Creed Song Meanings

These Song Meanings are not official, so they may be inaccurate. They represent the views of many Creed fans and myself, on what exactly the words in Creed's songs mean.

Bullets	Bullets deals with the same issue as 'What If' - Creed's critics. The metaphor of "shooting a bullet through my head" is one of people running their mouths behind the band's back. Scott tells them and shouts for them to either say it to his face ("at least look at me..."), or don't say anything at all. Stapp thinks the people who put him down are jealous of his life, ("I think they shoot cause they want it!"). He then calls for those shooting at them to show themselves, ("raise your head") and at least be man enough to face the consequences of actions. Fred Durst and others aggravated Stapp further, into write the song.
Signs	This song is about labels. Everyone labels other things and other people, and alot of the time, they are based on bad stereotypes or mis-information. The chorus is talking about Creed losing 'their' identity, with people's opinions of the band being based on other's ideas and comments, rather than listening to the music. Scott asks for us to come with him and see the signs, see what Creed are really about.
One Last Breath	In this song, he thinks he's dying, but with the last bit of life left in him (his last breath) he's trying to hold onto what he loved about life. He was going nowhere in his life it seemed, but he could not escape. In the second verse, the outlook looks even more bleak (now that it's over). His life is flashing before his eyes. The next part of the song shows how he thinks he can go on, (But I still believe there's something left for me), but he's down to one last breath.
My Sacrifice	"This brings tears to my eyes, my sacrifice" What sacrifice is Scott talking about? This song sounds uplifting and happy. But the situation was Infact very sad, but this song is looking back at the good times, reminiscing about a life and love that had been given away for something else. Who and what is it about? Scott has given a life away. One of being a normal dad and a normal family man, he's given away his wife, the woman he loved. That's Scott's sacrifice. All that to lead the time consuming life of helping people around the world through the music of Creed.
Stand Here With Me	This is about someone who inspires Scott. The first 3 lines tell of someone who helped Scott experience things, and he will cherish that they did it together. The chorus "You stand here with me" keeps this idea going, that the person is standing there with him as he experiences life. This help is so important to Scott that he wrote this song about that person, making them into the song so they may live on for ever. The person pushed Scott even when he was scared, and he owes them everything, and will always be indebted to them. In the second verse, Scott talks of a humbling experience, by being around this person, he now sees that there are bigger issues in life, something he couldn't realize before.
Lullaby	This song was written for Jagger, Scott Stapp's son.

What If	This is a song dedicated to the tyranny of the Media. Creed has had little Media attention and the little attention the do have has been negative.
Faceless Man	No One really knows who exactly Creed are referring to here - some people believe Scott Stapp is talking about himself while others say he's talking about God. I guess it's one of those things they will 'take to their grave'.
Beautiful	"Don't judge a book by it's cover". Something that may look appealing could really be something that will destroy you. "Beautiful is empty".
Never Die	It's about holding onto you. The music kinda holds that tone of loosing your youth. Im not going to let go of youth, I'm going to hold it forever. - Scott Stapp
With Arms Wide Open	This song was written when Scott Stapp had his son, Jagger. It celebrates the beauty of life and his feelings of becoming a father.
Higher	Higher is about a dream Stapp had where he was having a re-occuring dream that someone was chasing him - trying to kill him. He would always turn right and the person would end up catching him. Then Stapp heard about a thing called lucid dreaming and decided to try it with this dream. It worked - he was able to turn left in the dream and escape the killer. A Truly Amazing song - in my view... Creed's Best.
Wash Away Those Years	This song is written for a friend of Scott Stapp who was wronged - she was raped. Tragic incident - beautiful song.

Torn	Everyone in this world lies and cheats each other out of things. They convince themselves that what they do is right and it becomes true in their minds. They make war look like peace. They make sickness look like salvation. This world drove Mark's soul over the edge forcing him to shift the blame, writing he had "Good Intentions".
Ode	This is about how some people have "Hidden True Colors" and they try to make everyone around them think that they are one way when they are completely different.
My Own Prison	This song was written at a point of Scott's life when he was blaming everyone around him for everything in his life- (when he ran away from home). His friends family and even God. He finally realized that all of the blame that he shifted had now closed off his mind and he made everything sound to himself like it wasn't himself creating a Prison for his mind; Hence, "I've created My Own Prison
Pity for a Dime	This is a very basic song which means that there are so many terrible things in the world and it becomes easy to just deny the obvious. That's what most people on this planet do.
In America	This is saying the wrongs of America "Only In America we kill the unborn to make ends meet" This protests Abortion which is of course the violent murder of children before they are born
What's This Life For	This song is about a common friend of Mark Tremonti & Scott Stapp who committed suicide Also it hits on the fact that the world makes life so hard for good people that it's system drives people so far that the feel like There is no point to this life. "Hurray for a child that makes it through" Mark's friend must have had a hard tragic life and the only way out to him was suicide
One	This has a very simple meaning saying that the more people of this world try to unify the more differences we find we have and the more we are driven apart We may all live our own lives but in the end we will all be judged by the same ruler.

Have you ever wondered what's on the cover of Human Clay? Mark Tremonti answers...

Yeah. The picture on the front of the album is a scene with a human figure coming out of the ground in the middle of a crossroads. It kind of represents how the paths you choose mold your way of life and your persona--you mold yourself by the actions you take, and the roads you take. So you're kind of like a piece of human clay. If you act "this" way, you mold yourself as "this" kind of person. It goes along with the theme of the first album: Don't believe what everybody tells you, just use your own beliefs and follow your own path.

I think was is so extraordinary about Creed's music is their deep and meaningful lyrics. If you have the read the above carefully, you will realize all Creed song's by themselves deal with deep issues or real-life incidents.