The rest of the video was filmed at Universal Studios Florida theme park. Parts of the music video were filmed just off Interstate 4's exit 48 for County Road 557 in Polk County, Florida. The music video, directed by David Meyers, was the first video over which Creed had complete creative control. He also mentions that the shots of other people in the video are representative of the feelings you have when you are with someone you love. These include a shot of himself in a rowboat where he is seen pulling a drowning version of himself out of the water onto the boat, which represents periods of his life where he would claim sobriety, coming out from the darkness and finding temporary clarity, only to fall back into his old habits. He notes several of the songs lyrical themes represented through elements in the music video. Stapp also explains that the song is about coming out of a dark place or period in your life and reconnecting with yourself. Stapp stated that the meaning of the song lyrics were about his own personal struggles with battling substance abuse, addiction and alcoholism and failing despite his best efforts, and him coming to terms with his inability to stay on the straight and narrow. recording studio in Ocoee, Florida, Jay Stanley recalls his initial impression of hearing 'My Sacrifice' while working with the band stating that he knew the song was going to be huge the first time he heard it. It all came together in a very symbiotic way вЂ“ like 90 per cent of the songs came during our writing relationship did.' - Stapp ДЄccording to Stapp both Tremonti and himself knew that they had written something special that would connect with people and that Creed fans at the time would appreciate it and like it, however they did not know it would go on to become so successful and 'stand the test of time.' During the recording sessions of Weathered at the J. And then I'd get back together with him and we would develop the song even more. A melody or a line or a lyric comes out and we start playing off each other and discussing, 'Let's go here, let's go there, let's do this' and then I would step away from that session and go bury myself into the lyric writing. 'From what I remember, writing it happened the way things usually happened when we wrote together вЂ“ Mark's got an acoustic guitar and I've got some lyrics I've begun, or we're just freestyling and something comes out. Scott Stapp recalls the writing process of 'My Sacrifice' in a 2019 interview with Kerrang.

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