Analysis Of Three Days Grace

Every work of art has meaning to it, whether the creator intends on the meaning or not. Many times, art is affected by the way the artist feels in addition to what the artist originally wanted to portray. This can go for any form or art including books and music. Music in particular can be deceiving, especially when you look at the lyrics as a whole. There are plenty of cases where the song will say one thing, but the listener can infer a different meaning. One case of this is with the band Three Days Grace, specifically the lead singer and songwriter, Adam Gontier. When Adam writes songs for a album, he appears to stick to a specific theme. The themes created through his music can create parallels to his life. Although Adam isn’t the only

Despite the sound of the title, this song brings a bittersweet departure from his old ways of life. The song begins with “Don 't know what 's going on/ Don 't know what went wrong/ Feels like a hundred years I/ Still can 't believe you 're gone”(Mlinek). Similar to the song “Over And Over”, Adam once again introduces a love interest as a metaphor for his drug addiction. This verse alone relates to what he was thinking at the beginning of his rehab process. When attempting to break any addiction, it can leave you with a clouded mind in disbelief. Eventually, pain from quitting begins to lessen which leads into the second

Shortly after treatment, his band, Three Days Grace, went on a free tour to many rehabilitation centers, in hopes to repay those that helped him with his struggle. During this tour, the band’s new album, One-X, was featured, as well as ample time for patients to ask Adam questions. Many times Adam would ask the crowd if you had “[t]hree days to put down that bottle, throw away those pills, make your amends, and move forward with living. How would you use your Three Days of Grace”(Cirque Lodge)? The Cirque Lodge is one rehab that Adam’s band has visited and even on their website, they have different quotes from the One-X album. Although it took the experiences of two years of drug addiction to produce this album, it is good to see that Adam departs from the band with the statement “I am sober. That chapter of my life is