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TheDismembermentFan10 karma

No question, but I do have a little story I'd like to share.

When I was around 17, I went through a year-long depression after the suicide of a friend. I dropped out of school, I stopped talking to most of my friends, and I basically spent a year in my bedroom in the dark or out on a midnight walk through town (I was gaining some weight and I thought it would help). I felt numb for so long that I eventually forgot what things were like outside of the bubble I'd created for myself. I turned inward and spent most of my time listening to music or watching movies. One band I rather enjoyed was Maritime. Well, one day I learned that Maritime had formed from former members of The Promise Ring and the Dismemberment Plan and I gave both of them a listen. Upon my first listen of Emergency & I, I didn't think much of it. I liked the tunes and I thought the singing was pretty good, so eventually it wound up on my mp3 player.

One night, I was out on a walk at about midnight with my music on shuffle when Spider in the Snow came on. I'd never really listened to the lyrics beforehand, but for some reason, that night I did. Every word in that song struck a chord. By this time, everyone I knew had graduated highschool and were in the process of moving away to college. Everyone was getting on with their lives, but I was still holed up in my bedroom feeling sorry for myself. Everything around me was changing and I was terrified that I was being left behind. I broke down and collapsed in tears on the sidewalk for a few minutes before standing up and going immediately home. Now I won't say it was a sudden change that I made in my life, but from then on I stopped staying up so late and started slowly working to better myself. I lost about forty pounds, I got my GED, found a job, and I'm currently attending college. Now, I'm sure that I would have eventually gotten over myself either way, but I have always felt like hearing that song at that moment has been one of the pivotal moments in my life. I'd like to thank you for all of your music, but I'd especially like to thank you for Spider in the Snow. Sometimes it's enough to know that someone else out there gets it and you're not the only one who has ever felt left behind.