Flogging Molly - Punch Drunk Grinning Soul (Official Video)

Flogging Molly's official music video for "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" from the album, Float - available now on SideOneDummy Records.

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"Now this punch drunk grinning soul, in its corner begs no more."

Lyrics made more haunting by Flogging Molly's music video for their "Punch Drunk Grinning Soul" single. Originally penned as an allegorical biography about a young man who unexpectedly committed suicide, the video takes the theme one step further and applies it to a malady faced by millions of people the world over post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD. The video begins with a public service announcement for PTSD narrated by singer Dave King and Mike Regan, a distinguished Vietnam war veteran and the father of the band's fiddle player Bridget Regan. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 7.7 million American adults suffer from PTSD, a psychiatric disorder that can occur following exposure to life-threatening events such as military combat, serious accidents, or violent personal assaults like rape. People who suffer from PTSD often relive the experience through nightmares and flashbacks and detach or estrange themselves from friends and family. Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Lyrics:
It took me everything I had
To give all that I could
Walk beside me while I sleep
Steer me from the slumber wolf
Tangled forest of the mind
Speaks to me of self-despise
Close the window through the pane
Hear the siren's serenade
Could have been the comeback kid
The southpaws' legend glove to fill
No shadow boxer but the one
A true contender for the crown
Now this punch drunk grinning soul
In its' corner begs 'no more'
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
But we hardly knew ya
The chamber echo never speaks
The rushin' tide devours my feet
No global warming fills this soul
For hell it freezes what it stole
From the beggar's empty plate
To our world that stuffs its' face
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
But we hardly knew ya
But these tired eyes are crashin' down on me
While the paint never dries
On these four walls that now suffocate me
But tonight, maybe tonight
All will be free
Release, unlock this prison door
It can't hold me anymore
Serpent lied with sting of tale
Hand of reason rusts the nail
Now this punch drunk grinning soul
In its' corner begs 'no more'
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
Hey now, stay proud
You were lost on a blue day
Hey now, stay proud
But we hardly knew ya

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