I have a ridiculous obsession with music, and Sleeping With Sirens just so happens to be my favorite band. You won't hear them on the radio, but I hope you'll look them up. It will be life changing, that I can promise you.
1. "I know that hope weighs on your mind, lost within the seams. It seems like we lose ourselves in between." - 'You Kill Me (In A Good Way)'.
When I hear this line, I instantly think of anxiety. With anxiety, you become so obsessed with what could go wrong, that you forget what has and will go right.
2. "Remember when they said that what we want can never be done. When it all comes falling down, we'll do what we want to." - 'Do It Now, Remember It Later'.
There will always be someone who does not believe in you. They will constantly put you down and attempt to rid you of your dreams. When it comes down to it, you hold the key to your destiny. No one can take that away from you, as long as you continue to fight for it.
3. "You made me hate my own reflection, question every choice I make. So I could try to be perfect, but I won't try to be fake." - 'Who Are You Now'.
As my favorite song by Sleeping With Sirens, this lyric holds huge importance for me. Like many others, I was bullied as a kid. If you spend the majority of your childhood being told you are not good enough, soon you will begin to believe it. As I have grown older, I have realized that I will never be good enough for everyone, someone will always be unsatisfied. Why try to be perfect if perfection still isn't good enough for the pessimists of this world?
4. "Tell me what's the point of life, is it material?" - 'Alone'.
We focus way too much on the things we can hold in our hands, rather than the things we can feel in our soul. Live your life based on the happiness you feel radiating off of other people, just by being near them. Do what's good for your soul.
5. "You'll make your mistakes, but it's never too late." - 'Gold'.
If you base your worth off of how many mistakes you have made, you will never feel good enough. Remember that you are human, you will make mistakes throughout the entirety of your life. Learn from them.
6. "Keep looking down on me, I am more than you'll ever be." - 'Kick Me'.
The weakest will always look down on others to build themselves up. They cannot find acceptance within so they have to bring others down to their level of self-pity. Don't give them the satisfaction.
7. "You fall so short, sometimes you feel so close but when you find the thing that matters most, may you never let it go." - 'Fly'.
You will spend a large portion of your life searching for happiness and acceptance. When you finally find it within yourself, you will look for it in someone else. Never settle. And never let go of the ones you love.
8. "Nobody's gonna hold your hand and guide you through, it's up for you to understand. Nobody's gonna feel your pain." - 'Roger Rabbit'.
I've learned that it is so much easier to count on yourself than it is to count on someone else. Others can always let you down, but you can alter your own outcomes based on the decisions you make. Learn that your pain is all your own, no one can truly understand your journey the way you've lived it.
9. "And I would rather be the stray than be nothing to no one at all." - 'The Strays'.
Being different is not the worst thing in the world. Growing up, I was always the odd one out and I hated it. But as you get older, you will realize that the reality of being "normal" is not as exciting as it seems. Be weird, it's so much more fun!
10. "Do you remember being young? The world in our hands, your heart in a song?" - 'Legends'.
The older we get, the more we lose sight of all the dreams we held so close. When you become an adult, all you seem to have time for his bills, work, and sleep. Make time to chase your dreams. You don't want to look back on your life with regrets.
