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Sometimes all a person needs is to know they belong and that there existence was more than an accidental birth or an attempt to save a marriage long past it’s prime. Sometimes acceptance is all we seek from those around us and with each passing era the messages get louder and louder crying for help but as the crying voices scream out society deafens its ‘self to drowned them out. The only place we feel we can be ourselves is in the darkness, hidden away from society, away from the norm and away from the beautiful people. We are the ones who can feel completely alone in a crowded room and take solace in knowing that our time on earth will hopefully be short and painless, though most of us are wrong. Society tells us what we should be, who we should be, how we should think and act and anyone who is slightly different or does not conform is an outcast, a vagrant, a nobody and that we need to be beaten into submission. Society casts out the dark and unknown out of fear that we will lead others to ignore the standards they have created. In a world where there is so much hate and negativity, there are forces that allow us to see the beauty in everything around us, including the darker and more grim side of our existence. Music has become a vice for the outcasts, the people who were beaten up and picked on in school, the people who were told they would never amount to anything, the people who have been pushed to their breaking point and have either attempted or committed suicide. Music has gone from just pretty words and recognizable beat to a way of life, sometimes it’s the only way a person can survive. For myself I know this to be true. Many bands music has been there to comfort me when no one else was there, music seemed to be my only vice and the words I heard resonated inside of me and to this day it is still a major part of who I am. To the outside world I am a nobody, an outcast, just another person taking up space on this god forsaken planet condemned to rot in hell for not conforming but on the inside I am free, free to express who I am, free to dress the way I please, free to speak my mind although very few will listen. On the inside im free to be who ever and what ever I choose and music gives me the strength to do so. Music gives us a place to feel safe and a place we belong and that someone else out there in the world feels our pain and accepts us for who we are, it gives us comfort knowing that in the midst of chaos we can stand strong and proud and be who we are even though we fear being judged we still stand tall and fight to be seen as an equal. Sometimes all someone needs is to hear a song that describes exactly how they are feeling at that exact moment in their life to know that they are not alone and that there are others who feel the exact same way, and in doing so they feel as though they have been comforted by an old friend and that enables them to get up and face another day on earth. In the words of the amazingly talented Andy Biersack “Never give in, Never back down” and those words hold great meaning not only to me but to many others as well. Feeling accepted is all anyone wants, and sometimes its hard finding where you fit in but im proud to be an outcast im proud to walk in the shadows of mainstream culture because it allows me to see people for who they truly are and not for what they look like on the outside or the amount of money they have. It allows me to see the beauty within people and because of music im able to know im not alone so i want to give a big thank you to Black Veil Brides, Bullet for my valentine, Korn, Kiss, Metallica, AC/DC, Blood on the dance floor, Twiztid, Tech N9ne, and to the many other bands that have touched my heart through out the years. The gift you have given to millions of people through the messages in your music is the greatest gift an artist can give to their fans.