‘Shame’ was the second single from Stabbing Westward’s breakthrough album Wither Blister Burn & Peel. It reached:
No. 69 on the US Hot 100 Airplay chart,
No. 14 on the Modern Rock chart,
and No. 7 on the Mainstream Rock chart.
In an interview with Songfacts, Stabbing Westward vocalist stated th...
[Instrumental]
[Verse 1]
I only see myself reflected in your eyes
So all that I believe I am essentially are lies
And everything I've hoped to be or ever thought I was
Died with your belief in me, so who the hell am I?
I don't know if I am real without you
What is left of me without you?
I don't know what's real without you
How can I exist without you?
I'm wandering 'round confused, wondering why I try
The more that you deny my pain the more it intensifies
I pray for someone to ache for me the way I ache for you
If you ignore that I'm alive I've nothing to cling to
I don't know if I'm real without you
What is left of me without you?
I don't know what's real without you
How can I exist without you?
I stare into this mirror, so tired of this life
If only you would speak to me or cared if I'm alive
Once I swore I would die for you, but I never meant like this
I never meant like this, no I never meant like this
I don't know if I'm real without you
What is left of me without you?
I don't know what's real without you
How can I exist without you?
How can I exist without you?
Shame was written by Stabbing Westward.
Shame was produced by John Fryer.
Stabbing Westward released Shame on Tue Jan 23 1996.