I mean that Linkin parks whole message but the beauty of it was they always chose their words carefully so they it could connect for a lot of problems including addiction
"Bennington also commented on the meaning of "Crawling" by stating it was inspired by his own battles with substance abuse. "Crawling is about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol, hence the line "These wounds they will not heal..." "
Drug abuse is just another symptom of mental health. Opioids for example gives a feeling that could be described as a warm and loving feeling of safety like a mothers hug. If you are healthy have no issues live a happy life with a happy past it would just be a nice experience. If you grew up without ever feeling safe or loved you are gonna want to abuse that drug. Mental health is the problem substance abuse is just a symptom
@@jaydub0101 Interesting. Never thought of it as a song about addiction. I've always thought it's about depression. Wounds that won't heal does describe depression very well. But mental illness and addiction often go together and the song works whichever way you interpret it.
It’s sad that their music is so amazing that it can help you and so many others with their demons, yet there was nothing there to save Chester from his :(
They saved my life more then once! Many times I was ready to take my life but decided to listen to one last LP song! That turned into listening to every album of theirs I had! Chester's singing and the words of the songs told me that LP Knew how it was to deal with the darkness in me! They didn't say, like so many others, that they understood what it was like! No they knew! and dealt with it! So sad and hurting that none of us could help him like he helped so many of us!
It's very Haunting just like he says even to this day it gives me the chills , makes me happy, sad and so many emotions and at the same time it makes me feel like I'm home .... RIP Chester you will Never be forgotten
As someone who sufferes from Depression himself, this is exactly how it feels. And Chester and the rest of the Band captured that feeling so close they knew exactly what they were writing there.
This song is usually a lot harder. They chose to do more a slower take on it for this concert. If I remember correctly this concert was pretty close to chesters suicide (or maybe just one of the ones that came up a lot on social media following)
This acoustic version really brings out the melancholy and sadness of the song. The studio version (the usual nu metal arrangement of the song) is far more aggressive and brings out the deep frustration, anxious energy and the sense of being on edge that emotional pain brings. I know RU-vid will engage in copyright tomfoolery if you react to the original metal version but I strongly suggest checking it out in private. It might just be something you add to one of your playlists.
I remember that feeling - crawling in my skin. I was emotionally unstable at the time. It wasn't full-blown addiction yet, just the precursor. All the emotions that I didn't know what to do with, how to express, all those emotions just roiled and boiled inside me. It was the same later when I got clean. I've never thought of this as a song about addiction. For me, it's always been about emotional wounds, insecurity, fear, and the desire for peace.
Chester is one I'll never get over , this band was the closest thing to therapy as a depressed kid in a world that doesn't believe in mental health. R.I.P Chester Bennington.
For those of us that’s had a life long battle with chronic depression and never been addicted to any narcotics or alcohol? Our depression is what affects us like an addiction that we just can’t shake. The narcotic and alcohol that some of us gravitate towards is the attempt of self medicating/numbing/stifling it. The chemical addictions are seriously and honestly are a byproduct of that attempt. There’s honestly nothing that will get rid of it. Every day is a battle won or lost during a life long war. Management is the closest thing to a cure that there is for us. #mrlboydreacts
Well said, my friend. As a long time sufferer of depression and, more recently in the past 6 years a diagnosis of Bipolar 1, I can definitely attest that you can minimize the pain through medication (although meds don't always help everyone) and that even if you find the exact correct medications, you are still fighting the battle. I'll be fighting this for the rest of my life, the only thing I can do is make sure that its a long life full of love and friendship and happiness as much as possible. RIP Chester
Every day that we wake up to is a battle won. Much love, and I highly recommend Twenty One Pilots' early work, and working your way to their new stuff. Same vibe, different genre (sometimes)
Chester was pretty clean by what I know. Most of Linkin Park was. Depression and Anxiety are more of their demons. I always thought this was more about Anxiety. The grip it can have on you. The feeling inside that feels like needles piercing. You have to push your mind and your muscles to a greater deal. That fear of not being or doing enough.
unfortunately yeah, Chester was a pretty heavy user for a long time and didn’t really clean up i think until after joining Linkin Park. still it says a lot that their lyrics were able to bridge all kinds of life experiences. for me the song was about the feeling of living with trauma.
