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How Did You Love?by Shinedown

Album: Threat To Survival (2015) License This Song  artistfacts

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• This track is about the importance of living a good life. Frontman Brent Smith explained: "It's a different song for us, because it was very unique, the statement that's in the song. The song's called 'How Did You Love', but it's a song that asks the question, 'How did you live your life?' Because if you are given the gift of life, and you're born, you will pass away eventually; you know, it's going to happen. But what did you do in the meantime? In the middle of all that, what did you leave behind? What was your legacy? What kind of person were you? Did you love? Did you inspire people? Were you good to people? Were you good to yourself? I think it was more of a question of, were you able to let go of hate?One of the words I use a lot is negativity, because I'm not into that word; I just think there's enough of it. And it's harder sometimes to be positive than it is to be negative. But that's really the question in that song and why it's such a very honest statement. Because if you're given the gift of life, you're gonna pass away eventually. And this isn't supposed to be depressing by any means. It's really supposed to be an eye opener of, like, 'Wow! If I wasn't living before, I'd better start living now.' And that's really what it's built around."

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Comments: 9

• Jeff from BuffaloThis song has always spoken to me, but following a NDE it opened up new meaning for me. “Nothing ever feels quite the sameWhen you are what you dreamAnd you will never look at anything the sameWhen you see what I seeHow we forget ourselves, lose our wayFrom the cradle to the graveYou can't replicate, or duplicateGotta find your own way”. We come here as a soul or spirit with amnesia of who we are as eternal beings. This life as we call it is an ultimate experience. When we are small and innocent we are closer to our true selves. This forget ourselves, lose our way from the cradle to the grave. We need to remember that each and every day.
• Sam Iam from Va. BchThis is my all time favorite song. There are so many great lines in it. The music. The tempo. The lyrics. It hits home, hard. Makes me want to keep living the right kind of life. If they played this at my funeral, I wish everyone would truly hear this song and it hit them just as hard.
• Riley from New BrunswickThis song is great and it has such a deep meaning. I love it and I'm surely gonna listen to more from them.
• Amy from Stratford, OkOur daughter was just a victim of domestic violence she didn't make it.fu She was on life support for 1 day with only 8% brain activity. She passed on August the 11th. She was 26 with two wonderful boys. Would just like to get a message to to people that this domestic abuse needs to stop
• Brian from ArkansasThe true meaning of life is what this song is meant to be. If you just listen to the lyrics you can see that the golden rule should still apply in everyone’s daily life. That’s all you will leave is the way you we’re remembered for loving others and treating others the way you wanted to be treated. Be honest with yourself and GOD. Great things await when you truly let him take over.
• :) from EnglandI just love this song to much. It reminds me of real life and helps me face it. Thank you so mick Shinedown