"Overcome" by Creed

I don't know if you heard, but Creed is back and they are the same as ever!! I mean it, really I do. This is so similar to the last Creed album that I can't believe they waited so long to put out the same thing. Oh, wait, yes I can. Creed is nothing if not predictable. Well, I am not being fair. It is actually a little different musically, but I just can't get past that voice. Who remembers really liking "My Own Prison" and "What If"? Come on, don't leave me hanging! You know you did. But then they put out "Higher" and it all went down hill from there. They became a "is that a new song or the last one? I just can't tell" kind of band. Everything form "My Sacrifice" to "Weathered" all sounded exactly the same, you could even time when the break down in the song was within a half a minuet or so. They became terrible, or, maybe we all just realized they were terrible. Regardless, we did not like them anymore. And then Scott Stapp became a bit of a drug addict slime ball, and we liked them less. So they took some time off, and regrouped. The guys started "Altered Bridge", which was basically Creed without Stapp, and Scott did his own solo thing.
We were glad they were gone from the mainstream.
It appears that the band misjudged how we would accept them when they came back ( or at least how I would accept them). The first time I heard "Overcome", I actually didn't think it was that bad. But then I put it to the Creed test. I started picking out the same old pattern, minus the breakdown, and then there was still his voice. It was still the same old add extra "r's" into words and have really long "O's" the rest of the time. Not good. And what was the last straw, you might ask? I actually listened to the lyrics. They are not good. I would go as far as to say that they are bad. Real bad. Lines like "I'm entitled to overcome". Why are you entitled? Who entitled you, your mom? If you are trying to make us like you again, tossing out entitlements are probably not the way to do it. Just saying. Also lines like "i’ll be dammed fighting you, it's impossible, impossible! say goodbye, with no sympathy!" I don't even understand that, maybe the label told him he needed a cuss word and some anger in the song so he added this line, I guess we will never know, since I don't really see Creed being the comeback band of the year or anything, so they don't have a lot more albums in their future(at least I hope not!)
This song is bad in short snippets, and it is bad if you listen to the whole thing. It is just a bad, bad song. It gets a -156,229 out of 10.

On a side note, for anyone actually reading my blog, I would love to field suggestions on songs to review. If you have a song you dislike, or if you have a song you like that you want me to tear into, just tell me in the comments section of this blog, and I will be happy to review it, unless of course I like it. This is music that makes me sick, after all. As always, Thanks for reading.

Don’t cry victim to me
everything we are and used to be
is buried and gone
now it’s my turn to speak
it’s my turn to expose and release what’s been killing me.
i’ll be dammed fighting you, it's impossible, impossible!
say goodbye, with no sympathy!

I’m entitled to overcome
completely stunned i'm numb (?)
knock me down throw me to the floor!
there’s no pain i can’t feel no more.
I’m entitled to overcome
overcome!

finally see what’s beneath
everything i am and hope to be
cannot be lost.
I’ll be dammed fighting you
you're impossible, impossible!
say goodbye with no sympathy!

I’m entitled to overcome
completely stunned i'm numb (?)
knock me down throw me to the floor
there’s no pain i can’t feel no more
I’m entitled to overcome
overcome!

overcome!