“You bang on my door, like a knock-knock joke that I'm scared to hear the punch line to, because the who somehow always turns out to be you, and it's always nothing new. We've been through the same old Sing-a-long song and lap dance before.” These are the opening lyrics to Let Me Go by Shane Koyczan, a song that brought light to a dark place inside of me, and may very well have saved my life. I first heard this song when I was in the middle of a deep depression my sophomore year of high school, and it helped to drag me from the depths and show me the light. Being the middle child I had to find some way to distinguish myself from my siblings, and for a long time I was defined by my illness; I get chronic migraines. After we started to get my migraines under control I was then defined by my smarts; I always studied the most, got the best grades, and all of my teachers loved me. As I got older most of my friends started experimenting with drugs and alcohol; I wanted nothing to do with any of that stuff because I had seen firsthand the way my father’s alcoholism and drug addiction tore apart my parent’s marriage; therefore my friends and I started to drift apart. …show more content…
I am a bookish introvert with social anxiety, so I don’t make friends very easily; couple that with my newfound loss of friends and my chronic migraines, and I have a perfect recipe for depression on my hands. The stress of school work and trying to keep my friendships afloat brought my migraines back full force. It was so bad that my mom decided to pull me from my normal school and enroll me in an online high school for my sophomore year; this way we could focus more fully on finding a better way to manage my pain and lessen my workload. My mom worked a lot, my sister was away at college and my brother went to a normal school, so most of the time I didn’t have to put on any sort façade; I was very apathetic and unenthusiastic about my classes so I just didn’t do them. I didn’t like to be in my own head because it was a dreary place, so I escaped to the far off places described in the books I read and shown in the TV and movies I liked to watch. These distractions worked for a while, but at night when all the lights had gone out I was forced to be alone with my thoughts. The little voice in my head whispered things about how I was not as pretty as my sister or as good with computers as my brother. I had thoughts about how maybe the stress of having me as a kid drove my dad to drink. It whispered in my ear telling me that my mom worked so much to get away from me. It told me that I would never be anything special. At my lowest point I would take out the bottle of Vicodin that my doctor had prescribed to me for my more serious migraines and stare at it while contemplating what it would be like to swallow a handful of those pills and just let it be over. It was pure chance that I happened by Shane Koyczan. I was browsing some music on YouTube and his song To This Day was recommended to me; I am a naturally curious person so I listened to it. I can’t find the words to describe how that song made me feel. It moved something inside of me though I couldn’t exactly relate to it because I wasn’t bullied as a child. After my first exposure I was absolutely obsessed; I devoured every single one of his songs that I came across. Though Let Me Go was one of the last songs of his that I listened to it is definitely the best. The song tells the story of a man asking someone to let him go because being held onto hurts too much. As I listened to the song I imagined myself as the ‘I’, and the little voice in the back of my mind was the ‘You’. I imagined saying, “Let me go, Like an atheist caught in an undertow, Hoping to nothing that maybe he was wrong. Let me belong to myself again.” Surprisingly enough this actually worked; I started to feel better. “I somehow believe you less and less. And I guess I trust you about as much as I should, which could be another way to say, I wonder if I ever did.” This line resonated with me the most when I finally started to heal. I would listen to it on repeat and with every listen I could feel a small part of myself start to heal. Four weeks after I discovered Shane Koyczan I called my best friend and made plans to hang out with her. I talked to my mom about my school work and we made a plan to get me caught up so that I could graduate on time. I called my sister who I hadn’t spoken to since we dropped her off at college. I called my dad, thanked him for getting clean, and told him that I forgave him for his part in the dissolution of my parents’ marriage. It took me one and a half years after all of these events happened to be able to talk about all of this, but I know that I am stronger because of it. Whenever I feel the darkness coming on again I know that I can just put on some Shane Koyczan and feel better. Though Shane Koyczan might not be to the taste of all of my family, everyone I love knows and respects that without him I might very well be dead.
Everyone needs a friend to help them out of the dark times. The song “Jumper” by Third Eye Blind begins with a person talking to his friend, telling them that they need to get help (for something), then proceeding to tell a story about a boy who didn’t have anyone to go to when he was struggling. The person telling the story and talking to his friend says throughout the song “if you do not want to see me again, I would understand” (5,6), in other words saying that “if you don’t want to follow my advice, or if you don’t want to listen, that’s ok”. While the lyrics at first seem to depict a sad story about death, the song “Jumper” incorporates literary and sound devices that show that this song tells a hopeful story about how friends will always be there to help one out of the dark times.
