Otherside

"Otherside" is a song written by Ben Haggerty, known as Macklemore, which talks about a drug addition. In this song he talks about the experiences and what happens to people that consume it because he knows perfectly about all that world because personally him had an addition with it. 

After he wrote this song, many people told him he had saved their life with the help of this song, that they got support from it and that if it wasn't for "Otherside" they don't know where would they be now.

To let everyone know how much has that song helped people, he made another one called "Starting Over". This second song talks, at the beggining, about him and then about what people told him. 

There's a part where he says that "Otherside" was written by God but he was who had the pen in his hand so it's like he is saying that song is perfect because it saved many lifes and it's like he can't believe it so he says he was who wrote it but that who actually created the song was God.

At the end of the song he repeats a sentence that says "If I can be an example of getting sober, then I can be an example of starting over". This sentence means he can help people with alcohol and drug problems but that at the same time, he can help people with other kind of problems. Because in "Otherside", in the beggining the song says that he wants to escape, that he wants to sail away from where he is; is like telling people even though they can't see the light, that the only way they can see is escaping, there are other ways to get better and do things good.

I really respect Macklemore, I'm a huge fan of him. He showed he is a strong man, that he can beat whatever. Not everyone can do a recovery and be like he is now. I know what it is to be bad, almost sinking that you can't see the light at the end, and it's not that easy to get out of it.