As someone who has gone through and overcome depression, this song is incredibly powerful to me.
Music was always my escape. My thoughts were terrifying when left to their own path, so I needed something to funnel or focus them. Music was that focus. This was when I was in middle school, 2003-2006, so most of what I listened to was Relient K, Switchfoot, and Thousand Foot Krutch. I cannot explain how vital those bands were to me overcoming that struggle.
But there were days were I couldn't listen to music. Say I forgot to charge my ipod, or I forgot my headphones. I would get my ipod taken away from me by teachers constantly for listening in class. Those days when I didn't have that distraction were brutal. My parents could literally tell what days I didn't have music based on what mood I was in after school.
This is how I relate to this song. I obviously couldn't drive back then, but sitting in a car alone with my thoughts during that time would have been terrible. That's what I feel like this song is conveying. Yeah it sucks to get your radio stolen but this is way deeper than that. It's the void that is left when you are alone in silence.
As someone who has gone through and overcome depression, this song is incredibly powerful to me.
Music was always my escape. My thoughts were terrifying when left to their own path, so I needed something to funnel or focus them. Music was that focus. This was when I was in middle school, 2003-2006, so most of what I listened to was Relient K, Switchfoot, and Thousand Foot Krutch. I cannot explain how vital those bands were to me overcoming that struggle.
But there were days were I couldn't listen to music. Say I forgot to charge my ipod, or I forgot my headphones. I would get my ipod taken away from me by teachers constantly for listening in class. Those days when I didn't have that distraction were brutal. My parents could literally tell what days I didn't have music based on what mood I was in after school.
This is how I relate to this song. I obviously couldn't drive back then, but sitting in a car alone with my thoughts during that time would have been terrible. That's what I feel like this song is conveying. Yeah it sucks to get your radio stolen but this is way deeper than that. It's the void that is left when you are alone in silence.