Alice In Chains: Hate To Feel Meaning

Hate To Feel Lyrics

What's gone wrong, I can't see straight
Been too long, so full of hate

What the fuck will it take
Drown myself in my wake
Another shaggy D.A.
Now a dog, shake my leg
Plastic man, paper face
Candy heart, what a waste
Gotta change, set a date
Eat...

1. anonymous

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   Nov 3rd 2020 !⃝

   I feel that the song is about Layne’s drug use, and how he didn’t want to but was ending up like his father who had also been a drug addict. Layne seemed to be coming to terms that his addiction was getting out of hand and that he should get help. He was completely dependent on heroin, maybe to get through his own internal battle. Everyone has underlying internal problems that we don’t know about, more so emotionally. This song deeply reflects on the fact that addiction is rough, and that once you’ve tried a powerful drug such as heroin, you’re hooked. I’m not speaking from experience nor am I speaking as if I knew him or the band at all, but I feel that this song really touched on the personal problems the band members were going through, more specifically Layne. After all, he did write the song all on his own.
2. anonymous

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   Oct 2nd 2017 !⃝

   Layne always abhorred his drug use in my opinion, he sang about how terrible it felt to be dependant on substances. This song resonates deeply with me because of the pain that comes with being an addict with a good heart; you have good intentions, but "the road to heaven isn't paved with good intentions", and you find yourself constantly living in hell. Feelings are there, but everyone stares at you with empty, uncaring eyes, like you aren't human and don't deserve to have any rights, even the right to live.
   Some people can't handle impulses, and if you hate what you are it doesn't help when others blindly hate you as well, which only feeds the cycle and keeps you further from taking care of yourself and dealing with the seemingly insurmountable problems.
   The old man part is most likely about the genetic link of addiction and mental illness, my worst fear is being like my father, whom committed suicide at the young age of 31 while I was still but a child. He was an amazing father, but when I see the characteristics that I've inherited from him I feel conflicted about whether to be proud of it, or ashamed and terrified that I may end up like him.
   Alice in chains used to make REAL music that touched on subjects that help people who struggle to not feel like they're alone in the struggle, and I know Jerry made most of the music (he's an amazing musician), but Layne's (very personal) touch of the dark side of humanity made it mean that much more to me personally.
3. anonymous

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   Dec 17th 2016 !⃝

   Drug life is complicated

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