BURNING FIGHT
around this time about 8 years ago i was walking down the streets of royal oak with my friend stuart talking about how much music meant to us, how bane echoed the thoughts in our brains and made us want to scream our lungs out for a better world and clearer head. i remember walking until it got dark only to realize we'd walked well over 7 miles. so much has changed since then. he's now a party boy bro and he didn't even remember me when i found him on myspace a few years back. i guess that these intense conversations stuck out way more on my end. the point is, so much has changed, but i still feel the same. i miss these days, but i don't want them back. i am the same kid with the same ideals, only they're stronger than ever in a world constantly trying to rope me in.
it's really hard to put into the words the feelings that emerged from me this weekend at burning fight. i tried making a top five of the bands i saw, but one moment overlaps the other and they mesh into a huge ball of positive thoughts. trial, 108, killing time, underdog, unbroken, reach the sky, bane, indecision, harms way, split lip, converge... some bands i've seen a thousand times, some never, but they all had this killer grip on my heart with every note they played. being who i am and believing what i believe has never made more sense to me. not that i was ever looking for validation, but my thoughts and hopes and dreams were all more than validated with every word out of the mouths of the people i respect the most in hardcore. they made so much more sense out of all this than i ever could. there was no bullshit, no fights, no fashion over passion, no rolling my eyes; none. i am surprised the goony smile i wore all weekend long isn't still plastered on my face, but the feelings i had there were so real, they are not going to leave as easily. i am intensely inspired and i am so proud to be a part of this... to be reminded in a big way that there are other people out there that think and care about the world the same way i do. this was meant to be.
i was also let down this weekend. what burns never returns, i guess. i have good friends, good food, and a promising future on my heels, though. i can cope.
it's really hard to put into the words the feelings that emerged from me this weekend at burning fight. i tried making a top five of the bands i saw, but one moment overlaps the other and they mesh into a huge ball of positive thoughts. trial, 108, killing time, underdog, unbroken, reach the sky, bane, indecision, harms way, split lip, converge... some bands i've seen a thousand times, some never, but they all had this killer grip on my heart with every note they played. being who i am and believing what i believe has never made more sense to me. not that i was ever looking for validation, but my thoughts and hopes and dreams were all more than validated with every word out of the mouths of the people i respect the most in hardcore. they made so much more sense out of all this than i ever could. there was no bullshit, no fights, no fashion over passion, no rolling my eyes; none. i am surprised the goony smile i wore all weekend long isn't still plastered on my face, but the feelings i had there were so real, they are not going to leave as easily. i am intensely inspired and i am so proud to be a part of this... to be reminded in a big way that there are other people out there that think and care about the world the same way i do. this was meant to be.
i was also let down this weekend. what burns never returns, i guess. i have good friends, good food, and a promising future on my heels, though. i can cope.