@@gurglinghermits3043 even with linkin park he ended up using heavy still but he got clean while with them, it got rough for a bit but with their support he pushed through
This song is amazing because it encapsulates several aspects of what it's supposed to mean and is open to interpretation. This is the essence of music. Anyone can listen and hear their own unique individual stories within the lyrics. I feel this song is about mental health situations, having personal experiences with them and the difficulties they impose. Chester Bennington will live on far beyond his years spent with us, and we will be graced with his music forever.
I love your reactions and this song. This song can be interpreted in so many ways and can help so many people through their struggles. I think this relates to Chester's abuse throughout his childhood but man is it powerful in so many ways. RIP
This is the "One More Light" version, "One More Light" is another absolutely beautiful song - there's a live version they played right before this song you should listen to. The original studio version of "Crawling" is one of their early songs and has a lot of screaming and is completely different from this one, one of their major hits early in their career. "One More Light" Live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-i_Sy_PZsBjA.html
As a grown ass man, I can confidently say - I CANNOT listen to One More Light without balling up and becoming a weeping monsoon, either externally or internally. With everything that happened after it just amplifies that sadness by 100.
As a lifelong Linkin Park fan, they helped me get through the most difficult times in my life with their music and apart of the reason I'm here to even type this today. Thank you Chester, and the rest of LP.
everytime someone asks me how a generalized panic disorder feels I tell them to read the lyrics of this song. Thanks Chester for giving me the perfect voice to explain my disease.
Everything he was talking about was based on fear and the racing mind. It always felt like he was talking about the anxiety. The unknown sweeping them away.
This was the very last song Chester ever performed. He hugs the crowd and allows them to embrace him, both physically and emotionally. This was his goodbye to us.
This song is not about addiction. As with many other linkin Park songs, this is more about depression and mental health. It is about how what plays in your mind controls you and you can’t seem to get out of it. You feel so out of control of yourself. The wounds are mental/psychological. Depression/anxiety grabs ahold of you and takes away your ability to function and to feel like yourself. You literally want to leave your own body to escape the torment.
This song is about emotional and physical abuse. As depicted in the music video showing a woman in an abusive relationship. And for the first years the band performed it was an extremely hard song for Chester to get through live because of how much he related to and understood the pain behind the words
It's not all about addiction its more of him describing himself spiritually, he's not in control of his feelings even tho he feels the neverending pit of sorrow, the sorrow of everything he has ever hold in his life. Crawling in my skin is more of a metaphor of how he wishes he wasn't in his own body. These wounds they will not heal is his spirit cause it didn't matter if he was singing in front of millions after the concert ends he's all alone again dealing with the same depression. You travel thru your own sorrow day after day after day to the point you start losing willpower and after so many let downs whether it was relationship related or past abuses. He knows its pulling him and devouring him from the inside, he senses that and fears it which will speed up the process especially if dealing with alone. But his only solitude was hope that some day he could conquer it or find motivation that can pick him up from all the weight of despair he carried and if it didn't turn out positively, he considers it his mind playing tricks with him so confusing what is real. Nothing destroys you more then being unable to trust your own senses or thoughts. It literally exiles you At least that's how I see it but this song is him baring his soul and I miss him to this day,, R.I.P. Chester
This song, for me, relates specifically to severe depression. Chester has been in countless interviews speaking about the depression he's delt with for years. Not sure that narcotic addiction played a role, but depression absolutely did. Breaks my heart.
When i think of this song i think more towards his own doubt. The words running through his mind making it hard for him to believe in himself. i find the song very emotional because it sucks seeing someone's pain. like they are ready to give up. and it hurts more knowing what happens next. Chester will always live in our hearts.
I think that you can take the meaning of the song in a few ways, none of them 'wrong', all of them relatable and sad. 'Given Up' will tear your heart apart, given what we now know.
This was the first song I heard from them back in the early 2000s, but it wasn't until I heard this version that I really understood this song. Most of Linkin Park's songs is about Chester's mental and drug struggles
This is so different from the album but it also so much better. It is not about addiction and most of there early song deals are hard hitting issues(teen angsty) and also about depression. It helps knowing this stuff is real and happens to other people.
If I recall correctly this was their last show before Chester's passing. I've always thought this intimate version of the song was his way of saying goodbye to the fans. You should check out the studio or a different live version, it is a totally different vibe. The vibe of this song is more hopelessness and despair, whereas the studio version is a lot more aggressive akin to frustration and anger at the situation.
I'm not a drug user but I have severe anxiety, depression, and PTSD..... I can actually feel the anxiety crawling through my skin....it makes me itch and rub and, probably, look like I'm on drugs....pacing, scratching, talking to myself over and over...
