Posted by jay on August 28, 2004, at 21:27:56
In reply to Re: Easier to Run...., posted by Catgirl on August 28, 2004, at 20:37:35
> > "If I could change I would take back the pain I would
> > Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
> > If I could stand up and take the blame I would
> > If I could take all the shame to the grave I would
> > If I could change I would take back the pain I would
> > Retrace every wrong move that I made I would
> > If I could stand up and take the blame I would
> > I would take all my shame to the grave"
> >
> > Linkin Park "Easier to Run"
> > I bought this album (Linkin Park "Meteora") this past week while "away" on a small vacation up North with my Dad. Well, I am 34, and I LOVE this disc. For anyone who has ever had mental health issues, it is a wonderful, cathartic album that makes you feel SO much less alone in this world. Yes....anger and sadness all bottled up. The haunting synths...the crunching guitars....the passionate vocals. This line(s) above is/are perfect
> > for me, because I feel if I could just "make it all right", man, I would! Lose the pain..the fatigue...the weight of all of this "invisible load".
> >
> > Yes...."..I would.."
> >
> > Jay
>
> Jay,
> "I would" too. I am SO glad to hear from someone who feels the same way about that cd. I bought it when it first came out and it hasn't left my car cd player since.
> A friend of mine, who isn't a fan of hard music, was in my car one day when I had it on. She asked why I liked it so much. I responded "because it sounds like I feel." That was the first time it occurred to me, but it's true.
> Some of lyrics to their songs could have come straight out of my own mind. It definitely helped me during some of the most difficult times I have ever had. The song that you quoted, hearing that song felt like someone took everything I have been feeling and expressed it for me.
> I'm 32, by the way.
>Hi CG...*yes*..this disc goes places many others don't. You are *so* right...it does "sound how I feel". It is so 'dynamic'....it has so many layers to it. It pulls up and stirs so many feelings in me. I am very happy (for lack of a better term..heh..) that this disc touches someone else in the same way....as I imagined it did, but it's nice to see it "for real". "Numb" is the first track that I heard that just knocked me on my butt..this was when it came out about a year ago or so. I had burn't a copy of the cd from the internet, but lost it soon...and for some reason, it has stuck in the back of my mind for such a long time. I wanted to have the actual cd instead of some cheap download...and I saw the video for "Breaking the Habit" in my hotel room, and said "AHHHH..gotta get it..NOW!!"
Anyhow...any other fav's off the disc...any other bands or artists you are into? I listen to mostly modern alt/rock music, but like some older rock bands too.
Take care...
Jay
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