07-21-2017, 11:49 AM
^While I can't say that I've been physically abused as a kid, the band still spoke to me as someone who was always told to do better. Getting B's and C's in a class were good, but they weren't A's. I got an A one time in a class, but I was told I couldn't keep it up. I was also put into a "special" group (as in being taken out of class to have someone help you with test taking) because I was looked at as being slow or stupid.
You try telling your friends and your family how you're feeling and the best response you get is "Stop whining." This would make you feel unloved, and has been something I've dealt with to this day, to the point that I have distanced my self from most people. So when you come across a song that brings up the numbing feeling this can all bring, it's atlest nice to know someone else feels that way. I never saw it as this wangsty music that only edgy kids listen to because it's a phase (though Crawling may cross the line, but I never liked the song in the first place). It was just a good band.
If Chester Bennington can take anything to his grave, in the end, he really mattered to a bunch of people.
You try telling your friends and your family how you're feeling and the best response you get is "Stop whining." This would make you feel unloved, and has been something I've dealt with to this day, to the point that I have distanced my self from most people. So when you come across a song that brings up the numbing feeling this can all bring, it's atlest nice to know someone else feels that way. I never saw it as this wangsty music that only edgy kids listen to because it's a phase (though Crawling may cross the line, but I never liked the song in the first place). It was just a good band.
If Chester Bennington can take anything to his grave, in the end, he really mattered to a bunch of people.