One thing that tends to always surprise people about me is that I listen to screamo music and enjoy it. The stigma around music that has screamed lyrics in it is that it has to always do with either violence or rage or just does not make any sense at all. I’m here to prove that statement wrong and prove that all types of music have something of value to offer. Without further ado, here are eight deep lyrics from some of my favorite screamo/post-hardcore/pop-punk songs:
On making a bigger impact on the world:
“I realize I constantly overlook the impact I’ve made
Maybe I’m longing to change my own face
To make you proud, I wanna make you proud
When you’re looking down on me”
–Disappear [Remember When] by Issues
“I’m not afraid of anything,
I’ve got the whole world in front of me.”
–All I Want by A Day To Remember
“If all we are is just machines, then we must be the cogs,
Inside the wheels of change.”
On caring about others:
“How many times do I have to mention?
The scars and the imperfections are what make me want you more.”
“If I were you I’d put that away
See, you’re just wasted
And thinking ’bout the past again
Darling, you’ll be okay”
–Hold On Till May by Pierce the Veil
On finding yourself:
“In a way we are all connected,
threaded together.
In a way we are all suspended,
bound going nowhere.”
–Introduced Species by Hands Like Houses
“Things aren’t the way they were before
You wouldn’t even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then”
“I’m learning to walk again
I believe I’ve waited long enough”