔགཉཉཞཅཟཥདའ༕༕

  18. D.... B....

    ଂଂଂଔଔଔ

  19. D.... B....

    Pieces of shir San Mateo Darta lite. THE VOL way.GMAC. Trash

  20. D.... B....

    Copa steal books about rebelle and lombardps steal. Identifiera. And bells hiurt. Tudors.

    D.... B....

    Fuck U Devon bell and fuk stick Lombardo. ICE candidates #1&2. Rusty Bell piece of shit. Tudor and I think soo. WHAT U do in life échos for eternity

  21. D.... B....

    Roasted pine nuts 🛌🕯👥❣️

  22. w.... ....

    *Lie down*
    *Try not to cry*
    *Cry a lot*

  23. A.... K....

    I cannot fucking wait to see them in October! I've been to hundreds of shows, none of them have been as magnificently amazing as Social D!

  24. D.... P....

    Ill always love you Kitten.....
    Ill always be here. No matter how fucked up LIFE gets or how fucked up you get. Thats what ⭐unconditionally and ⭐forever mean & those 2 things are what i promised you. Ill always be YOURS.👑🔥💧☠♥

  25. j.... l....

    Not enough likes for such a great song..

  26. T.... C....

    This whole album can be tough to listen to. Great songs, but they cut deep.

  27. R.... B....

    It's a murder song... and he got away with it ...heavy shit...

  28. A.... J....

    Que Musica Fodaaaa

  29. M.... R....

    Hellz yeah.

  30. J.... B....

    It's like they know my soul

  31. z.... ....

    Hey Nancy

  32. J.... G....

    'Once upon a time, there was a boy who met a girl..the right girl at the wrong time..the boy never forgot her..

    J.... G....

    Like did if u cri evrytim

  33. L.... ....

    Legendary... reminds me to the good old times, I didn't even live, puts me on places I've never been before... but it's still the good old times.. memories which I can't call my own... but they're here, nobody knows why, not even myself..

  34. D.... B....

    ✍️🍪🖕📀💿💽

  35. B.... C....

    Good this song makes my heart beat.

  36. L.... B....

    listening now.

  37. A.... ....

    El solo de la canción. Hijueputa! Esta canción es muy buena!!!

  38. N.... F....

    💋🎤There are footprints on my ceiling!

  39. T.... S....

    My cousin Justin killed himself. Just today. Sxdx was his favorite band

  40. R.... B....

    Ok....I'm retarded evidently.....what the fuck does footprints on the ceiling mean? Does it mean he's staring up and thinking? Walking through his thoughts? Fuuuuuck! Wtf?????

    R.... B....

    Rob Banks ེངཙཧཇག࿒

  41. R.... C....

    timeless

  42. N.... O....

    Best álbum

  43. N.... O....

    Best álbum

  44. H.... H....

    The Song Remember on 14Years Frankfurt/Main

  45. n.... ....

    This album was solid and I almost feel like some of their more renowned older albums are weaker and typically I am the guy who is like the earliest stuff is the best. I find it hard to believe people don't like this album or "Hard Rhymes."

  46. Y.... Y....

    And I kept it bottled up.. all my life..

  47. j.... ....

    There are footprints on my ceiling I can't help this fucked up feeling!!!

  48. J.... V....

    Everybody wants a lover
    Nobody wants to uncover
    what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
    wanna go without a care
    pull Gardenias from her hair
    I think of a time we didn't have a care in the world
    captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
    she had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    And keep it all inside?

    There are footprints on my ceiling
    I can't help this fucked up feeling
    something's wrong, you ain't coming 'round here no more
    try to get my thoughts together
    I think of a time when things were better
    this miscommunication is breaking me down

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    How you treat your new best friend?

    Everybody wants a lover
    Nobody wants to uncover
    what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past
    my heart is heavy slowly sinking
    I redirect my desperate thinking
    And kiss her red full lips like I did the very first time

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    There are footprints on my ceiling, yeah!
    And I kept it bottled up inside... all my life

  49. N.... F....

    I haven't heard this song in so many years. It takes me back...

  50. A.... A....

    a punk band with alot of truthful soul & songs

  51. P.... K....

    My moms fav song from Social Distortion

    P.... K....

