Chuk Cooley & The Demon Hammers
Harsh reality.
The harshest.
The seamy life of those addicted to drugs and the suffering of their loved ones…. All Cooley’s lyrics twine suffering, drug addiction, hope, and love into a living tapestry of the drama that is life. Those of us who’ve had a problem or a relative or friend with a problem with addiction can readily identify with the struggles in Cooley’s lyrics. Yet, folks who’ve suffered other sorts of struggles and setbacks can easily identify with the songs of Chuk Cooley and the Demon Hammers.
His anthem,“It Could of been Anything,” explores all that might have caused him to go off the rails and all the might have caused him to get back on track.
IT COULD OF BEEN ANYTHING THAT MADE ME STAND UP
IT COULD OF BEEN ANYTHING THAT MADE ME QUIT THE JUNK
IT COULD OF BEEN ANYTHING THAT MADE ME NEED THE TRUTH
IT COULD OF BEEN ANYTHING THAT MADE US WORK IT THROUGH
SO WE COULD LIVE
LIVE IN PEACE , SO WE COULD LIVE IN PEACE
SO WE COULD BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME
The video for “The Lost,” the words to “Black Jarr.” Whether you are dealing with serious drug addiction and the way that it leaves you lost to your loved ones, or if you’re just dealing with those elements of life that are difficult to the point of hopelessness, the music of Chuk Cooley & The Demon Hammers speaks to your soul. The driving bass, the steady drumbeat, the vining lead guitar all seem to grow magically from his soul. The lost people, the people in the darkest depths of personal pain all are there in Cooley’s lyrics.
But so is that iron-willed desire to find the good in life. Yeah. Suffering is real. Some suffering we bring on ourselves. Some just happens to us. Some loved ones disappoint or hurt us. We do the same to those we love. We wonder whether those we loved will remember us.
OH AND NOTHING SEEMS RIGHT -RIGHT NOW HERE IN MY LIFE
OH EVERYONE THAT MEANT SOMETHING ABANDONED ME
EVEN THO I AM LOST -WILL YOU REMEMBER ME
Sometimes we see the mistakes we make—and the ones we make because of the first one—as digging a hole we’ll never find our way out of. But if we could bury all our past errors and pains and wrongs, would we begin anew? Or make the same mistakes over and over? Or are we part of a throng of those starting over? Sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference.
OH AND EVERYONE KNOWS YOU GOTTA GO THRU CHANGES
TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE GOIN.
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