What is it about music that draws us in? Is it the beat, the lyrics, the artist or is it the type of genre the music is in? Could it even just be what we happen to be going through at the time we hear a specific song? For me most of these questions apply to specific times in my life where music helped me out of pain, stress, loss and even despair. There are a few of these times that stand out more than other because they have had a harder impact on me. For instance January of 2007 when my grandfather was diagnosed with leukemia. Again 9 months later when he lost his courageous battle and just a few months after that with my own battle for life. Then in 2010 with my first bad break up. Something much more recent that music has helped me with
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Artists such as Tim McGraw, Eminem and Point of Grace have had a huge impact on my life and wellbeing. In Eminem’s song “No Love” he speaks on how love cannot hurt him anymore. The first time I heard this song and listened to what it was saying it helped me climb out of a hole I never thought I would come out of. I realized I did not need anyone but myself and that the only person who is going to love me the most is myself. The lyrics was the most important part to this song for me, I do like the beat and the artist but what he is singing about is what touched home for me. When he says “I am alive again” it couldn’t have touched me anymore than it did. This is what pulled me out of the depression I was in. It woke me up from a horrible nightmare and truly helped me find my strength in a time I thought I had lost it …show more content…
One last song that has most recently helped me out of a very dark and scary place in my life is “Keep the Candle Burning” by Point of Grace. Point of Grace happens to be a Christian band I used to listen to a lot when I was younger. As the years went on and I began to lose my sense of self again I ran away from my religion feeling abandoned by everyone including God. Well just a year ago I found myself listening to the song on slacker Christian radio during a brief stay in St. Peters detox center. I was there alone and cut off from everyone I knew family, friends and even my daughter. I was facing the ugly truth that I had an addition and needed to rid of it to stay out of trouble and be the mother I needed to be for my daughter. While laying there the first night I was able to somehow keep my phone with me so I was listening to this station and this song came on. The song starts with “You think you’re alone there in your silent storm, but I’ve seen the tears you’ve cried. Falling down and trying to drown, the flame of hope inside. Let me tell you now, tell you now…. When you’re walking in the dead of night, when your soul is churning, when your hope seems out of sight, keep the candle burning…” I’ve heard this song so many times before and have understood the meaning behind it but it was never so powerful in my life till that day. It explained exactly how I felt in detox alone and lost.
Artists such as Tim McGraw, Eminem and Point of Grace have had a huge impact on my life and wellbeing. In Eminem’s song “No Love” he speaks on how love cannot hurt him anymore. The first time I heard this song and listened to what it was saying it helped me climb out of a hole I never thought I would come out of. I realized I did not need anyone but myself and that the only person who is going to love me the most is myself. The lyrics was the most important part to this song for me, I do like the beat and the artist but what he is singing about is what touched home for me. When he says “I am alive again” it couldn’t have touched me anymore than it did. This is what pulled me out of the depression I was in. It woke me up from a horrible nightmare and truly helped me find my strength in a time I thought I had lost it …show more content…
One last song that has most recently helped me out of a very dark and scary place in my life is “Keep the Candle Burning” by Point of Grace. Point of Grace happens to be a Christian band I used to listen to a lot when I was younger. As the years went on and I began to lose my sense of self again I ran away from my religion feeling abandoned by everyone including God. Well just a year ago I found myself listening to the song on slacker Christian radio during a brief stay in St. Peters detox center. I was there alone and cut off from everyone I knew family, friends and even my daughter. I was facing the ugly truth that I had an addition and needed to rid of it to stay out of trouble and be the mother I needed to be for my daughter. While laying there the first night I was able to somehow keep my phone with me so I was listening to this station and this song came on. The song starts with “You think you’re alone there in your silent storm, but I’ve seen the tears you’ve cried. Falling down and trying to drown, the flame of hope inside. Let me tell you now, tell you now…. When you’re walking in the dead of night, when your soul is churning, when your hope seems out of sight, keep the candle burning…” I’ve heard this song so many times before and have understood the meaning behind it but it was never so powerful in my life till that day. It explained exactly how I felt in detox alone and lost.