    Phil Kessel like because Phil kessel is a Stanley cup champion. Go pens!

    P.... K....

    joey staab thanks let's go pens!🥅🏒🐧

  52. L.... G....

    No one like Mike Ness..f*cking awesome song

  53. Y.... D....

    best song ever

  54. M.... ....

    the young woman I loved had a painful past. She had to leave our relationship because of severe depression. Every lyric in this song applies to me, every one.

  55. C.... B....

    libtard losers

    C.... B....

    Umm ok?

  56. 5.... ....

    Great Jam!

  57. M.... S....

    Great music never gets old!!! Love
    \

  58. D.... G....

    Mike Ness. Lyrical Genius 💯🙌🏼🤘🏻🤘🏻

    D.... G....

    One bad guitar too.

  59. K.... L....

    fuckin Good music!!!

  60. a.... E....

    This song is so good!

  61. J.... S....

    I can't understand what he is saying save footprints

    J.... S....

    ... I could be wrong, but for me, it's laying on my bed thinking about my life. Things I've done, people i've known and loved ones that have passed on. i "see" them above the ceiling walking around in memories of old. My grandad especially. We lost him in '87 when i was 16. As I look back, that was the start of a long spiral down into DEEP depression. I think of how much I've screwed up in life. Sometimes intentional, but most times not. I just hope that when someone (if anyone) sees my footprints on their ceiling, I hope i leave a smile on their face....

    J.... S....

    footprints on my ceiling means "the memories of the ones who've walked through your life and all is left is the memory of them" translated to "memories in my head"

    J.... S....

    Jim Hinkle no, I dont mean I dont understand the meaning, I just cannot understand what words he is saying. it sounds all jumbled

    J.... S....

    Oh, I see. lol yeah Mike's pronunciation isn't the greatest.

  62. J.... L....

    I've had countless chicks, whom I've introduced to this band, wanting this to be our song.
    and I just said no. they ain't going to ruin my favorite band

    J.... L....

    Hahaha I am so right there with you . Hahaha I cannot count how many woman I have turned on to this song. I am 49, been a die-hard Social D and Orange county punk fan the whole time. I just tell em', " girl, you don't know what your asking for " hahaha then I just shake my head. Hahaha Bravo Justin! Hahaha God I thought I was the only one! Hahaha

    J.... L....

    Mike wrote a master piece with this one.

    J.... L....

    Good. Women are amazing but they'll rip your fucking heart out.

    J.... L....

    Hell yeah

  63. A.... N....

    I cry deeply for this song .... was one my father's favorite songs .... rest in peace ... daddy

    A.... N....

    sorry to hear about your pops

    A.... N....

    Social distortion is the best this is mine and my man song

    A.... N....

    Andrea Newsome a father of 5 myself, hope your good, hope my kids think of me when they hear this or any of social D when I'm gone, go easy sweetheart I got 2 daughters you hit me rite in the heart!
    Semper fi

    A.... N....

    @cowboy juggernaut ... That was hard to read.

    A.... N....

    @marc atkinson emotionally or physically lol

  64. D.... B....

    How can a song get it so dead on

    D.... B....

    Danielle Bilbija Social D has quite a few dead on’s..

  65. M.... R....

    Wenn ich ehrlich bin muss ich zugeben: Nach dem white light...album habe ich ein paar Wochen gebraucht, um mir den Nachfolger gefällig zu hören. Allerdings hat es sich als in etwa so nachhaltig dargestellt wie sein Vorgänger, also für mich persönlich...

  66. m.... h....

    Rock on

  67. M.... G....

    legendary

  68. K.... G....

    We lost our platoon medic, CPL Jessica Ellis, 7 years ago today. Our platoon dedicated this to her. She's with us always.

    K.... G....

    blitz849 by saying Sempre Fie*, I feel you shouldnt be calling us brothers and sisters of yours

    K.... G....

    I've never served, but countless members of my family have. I am deeply sorry for the loss of someone so great. May she rest in peace💓

    K.... G....

    Ope, my comment is 2 years late but my statement still stands

    K.... G....

    RIP Doc Ellis

    K.... G....

