“Loving a band with all your heart is something you only
understand when it happens to
you. On the surface, others
can see it as a
petty obsession, but they’ll just
never know the feeling of putting so much faith into a few people
on the other side of the world. It’s hard to explain it to
them, the listening to song after song on repeat, the waits for
new albums, the excitement and surreal sensation when you finally
see them live. They don’t seem to understand why the lyrics
booklets give you a sense of comfort, or why you paste photos of
them all over your bedroom walls. And they can’t understand why
one band could matter to you so much. And you think to yourself
‘Because they
s a v e d my life.’ But you say nothing,
they wouldn't
understand.”
— Alex Gaskirth