cutting
i am breaking the taboo. hey, the l word did it.
amy ray's new album, prom, is great. i love it. except this one line:
"you cut yourself like a highschool kid. i did it once. everybody did."
um, amy... way to trivialize an expression of serious pain and hopelessness. yeah, i know teens are more angsty than the rest of us and therefore more likely to express it. and, yeah, more self-destructive. so, i see how you thought of the line. but, there's a reason it's taboo. it's serious. it's not like dying your hair green and getting a tattoo of a bleeding unicorn on your ankle.
i am going to share something i wrote some time ago, when i was testing myself as a writer (no call yet on that):
"She brushed away the irreverent tear from her own cheek with the back of a hand. She was all at once grateful it had come at last and angered at her own weakness. So confusing. The razor had left neat little rows on her arm, glistening red. She prided herself on being able to release just enough blood to form a stream across the slice without spilling over. Everything under her control. Just to feel something, something controlled and of her own doing. That was the whole point of this little exercise, an increasingly frequent pastime for her. No one could interfere here, and every cut released that much more tension. At first, there was nothing. Then, finally, a tingle. She was never sure if it was pleasure or pain. Probably both. Then, without her ever knowing it, without feeling it come or willing it to drop, a bit of moisture would escape from her eyes. A reminder that she was human, that there was a soul in there somewhere that could be touched and would react. A hope that she, at least, could draw it out…with a tiny silver blade."
so, yeah, i've known teens to cut. i've also known adults - parents of my peers - to do it. and, no, i completely disagree that "everybody did" try it once. i'd say most people didn't. but, i guess i could be wrong. just seems like you should find out before you sing about it so shruggingly.
besides that, it's a great album. pick up a copy. it rocks! :)
amy ray's new album, prom, is great. i love it. except this one line:
"you cut yourself like a highschool kid. i did it once. everybody did."
um, amy... way to trivialize an expression of serious pain and hopelessness. yeah, i know teens are more angsty than the rest of us and therefore more likely to express it. and, yeah, more self-destructive. so, i see how you thought of the line. but, there's a reason it's taboo. it's serious. it's not like dying your hair green and getting a tattoo of a bleeding unicorn on your ankle.
i am going to share something i wrote some time ago, when i was testing myself as a writer (no call yet on that):
"She brushed away the irreverent tear from her own cheek with the back of a hand. She was all at once grateful it had come at last and angered at her own weakness. So confusing. The razor had left neat little rows on her arm, glistening red. She prided herself on being able to release just enough blood to form a stream across the slice without spilling over. Everything under her control. Just to feel something, something controlled and of her own doing. That was the whole point of this little exercise, an increasingly frequent pastime for her. No one could interfere here, and every cut released that much more tension. At first, there was nothing. Then, finally, a tingle. She was never sure if it was pleasure or pain. Probably both. Then, without her ever knowing it, without feeling it come or willing it to drop, a bit of moisture would escape from her eyes. A reminder that she was human, that there was a soul in there somewhere that could be touched and would react. A hope that she, at least, could draw it out…with a tiny silver blade."
so, yeah, i've known teens to cut. i've also known adults - parents of my peers - to do it. and, no, i completely disagree that "everybody did" try it once. i'd say most people didn't. but, i guess i could be wrong. just seems like you should find out before you sing about it so shruggingly.
besides that, it's a great album. pick up a copy. it rocks! :)