2025 Mai - Månedens Video
For en vokalist, tekstforfatter, gitarspiller, for en artist, for et menneske, for en måte å vise verden, ja, hva? Jeg har den største respekt mulig for REN, se, lytt, muligens vil den "fange" deg også!
Festet kommentar til denne videoen som jeg sikker har hørt mer enn 100 ganger hittil i år:
There's not much I can say that hasn't been said in the comments already... So.. I'll tell you a story... As someone who literally had a loaded pistol to my temple when this song came on my YouTube autoplay while connected to my speakers via Bluetooth. like everyone else, the first "battle cry" he sung caught me off guard and actually pissed me off. I got up to go to my phone to skip the song and in typical YouTube fashion, i got hit with an unskipable ad and i threw my phone pissed off. When the ad ended, this song came back on... I still can't explain how. So there i am, with my pain, anger, hate, confusion, exhaustion, and a permanent solution to my temporary problems in my hand, sitting in my garage, and because I threw my phone, I couldn't find it, so I was pretty much forced to let it play out. Since I'm here typing this comment, I don't think I need to explain what a rollercoaster of emotions came next. Ren Gill saved my life that night, and this song hadn't even hit 1000 views at this time. He may never hear my thanks, but I'm okay with that. If you made it this far, in my comment or in life, then there's a reason and you need to know that you're not alone despite whatever you may be feeling. You are strong. You have a purpose. And while it may not always be apparent, people do love you. Being alive isn't easy, but trust me when I tell you that dying is a hell of a lot harder... You've made it this far, and you can't give up. Take care of yourself and survive out of spite if that's what it takes... If I can do it, i have a feeling you can as well.
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Ren is wise beyond his years. I'm 63 and have struggled with depression, anxiety, insomnia, etc, since I was a child. When I was 7, I saw a man blow his brains out. Growing up in the 60s, we had the Cold War going on, and we kids were being traumatised by "Duck and Cover" drills and air raid sirens, etc. Nightly news was all about Vietnam, and dead bodies led their stories. Lost a lot of friends to auto accidents, 8 just in high school. So I can tell you for a fact that Ren is hitting on all cylinders with this. I lost my wife of 43 years a couple of years ago, and this dance I'm doing now, with my health quickly declining, and my dark side is quite the struggle. This song helps. It heals. It's not just a song; it's a therapy session, a sermon, a testimony, and art at its highest form.
