![]() ![]() ![]() I had a mum who was in and out of hospital having spinal operations and a stepfather who for obvious reason helped and concentrated on her getting better. “Chester Bennington and Linkin Park helped me out in many ways as a pre-teen and angry teenager. “As I reflect on everything, this song hurts, but reminds me of my mother. There are many songs I love but Sharp Edges from One More Light became even more meaningful than any other song. I could not hear music much less Chester’s. I came home to my mom and cried my eyes out. “After Chester passed June 2017, I was devastated. My mother’s cancer progressed to Stage 4. My mother had Stage 3 cancer for a very long time. Music was my escape for everything going on. My mother was diagnosed with brain cancer when I was 10 to 12 years old. ![]() It’s funny because, having Hispanic parents and having them walk into a Hot Topic, it’s a story of its own. I recall asking my parents for a Linkin Park shirt for my birthday, and they took me to Hot Topic. “I grew up listening to Linkin Park when I was in 4th grade. I need to stick to habits that will benefit my mental and physical health because no one else can or will do those things for me.” – AlyĪlways think before you speak, and watch the friends you keep I need to swallow my pride and ask for help when I can’t do things on my own. Now I believe ‘ Only I can save me’ means that I need to be aware of the times I’m standing in my own way. “At first listen, I interpreted the lyrics to mean I can’t rely on other people to fight this battle for me, I have to do things on my own and that’s okay because I’m strong enough, but later in 2017 I came to realize that’s not what it means at all. I know most of the ins and outs of it and I’ve become so familiar with my demons, the song Nobody Can Save Me stuck with me from the opening line: ‘ I’m dancing with my demons.’ It was a hopeful and optimistic portrayal of this battle. It’s been a fight I’ve been battling over half my life now. “I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia in 2004, when I was 12, so as I grew throughout my teens I gravitated to this music that became an outlet for all the things I was feeling. ![]()
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