The power of silence

Twenty One Pilots sings "Car Radio".

I have already written a little about this song, but I have some more thoughts about it. I like their music very much, but this song won't leave me alone. I play the whole album and love it, but when this song comes on, everything stops so I can listen. I can't keep doing other things, even if I want to.

These are the lyrics that I really connect with:

"I hate this car that I'm driving
There's no hiding for me
I'm forced to deal with what I feel
There is no distraction to mask what is real

And now I just sit in silence"

I think the car is a metaphor for his life as a musician. But more importantly, I think he's singing and screaming quite literally about being forced to confront his emotions because there's nothing to distract him from them.  I'm a person who has spent the vast majority of my adult life experiencing my emotions, so I know how hard it is to not be able to hide from them. How exhausting to constantly feel.  How angering and alienating, feeling alone on this path.  And how courageous to not only choose to "just sit in silence", but also to sing about it. This song is a constant inspiration to me, reminding me that I'm not alone in my struggle to fully connect to my whole being and that I can do it.