You Saved My Life
tardlz4207
Jul 22, 2008
T-shirts displaying painted on words, screennames on the bright monitor screen at night, next to the "I love this band" and "I love that band" avatars, all reading:
"Your music saved my life..."
"I wouldn't be here if you weren't!"
"You saved my life! I love you!"
and other forms of the same sentence.
My favorite band saved my life.
Music is the new medium of youthful struggle, giving us something to lean on and to depend on, to make us feel better about being different - and we all know we're all different and weird in our own secret ways, no matter now much some will try to disagree...
Music has always been a very usable and applicable form of beauty to situations in our lives. Each song had to have been inspired by something. In the past one hundred years we have finally gotten up the courage to say "music gave me something to live for" and not worry about being badly thought of.
But in this century, we take the acceptance of that term for granted.
It's the latest trend for bands to be life savers. That's the best trend that's ever been, in my opinion, but is it always true?
How many times have you talked to someone about a band and they have said "this band saved my life!" or some variation of that sentence? It's become cliche.
It's a known fact that this world is getting harder and harder to live in, that more and more sources of comfort and hope - such as music - are needed to keep the naturally weak youth alive and strong. Music saves lives everyday, and will continue to.
Though it seems that you're not considered a true fan unless you owe your life to the band of your choice - or several bands. Therefore it's as if everyone is going around saying that music saved their lives when it really didn't, just so they can be considered as true a fan as the one who really does owe their existence to a song. I know I'm guilty of this, and I know others are, too. When I first listened to My Chemical Romance, I saw that they were a life saving band... and I wanted that connection, that love, too. At that time, I did not even know what it meant to be saved by a song, because I hadn't given it much thought. I knew that, at first, listening to them distracted me from my suicidal thoughts - and I figured that was enough.
"You sing the words but you don't know what it means to be a joke and look, another line without a hook..." (My Chemical Romance, "I'm Not Okay")
It was not until later down the road that I really did owe my hope to them; they helped me save myself. Because of that, I do say that MCR saved my life in more ways than they know, because I can say that with the utmost love and honesty in my heart towards them.
I may have said that music saved my life just to fit in with the cliche, but I don't anymore.
The reason that I wrote this blog was because of this cliche. I was you to ask yourself with complete honesty and integrity if a band completely saved your life.
People seem to think that it's always a competition to see if who's a real fan and who's a poser. Arguing about how many posters you have, how many concerts you've been too, and how much they saved your life or not. I got into one of these arguments once, and I can seriously say it was one of the stupidest debates I've ever had in all of my nearly fifteen years on this planet.
So what if a song has given you more hope than the next one? So what if you've been to all the concerts that have come to your town?
We're all fans, no matter if music saved us or not.
So if it really did save you, if it really did restore your hope and give you something to live for - say that. If you say that it did just to be more of a fan, please stop. Tell the truth. A real fan is proud of the truth of why they love their favorite band, and other fans will think no less of you. :)
Until the sand runs out,
-Sarah
"Your music saved my life..."
"I wouldn't be here if you weren't!"
"You saved my life! I love you!"
and other forms of the same sentence.
My favorite band saved my life.
Music is the new medium of youthful struggle, giving us something to lean on and to depend on, to make us feel better about being different - and we all know we're all different and weird in our own secret ways, no matter now much some will try to disagree...
Music has always been a very usable and applicable form of beauty to situations in our lives. Each song had to have been inspired by something. In the past one hundred years we have finally gotten up the courage to say "music gave me something to live for" and not worry about being badly thought of.
But in this century, we take the acceptance of that term for granted.
It's the latest trend for bands to be life savers. That's the best trend that's ever been, in my opinion, but is it always true?
How many times have you talked to someone about a band and they have said "this band saved my life!" or some variation of that sentence? It's become cliche.
It's a known fact that this world is getting harder and harder to live in, that more and more sources of comfort and hope - such as music - are needed to keep the naturally weak youth alive and strong. Music saves lives everyday, and will continue to.
Though it seems that you're not considered a true fan unless you owe your life to the band of your choice - or several bands. Therefore it's as if everyone is going around saying that music saved their lives when it really didn't, just so they can be considered as true a fan as the one who really does owe their existence to a song. I know I'm guilty of this, and I know others are, too. When I first listened to My Chemical Romance, I saw that they were a life saving band... and I wanted that connection, that love, too. At that time, I did not even know what it meant to be saved by a song, because I hadn't given it much thought. I knew that, at first, listening to them distracted me from my suicidal thoughts - and I figured that was enough.
"You sing the words but you don't know what it means to be a joke and look, another line without a hook..." (My Chemical Romance, "I'm Not Okay")
It was not until later down the road that I really did owe my hope to them; they helped me save myself. Because of that, I do say that MCR saved my life in more ways than they know, because I can say that with the utmost love and honesty in my heart towards them.
I may have said that music saved my life just to fit in with the cliche, but I don't anymore.
The reason that I wrote this blog was because of this cliche. I was you to ask yourself with complete honesty and integrity if a band completely saved your life.
People seem to think that it's always a competition to see if who's a real fan and who's a poser. Arguing about how many posters you have, how many concerts you've been too, and how much they saved your life or not. I got into one of these arguments once, and I can seriously say it was one of the stupidest debates I've ever had in all of my nearly fifteen years on this planet.
So what if a song has given you more hope than the next one? So what if you've been to all the concerts that have come to your town?
We're all fans, no matter if music saved us or not.
So if it really did save you, if it really did restore your hope and give you something to live for - say that. If you say that it did just to be more of a fan, please stop. Tell the truth. A real fan is proud of the truth of why they love their favorite band, and other fans will think no less of you. :)
Until the sand runs out,
-Sarah
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