In the poem “The Double Play”, the author uses metaphors, words, and phrases to suggest turning a double play in baseball is like a dance. Some words throughout the poem could be used to connect the idea of a double play being like dancing. One word that could suggest this is, the word used “poised”, “Its flight to the running poised second baseman” (12). Poised in this sense could mean that the player knows what he is doing and has mastered the double play, while a dancer can be poised meaning light and graceful. Another word in this poem that relate to a double play and dancing is the term “pirouettes”, “Pirouettes / leaping, above the slide, to throw” (13-14). The player is described to be doing a pirouette in the double play while in the
I listen heavily to the words and rhythm of all my songs. My reasoning for doing so is because I like to see what the artist thinks. I like to see what he’s gone through. I firmly believe musical lyrics have taught me more about life than any worthless textbook ever could. “The lonely stoner seems to free his mind at night. He’s all alone throughout the day and night.” This is my favorite song quote, and is a repeated verse in my selected song. These magical words speak to me. I cannot possibly fathom my complete thoughts over this quote onto paper. I am a stoner. I never smoke during the day due to a lack of production, and I don’t like my sobriety altered in the public. With that being stated, I smoke marijuana every night before I go to sleep. I’ve started that regimen over the last year, and I couldn’t be more content with it. Although marijuana has proven to help sleeping issues, that is not the main intent of me constantly doing it before bed. The words “lonely stoner frees his mind at night” are very influential to me. I feel as if I am a lonely, lost boy in a dark, twisted society, just trying to get by. My opinion of this world is unbelievably low, and with many letdowns among other unspoken reasoning, I feel as if I’m alone in this world. I feel as if I’ve got my own back, and that’s it. Coming with my nightly smoking session, it gives me something to look forward too. Marijuana for me at night is essential because I free my mind. All of my stress, and depressed thoughts seem to disappear temporarily. Life seems much better when you’re stoned at night, or at least in my specific case. I look forward to around 10:00 PM as soon as I get up in the mornings because I know when that time comes, that all of my problems will leave me and I can find peace within
Often the way in which songs are written can be vague, dark and obscure. The lyrics often convey the message either in an abstract form or in a direct way in which the listener can understand the message outright. In the song “Whiskey Lullaby”, the negative impact of alcoholism is made apparent without requiring much thought. The lyrics go, “We watched him drink his pain away a little at a time “Here the message is made apparent that the answer for the depression is alcohol. However, the lyrics, “a little at a time” suggests that alcohol becomes a recurring option for the person in order to deal with their problem. The clue that it hints from that particular choice of words alone drives the song and gives it substance. In contrast to this view, the song “Rehab” introduces an opposing view in which alcohol is not an issue but does indicate a similar use as a form of coping as the lyrics in “whiskey Lullaby” do. The lyrics, “I don't ever wanna drink again, ohh I just need a friend” suggests that alcohol wouldn’t be a recurring means in order to deal with depression. Instead of the alcohol a friend and or a person that would give support is all that is necessary according to the lyrics. However, like the lyrics in the song, “Whiskey Lullaby” state that alcohol is still used as a means to
At one point, my friend played me ‘Migraine’ by Twenty One Pilots and I became obsessed. I was amazed that I could relate to it so much. Eventually, I had a playlist with every single Twenty One Pilots song I could find. This was during a time when I felt I was entirely alone and even suicidal at one point. Tyler’s words helped me cope and feel like I had someone there for me. Thank you, Josh and Tyler, for saving my life”
Many music artists choose to express themselves through songs for issues such as domestic violence and similar problems. ‘Family Portrait’ written by Pink and ‘Misery’ written by Maroon 5 are both songs that successfully reflect the issues of domestic violence throughout the pieces. ‘Family Portrait’ is a song written by pink in 2001 about a broken family and a little girl’s emotional plead for her mother and father to not leave each other. In line 4, the lyrics reflect the violence in the little girl’s house. As the song continues, in lines 9, 10, 11 and 12, it has become so deeply influenced by her mother and father. In lines 22, 23 and 24, the lyrics reflect the little girl’s attempts to escape the violence. The little girl repeats herself of the phrase “it ain’t easy growin’ up in World War III to symbolise the chaos in her house. ‘Family Portrait’ is an excellent representation of a household manifested with domestic violence. ‘Misery’ is a song written by Maroon 5 in 2010 is a more recent song about domestic violence. This song displays the themes of remorse and regret from the male role which is evident through the entire song. In lines 3 through 11, the lyrics metaphorically represent the emotional cuts that are left by one another. Later through lines 25 to 29, the lyrics talk about regret and giving up. The lyrics “so let me be” are mentioned twice to show remorse for the father’s past. These
