I don’t know if this would be the right blog to submit to, but I feel like I need to see this:
Patrick, Pete, Andy, and Joe saved my life. Especially Pete and Patrick (I’m not trying to lessen the impact the other band members have had on my life. Please understand that.).
But, upon learning the story of Pete’s attempted suicide (including the fact that Jeff Buckley’s version of “Hallelujah” made him realize that life was worth living) and upon hearing “Hum Hallelujah (if you listen to the song, you’ll hear the connection), I cried so much.
I know what it’s like to want to take pills and disappear. I know that hurt and that pain. I was popping pills from an early age, not long after I turned 13. I had some family troubles from an early age, and when I got older, I experimented with drugs. I suffered from an eating disorder. Hearing things like that, how people continue to live, that gives me hope.
Patrick, the emotion in his voice and his general demeanor, those are all things that keep me going. Seeing someone who is so beautiful, from their looks down to their humble personality, makes me hopeful that there are beautiful and humble and loving people in the world.
People who would understand me and accept me.