    I play this song in a band's set all the time and now have a fresh dedication. RIP Cpl Ellis

  69. C.... A....

    I love you so much Carrie! The life and love we experienced together, no one can take that away! We'll always love and wish you were here with us Chesney! HAPPY BIRTHDAY

  70. B.... ....

    "How'd the hoofprints get on the ceiling?"

    "Spider-pig, Spider-pig, does whatever a Spider-pig does..."

  71. C.... B....

    Best song EVAH

  72. P.... ....

    My fav song from social d,well id say i have a few favs but this is one of the top!

  73. p.... b....

    best damn band ever.

  74. R.... V....

    FAVORITE song ever, havent heard in a little while though :/ but ness still sits on top of my list

    R.... V....

    nickels and dimes dude that song is the shit an on my nerves

  75. m.... ....

    The likes were at 665..... Had to hit the extra like....\m/

    m.... ....

    Mike Ness believes in Jesus. You should too. 

    m.... ....

    @GIRTHBROOKSmusic What does his faith have to do with anything? You religious dipshits are pathetic

  76. s.... ....

    Mine too...I FEEL it.

  77. A.... _....

    This is the only song I know that can make me cry damn dude

  78. r.... ....

    don't you EVER be ashamed of that my friend.....never. you got me on your side.

  79. r.... ....

    simply one of the greatest songs ever written.

    r.... ....

    reptilicus975 🦂🙈🔯🥒

  80. T.... S....

    Fuck, only song to ever get me misty eyed, If Elaine ever sees this i hope she knows that I'm Sorry and I miss her.

  81. t.... A....

    long live great music saw them at stone pony great show

  82. H.... F....

    Le top !!!!!

  83. A.... C....

    yeah we can see the lyrics right up there in the description pal

  84. A.... A....

    Best Song Ever Written...

  85. A.... A....

    Sick track...

  86. D.... C....

    best band ever I cant wait to take my new son to a show.......hope they will be playing shows for many years to come

  87. D.... O....

    Nobody wants to uncover
    what may lay deep beneath a sometimes painful past ...

    How do you talk without speaking? yeah!
    How do you hear without listening?
    How do you live without feeling? yeah!
    How do you take without giving?
    And keep it all inside?

  88. H.... C....

    ahhhhhh. This is my friend!
    Exactly how he feels! heart breaking

  89. D.... C....

    since i fell and we we're in love and then all of a sudden she was gone all of a sudden and not for someone else nor my fault and i can't help myself thinking at her all the time i tried and i tried but i see no one better wish i had her back

  90. M.... Y....

    oh hell no ! please correct your word sir !. this song kick OUR heart'ass. and we're not ashamed to admit it !! ULTRA MEGA EPIC !

  91. n.... m....

    watch my martial vids:D OR MY PIANO VIDS Visit my youtube page! ya not gonna regret it!!! only good and kewl videos!!watch my martial vids:D OR MY PIANO VIDS Visit my youtube page! ya not gonna regret it!!! only good and kewl videos!!watch my martial vids:D OR MY PIANO VIDS Visit my youtube page! ya not gonna regret it!!! only good and kewl videos!!watch my martial vids:D OR MY PIANO VIDS Visit my youtube page! ya not gonna regret it!!! only good and kewl videos!!

  92. b.... m....

    Their all over... Were surrounded by them

  93. X.... ....

    WE all know I love SD... but I like JC better , I'm just glad it came to a global point that i fell in love with,,, ALL I can say is hey... DUDES thanks for the fun in my life and I'm sure "no lie" will say wow... anyway thanks.

  94. V.... M....


    Want to go without a care
    Pull Gardenias from her hair
    I think of a time we didn't have a care in the world
    Captivated by her beauty I knew it was my life long duty
    She had all the grace and charm of a radiant queen

    Poetry

  95. S.... P....

    stupenda canzone

  96. h.... ....

    love it

  97. M.... ....

    Best song by social D

  98. j.... w....

    stared at the footprints on my cieling thinking about my fucked up feelings ..heard this song got off my ass and made things better,,

    j.... w....

    ྄ོིུླཾྀཽྭྱྲཻཞཕ

  99. o.... ....

    There are footprints on my ceiling, I can't help this fucked up feeling,
    something's wrong, you ain't coming 'round here no more,
    try to get my thoughts together, I think of a time when things were better
    this miscommunication is breaking me down.

    best word ever written....