Slow Suicide

"Slow Suicide" is the fifth single by Scott Stapp, released on October 8, 2013. It is the first single from his second solo album Proof of Life, released on November 5, 2013. It is Stapp's first single to be released since "Surround Me" on October 31, 2006.

"Slow Suicide"
Single by Scott Stapp
from the album Proof of Life
ReleasedOctober 8, 2013
Recorded2013
Genre
Length3:30
LabelWind-up
Songwriter(s)Scott Stapp, Scott C. Stevens
Producer(s)Howard Benson
Scott Stapp singles chronology
"Surround Me"
(2006)		 "Slow Suicide"
(2013)		 "Dying to Live"
(2014)

Background

Stapp told Wind-Up Newsletter about the song: "I've always been heavy on metaphor and symbols, even to where I might hide behind fanciful language. Howard [Benson] helped me get straight to the point. The point is that for years I was slowly killing myself. Drugs and booze want to kill you instantly, but they’re patient and will take their time. The same is true of toxic relationships. I had to start off this story by declaring the most obvious of truths: that I had been torturing and poisoning myself in an attempt to snuff out my soul." "So many days I choose to suffer, living a lie," the lyrics say. "So many ways I chose to die."[1]

Chart performance
Chart (2014) Peak
position
US Christian Rock (Billboard)[2] 1
US Christian Songs (Billboard)[3] 48
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[4] 38
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References
  1. Scott Stapp in Wind-up Records
  2. "Christian Rock". Billboard. February 8, 2014. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  3. "Scott Stapp Chart History (Hot Christian Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
  4. "Scott Stapp Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2015.
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