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"Man I Used To Be" by Dax: Half the Weight, Double the Faith


"Man I Used To Be" by Dax is a very personal song. Dax had promised himself that he wouldn't release new music until he'd stayed sober for six months, the time he needed to get his priorities straight and clear his mind. "Man I Used To Be" is the sound of his first clean breath, life with God by his side. Dax lays it bare: "Trials and tribulations, all my past trauma," he acknowledges, along with "generational curses from daddy and mama," and the "addictions that clouded my eyes." The honesty about his past struggles makes the message of this song so relatable and powerful. 

Dax - Man I Used To BeThe chorus is about the moment that the script was flipped, "I'm half the man I used to be." Not a broken man, but a man who has been freed from the burdens that weren't his to carry and kept him from God. "I don't ever chase, I got God," declaring that his new identity is anchored in faith. It's a shrug and a testimony rolled into one. 

Dax is open about his past: "Getting drunk every night, letting women waste my time," and now he's done chasing remedies that never worked. He can "sleep alone," because God helped him trade the chaos for quiet confidence anchored in faith. "That's the man I used to be and he ain't no use to me." 

Are you feeling broken? Is your mind clouded with trials, tribulations, past trauma, or "generational curses"? May Dax' story inspire you to surrender those burdens to God. Invite God to be part of your own journey toward wholeness.

(Related scripture: Romans 7:15-17; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Ephesians 4:22-24)

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