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A Collection

mood:  lonely
music: None. There's a bunch in this post.

I think this is going to be a fairly short update, but this is something that's been on my mind for the past week or so. This update serves as a collection of song lyrics that I've heard over the course of the past 17-ish months that I feel are relatable to my circumstances and accurately summarize some of the thoughts I've had in that time; namely as they relate to my recent divorce and thoughts/feelings towards Kayla. Some of these songs are newer, newly-discovered bangers; others are older "classics" (fuck, did I really just say that? I'm getting old) that I've enjoyed for many years. Hell, it's entirely possible that some of these songs have been featured in this journal over the time I've been writing in it (which recently rolled over the 18-year mark — maybe I am getting old).

In no particular order:

  • Papa Roach — No Apologies
    "We can turn it all around if you don't turn your back on me..."
  • Five Finger Death Punch — A Little Bit Off
    "I couldn't even cry today, I think my heart is finally broken..."
  • Killswitch Engage — I Can't Be the Only One
    "Don't lose your passion, don't lose your love..."
  • As I Lay Dying — My Own Grave
    "Buried alive inside of my own grave, and there's no one else to blame..."
  • Sevendust — Broken Down
    "Save me now, I'm broken..."
  • Saliva — Always
    "I breathe you, I taste you, I can't live without you..."
  • Story of the Year — And the Hero Will Drown
    "Guess it's too bad, that everything we have, is taken away..."
  • Killswitch Engage — I Feel Alive Again
    "Holding on to a shred of hope only by a thread..."
  • Wage War — If Tomorrow Never Comes
    "Want you to know you're enough, if tomorrow never comes..."
  • Trivium — Strife
    "I've found that strife won't make the bleeding stop, nor will it take away the pain..."

And perhaps my most recent guilty pleasure (heard this one while down in Florida for my brother-in-law's surprise birthday party at the beginning of the month; this one was also featured in my last entry, and I can't stop fucking listening to it):

  • Motionless in White — Another Life
    "And I hate that I made you the enemy, and I hate that your heart was the casualty..."