I love that she's read "Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse! I'm 17 right now, but I was 15 when I read that book, and it was possibly the only thing that kept me going after my suicide attempt. Just reading about someone's loneliness got me through so much bullshit. If there's one thing that I love about myself, it's that I actually enjoy reading. Being a loner kind of gives you time to do that. I mean...there's pros and cons, but for the most part, I'm grateful. I would never give up being able to read "Steppenwolf" lol. It's weird how connected I felt to a fictional middle-aged man's experiences :D
I was going to comment on the song but my whole theory about a girl escaping her painful home life has already been voiced. I'm in total agreement.
I love the line about it not being a cop-out. Running away from a dangerous, emotionally and/or physically abusive situation is not the easy way out. Sometimes it's the only way out, and nobody should feel guilty, cowardly, or weak for taking it.
I also love this line: "You don't need a space ship. They don't know you've already lived on the other side of the galaxy."
It just speaks to the outsider status you find yourself in when you're carrying around a secret like that. If all your life you've dealt with things that nobody could imagine. You're immediately set apart and alone. On another planet.
God this song is fantastic. I have the unpopular opinion of not really liking Tori's previous album, "Boys for Pele," but this one made up for it times ten.
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but I relate so deeply with your comment that I just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but I relate so deeply with your comment that I just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
I love that she's read "Steppenwolf" by Herman Hesse! I'm 17 right now, but I was 15 when I read that book, and it was possibly the only thing that kept me going after my suicide attempt. Just reading about someone's loneliness got me through so much bullshit. If there's one thing that I love about myself, it's that I actually enjoy reading. Being a loner kind of gives you time to do that. I mean...there's pros and cons, but for the most part, I'm grateful. I would never give up being able to read "Steppenwolf" lol. It's weird how connected I felt to a fictional middle-aged man's experiences :D
I was going to comment on the song but my whole theory about a girl escaping her painful home life has already been voiced. I'm in total agreement.
I love the line about it not being a cop-out. Running away from a dangerous, emotionally and/or physically abusive situation is not the easy way out. Sometimes it's the only way out, and nobody should feel guilty, cowardly, or weak for taking it.
I also love this line: "You don't need a space ship. They don't know you've already lived on the other side of the galaxy."
It just speaks to the outsider status you find yourself in when you're carrying around a secret like that. If all your life you've dealt with things that nobody could imagine. You're immediately set apart and alone. On another planet.
God this song is fantastic. I have the unpopular opinion of not really liking Tori's previous album, "Boys for Pele," but this one made up for it times ten.
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but I relate so deeply with your comment that I just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3
@Aquarius121 This song really spoke to me when I felt so so alone as a 15 year old, carrying around that kind of secret, you're so right, it does leave you on another planet... you wrote this comment ages ago, but I relate so deeply with your comment that I just wanted to say I hope your life has taken you to much sweeter places than it did in your teens <3