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NancyKilljoy [2012-12-27 18:32:10 +0000 UTC]
This is just. So. True.
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SassyLilPanda [2012-12-21 03:57:45 +0000 UTC]
Awesome work!
I feel inclined to tell you though that actually, The Light Behind Your Eyes was written for his daughter, Bandit. This is the quote:
‘Light Behind Your Eyes’
The ballad. Unashamedly sentimental, like ‘I Don’t Love You’ through a softer lens. Gerard laments departed friends, channeling a ‘live for today’ message in a song addressed to daughter.
“On May 27 last year, Gerard’s wife Lyn-Z have birth to their daughter, Bandit Lee. Now, every rock star is allowed one mushy parenthood song, and Gerard’s is ‘Light Behind Your Eyes’, the album’s token ballad. But this is not, thankfully, his Daddy Record. Not quite.
“It certainly had something to do with it,” he admits, “but in a really un-obvious way. It wasn’t like I was sitting here writing a record about being a dad. But I realized afterwards I was leaving a message for my daughter when she’s 15. The original My Chem music was me speaking to who I was in hgih school. This will be me speaking to who my daughter could become.”
And if the message of this album is directed to a person’s kid, that’s going to be as sincerely meant as anything anybody could ever say, right?
“I think I was writing about the victimization of the audience, and that to me was the best thing the band could possibly say at the moment, about not being a victim. I realized that if anything were to ever happen to me, I would want my daughter to know that her dad and his band weren’t victims. And I don’t think there was any real solid evidence of that up to now. It’s about empowering the audience.”
You can read about it here: [link]
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dangerkid2019 [2012-12-21 03:16:17 +0000 UTC]
OIYDHS;WGTOIUF;IOESFPDUYLGTUV;IWEURTG;SPUIOTSGT THIS IS SO AMAZING HOLY SHIT THE DETAIL THE DETAIL IM DYING SOMEONE SEND HELP
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XxJ-laynxX [2012-12-20 21:43:47 +0000 UTC]
Awesome. This is absolutely beautiful.
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