People look at you like you’re the one to blame. They see your tattered sneakers and tangled, greasy hair, and they think they know you. But how could they? You amble down the sidewalk, keep your head down, your eyes averted. You don’t want any trouble. People are quick to assume that's what you're looking for. Your lips are chapped and your face is dirty. You cannot remember the last time you brushed your teeth, let alone took a shower. The thought makes you laugh almost as much as the thought of your old bedroom walls, the shadows cast by the ceiling fan as you stared up from your bed. You had to leave home. It was taken from you. The adults in your life shifted as you grew older, or perhaps you just grew aware. They took pills or tipped glasses or screamed at you for no particular reason. They kicked you out when you got pregnant, when you got mouthy, when you weren't all they wanted you to be. They got sadistic. They crossed unspeakable lines. You had to leave home. You are barely more than a child. At least, you were before. Now, you are homeless.
I hate you with everything in me. You are the downright most awful, uncaring, and selfish person I know. You broke my heart into a million pieces that still, to this day, I haven’t fixed. I loved you so much, I poured my heart out to you and gave you everything I had. I put your happiness before mine which was the most stupid thing I have ever done.
The song starts out by revealing the narrator's loneliness and moves to dissatisfaction with routine, then to reflection on how his ex, him, and his friends used to get along. For the rest of the track he questions himself, asking why events in his life fall apart despite his planning. Although this storyteller is far from anarchy, his reflection on why things go wrong will eventually bring up larger questions of society. Additionally, his blame of others, “it’s your fault I can’t relax”, mentions he knows he can’t change
I can't believe how this came to be, all of this time, I didn't think you would notice me. But I caught your eye, I guess, I'm the guy with the music and the tress. I'm the same one that runs the 4x2 all in all, I just want to get to know you.
I'm sorry if these get anoying but they aren't supposed to be. It's supposed to be cute and remind you that I love you. There's so much I was going to tell you last night. I know why I'm always afraid to tell you. It's because I'm afraid of what you will say.
this song lyric is so important to me, because I never know what's gonna come and it’s just going to surprise me right in the face. Like friends I will lose over a stupid reason, or a big reason that I thought I would be able to solve. Losing friends may be one of the hardest things I’ve felt yet, because we made all those fun memories and it all just went away because one day, we just stopped talking to each other and ignored each other. Even though sometimes it is my fault, I still blame some on my “friend” because it wouldn’t have happened if it was only my fault, maybe the fault that she was responsible for was misunderstanding something that has
experienced a euphoria of déjà vu here we go again. For a moment I had to shake my head to snap out of it then joined my husband in conversation. All the single ladies gathered for the catching of the bouquet. Turning backwards I threw the bouquet over my shoulders the young ladies were rolling on the floor for the bouquet.
ENTRY -4 Looking back to days gone by, Think of all the ways i've tried, to show you that my love is true, since the day you said "I do." Trips together to the Kugnae shore, with you beside me I was never bored. We'd laugh and lark in the sun's bright rays, cuddle 'neath a woven sheet when the day gave way. Now I reflect upon your sweetest smile, Your updone hair, and your personal style.
Driving home after a long, difficult day, I turned on some music, searching for relief. The CD in the player consisted of all my favorite songs: “Pee Wee Long Way( Chasing)’,” “Lil Boosie (Long Journey),”Lil snupe “(Nobody),” and many others. My number one favorite song, “(Chasing),” was the first to play. Singing along to the lyrics, my mood was immediately better. This song reminded me of what was important in my life, my dreams and money. I then realized what these songs had in common; they all reflected my feelings on life: don’t give up on your dreams and don’t worry about every little thing life throws at you, keep chasing your dream until you reach the top.