“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