News just broke that Chester Bennington, the iconic voice of Linkin Park, has committed suicide by hanging. I don’t know enough about the man to say if this was sudden or not, but I do know two things.

First, that he was deeply devastated by Chris Cornell’s suicide. Today would have been Chris’ 53rd birthday.

Second, no suicide is truly sudden. Even if the person hides what’s going on, there is always a long struggle of deep, hopeless pain that precedes it. It’s the last step for someone who can’t find another way out of the pain that’s controlling their life. It’s not an act of cowardice or bravery, but one of abject desperation.

Look after each other. Success doesn’t equal health. There are ALWAYS signs. And there’s ALWAYS another choice.

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx

I got Linkin Park’s album One More Light on vinyl for Christmas and I may or may not be sobbing like a big fucking baby listening to it right now and fuck okay.

One More Light is a farewell album. Whether they realized it at the time or not. It’s written like one, the lyric book is written like one, it’s sang like one.

Their sound here is just fundamentally older and wiser. It’s weary and tired. It sounds like the last rays of sunlight just before the sun sets on the last day of summer. It’s looking back at all the good times you had one last time before closing the door and moving on. It’s letting go and finding forgiveness.

I’m almost definitely reading too much into this but I’m a sad and tired 2000s emo kid who aged the same way their music did over the years. Through anger and angst and grief. And this album felt like finding peace. This album felt like finally finding peace after years of pain and angst. This album felt like goodbye.

I got Linkin Park’s album One More Light on vinyl for Christmas and I may or may not be sobbing like a big fucking baby listening to it right now and fuck okay.

One More Light is a farewell album. Whether they realized it at the time or not. It’s written like one, the lyric book is written like one, it’s sang like one.

Their sound here is just fundamentally older and wiser. It’s weary and tired. It sounds like the last rays of sunlight just before the sun sets on the last day of summer. It’s looking back at all the good times you had one last time before closing the door and moving on. It’s letting go and finding forgiveness.

I’m almost definitely reading too much into this but I’m a sad and tired 2000s emo kid who aged the same way their music did over the years. Through anger and angst and grief. And this album felt like finding peace. This album felt like finally finding peace after years of pain and angst. This album felt like goodbye.

So who’s gonna make the edgy angsty villain!newt x Hermann playlist and fill it with starset songs or am i gonna have to do this