The lead singer Chester was clean from what I know but he was heavily burdened by anxiety and depression. He took a early leave by his own hand a beautiful soul gone too soon. I highly recommend listening to their song “Heavy” that should help you understand a bit more
This song 🎶 by them, slowed down by Chester singing raw and emotional and just Mike on piano 🎹 it’s beautiful! It always gives me goosebumps! One man saved millions but millions couldn’t save one man, RIP Chester, the song is about depression and anxiety, he dealt with depression all his life and he was abused as a child! So many feel where he’s coming from, he just reacted so many and this band is beyond amazing!! Wish he was still here!! The original song goes hard!
It's not about addiction. It's about Depression and Anxiety. Chester was never a heavy drug user. That being said, whatever a song means to you, means to you. There's always multiple interpretations that don't necessarily have to be in line with what the artist intended.
There's an autobiography on Chester Bennington. If you get a chance to see it you'll understand him, his music, and lyrics even more. Such a sad soul he was. It's heartbreaking 💔 😢.
this Studio content came along with a Copyright, being Held by a label that doesnt acknowledge fair use Laws. Meaning if i only do Copyright Studio content i would have to quit youtube within a month.
@@MrLboydReacts thank you very much for the response. It is well documented that RU-vid's copyright strike structure is one of the stupidest, most lopsided against content creators system ever put into existence, so I was fairly confident that was a large part of the reason you tend to use live performances. That being said, even if it's through no fault of your own, its maddening to see you, who I find very entertaining, reacting to versions of songs I love that are barely the same song, as so few music artists perform well live. Is it pretty much the entire music industry, or are there some artists/ labels we could request you react to that would allow for more studio versions?
While I know he is talking about addiction in this song, I believe part of the song is also the trauma and mental health aspect of his life. "these wounds, they will not heal, fear is how I fall" might talk about his trauma. Most people who understand addiction understand that there is normally some sort of trauma that led to it. In Chester's case, he was sexually abused. He had a lot of demons that greatly impacted his mental health and addiction. I know listening to the music is part of your channel and job, but I'd love for you to sit down and listen to some of the albums from start to finish, in order. One More Light was a lot softer than their older stuff, but it is the album they had released shortly before Chester took his life. I listened to it the very first day it came out and felt so much as a survivor. Then when he passed, the album hit even harder. I knew what the songs were saying from day one and knew that he had attempted in the past, but it just hit that much harder after.
Honestly speaking..his depression was actually very loud over the years and no one listened I think..I can hear him scream for help in so many songs when I listen to them again.. it's very sad..he was very sad..hence why his life tragically ended in suicide..
Chester had such a beautiful voice. All of his songs mirrored his life (addiction and depression) . To me some of his songs were a scream for help. That he killed himself makes the lyric even more heartbreaking
I don't remember if it was this or "In The End"; but the concert after Chester passed, when the crowd sings the whole song is haunting and heartbreaking.
@TheMaskedHero it was In the End that the crowd sang just after Chester died. This performance was the last one he did and that was 2 weeks before his suicide. It was like he knew that was the last song he was going to sing to his fans live. For the majority of that concert he was down in the audience when he would have normally been up on stage rocking with the rest of the band for the majority of the concert.
I always thought this song was about being unsure, uncomfortable and loathing who you are... Death believed to be the only release. Maybe being so beat down on the inside in a way no one else recognizes or understands....
'Point of authority' is the most meaningful technically, its basicly a song about why he abused drugs and alcohol and why he was so depressed. If you don't know, he was abused as a child by what I believe was a family friend but it turned out that person was also abused hence the line "You live what you've learned" in the song, because of this he never pressed chargers on the person who did it to him. Unfortunately this ate him up from the inside.
The line "Fear is never ending. Controlling. I can't see." is literal. I've heard these exact words from my 12yo daughter curled in a ball on the floor screaming in terror from her medical condition.
it's a decent attempt bro but no this has nothing to do with addiction, it's entirely about hating oneself, less understandable with this very slow and melodic version but still there.
I Don’t believe this song is about addiction.. I don’t know for sure, havn’t researched, but as a guy who have struggled with anxiety, these lyrics are so relatable. I think it’s about anxiety.
Substance abuse,child abuse,being treated like shit at work,divorcing his first wife on bad terms,self-mutilation,Chester went through all o` that,my guy.He was very open about it too not that it helped which is the tragic thing.
He said he was constantly raped as a child by an older man. Any more reasons to understand the tormented life he had to endure? RIP Chester. May he never suffer ever again.
