9:08 PM
The opening notes of the song start and in an instant, my heart is twisting. The memories slam right into my throat and it’s painfully vivid and its like i’m standing right in the middle of it all over again. As each drum kicks and every guitar string is plucked, the feelings build and my eyes are stinging shut, and everything’s white and it hurts. It still hurts. The lyrics are like salt pouring straight through my heart and I crawl inside myself, hiding in those small spaces that have become my sanctuary. As the voice soars on, my story unfolds and continues itself in a new language that I haven’t quite mastered. It’s new and it’s fragile but my god is it resilient.
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