Scott Stapp recently opened up about the meaning of his latest album Proof of Life and touched on the inner dialogue that proved he was alive and no longer spiritually dead.

Stapp explained that the name of the song came from Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Dead Man who had the name stuck in his head as he met to write with the former Creed frontman.

"Once we laid down the music, the lyrics started flowing from there, as a stream of consciousness, with my feelings about what that meant to me in that moment. It really resonated with me. As I wrote for this album, that's exactly what this album is for me personally, proof of life. Those three words caused the rest of the words to pour out," he said to NewReleaseTuesday.

Stapp said the album was an awakening in him that kept growing as he penned the words to the album. "This was all to symbolize that I rediscovered my purpose and was coming out of my darkness and cage and self-inflicted prison," he said. Essentially when you are in that place, you might as well be dead. What that means to me and what I was saying throughout this album was about my proof of life and that's how this song became the title and theme for the album."

The singer explained the candid and honest lyrics of "someone to save me, but no one came" as a bad place where drugs and alcohol sent him. He told NRT he was not humble enough to even reach out for help, and put his trust in destructive behavior. "I knew I needed to stop, and wanted someone to save me. To get out of that, all alone, I cried out to God."

"The key to the song is found in the question, 'Are you playing the victim when you know that you volunteered?' Victimhood did me in for years. You couldn't tell me that I was responsible for the choices I'd made. Yet until I owned up to that responsibility, I couldn't accept my story. My day-by-day recovery is anchored in the acceptance of my past as the necessary link to my present and future. When I sing, 'You can't deny the truth that hits you right between the eyes,' that truth is rooted in accountability. And the most profound truth--as well as the most profound proof--is that I'm alive today because I'm accountable for my thoughts and actions as an imperfect human being," he shared.

Stapp praises God for the opportunity to share his story and struggle in hopes it will inspire and get people right with God. He feels renewed in his purpose and is excited for God's plan for his life.

"Despite our frailty and weakness and mistakes, if you accept God's love, you can be free from all of that. I'm still learning what grace is and in surrendering and accepting it, I need to press on. I believe He loves us and wants us to be happy," he said.

Proof of Life is Stapp's first new material since the release of his 2012 uncensored memoir, Sinner's Creed, in which Stapp shared his life story for the first time-from his fundamentalist upbringing, the rise of Creed, his ongoing battle with addiction, the rediscovery of his faith and the launch of his solo career.