I remember being in high school in the early 2000s and really late at night on either Fridays or Saturdays, this would come on the radio (107.7 in Seattle), along with Tool's "Opiate" and I'd stay up just to hear them both. I was a really lonely kid and desperate to figure out where I belong in life. This was my introduction to Henry Rollins and I was SO grateful to hear that someone understood that loneliness and how to articulate it.
I have the exact same memory. I think it was Saturday nights, it would usually end the 10-to-midnight metal show before going into the midnight-to-2 electronica show. This version mixed with NIN's "A Warm Place" had been floating around for a while, but at some point one of the 107.7 DJs made a mix with "You Lied" by Tool from Salival. They even sent me a copy on a CD-R when I asked for it in an email.
Dude- had the same thoughts, at the same time, same year. on opposite coast of the country. Yeah, I think I know you. Nights behind the tree line are a sequel to this work.
Still true. I'm 40 and this got me through some really rough times. I've been a loner my whole life, drifting through people's lives, friends come and go and I end up alone. I've always wondered why. I think in a nice person, I supported them when they needed it, I was there for them when it was not good for me ....because I thought that's what friends did. For it to always end with me being the problem ? It's happened more then once, more then a few times. It's one of those things I ponder often. Solitude I have embraced it, it's how I relax now, how I disconnect. I have a family, a disabled son and a bunch of businesses. So I need to disconnect often. So a negitive I turned it into a positive. Doesnt mean I wouldn't mind some close mates. This is how I always took this.....I just always felt like I was on the outside. Never anyone's best friend kinda thing. Gets to me sometimes. Tonight for instance. I miss just being able to crack a beer or smoke a joint and talk to someone who just wants to be there. I've never felt that. Never felt that mateship. I have my family but that is different. The amount of times I was used and cast aside by people I thought were my close friends I can't count. Now as an adult I don't trust anyone. And those I do trust I don't let them in too close. Been burned too many times. Anyway this video is 14 years old now so I doubt anyone will see this 😂😂
The irony of this video..... read thru the comments and share just how MANY of us are out there. How MANY of us have shared the same heartbreaking alienation. ..... maybe taking comfort in knowing that I'm not really alone after all.
Heard this YEARS and YEARS ago and it just popped into my head today so I looked it up. I guess nothing has changed. Child, wife, dog.... and I still feel like an alien. Edit: still here. Lifting weights, working hard and making the best of it. Keep at it Kings
"It's not that i don't like people, it's just that i feel better when they are not around." - Charles Bukowski. Never cared about everyone picking on me. I knew i was diferent the day i chose to stay home, writing novels and reading while everyone was out, drinking, being "Wild". I'm sensitive, as much as i'm Sarcastic when i feel threatened. Now, i can truly understand that "Social Apathy" gives me time to keep writing... And being happy, with myself, my oh so strange and kind self.
I remember hearing this back in 95 on cassette. I blew off college that day to walk around the mall in Butler and buy some cassettes at National Record Mart.
I'm glad I started lifting weights. They gave me something to put all the negativity into and eventually when I became strong and found a goal in life because of weightlifting, everything has changed.
Going thru being Divorced, she turned my own Blood Family against me. I turn my back on them and been shadow boxing with dumbells, turning hurt into aggression while I work out. Dropped 45lbs. and moved on. Never been kicked in the face while I was down. No looking back my Friends, Hold Your Head Up High
the point is, no matter where we are in life, we will always be the outsider, it's Henry Rollins acknowledging the rest of us that feel the very same as he does, as we do to him and his and our absence of a place in this world, we will never fit in, we will never be a part of what's happening, and it's a soliloquy to the rest of us that will never truly feel a part of this world, and for his input we can finally find a common ground with one another and a another person that feels exactly the same way so we know we are not alone in this
I'm listen and watch this time and time again. I'm 51 now and I first heard it when I was about 27. It's very personal and Hank touches a chord. Very touching.
My hate just made me drink. But before that, I remember hiding at recess and lunch as a kid. Got spit on. Being the weird one at the party, or not getting inviting. Took solace in books. Now sober, I still take solace in books.
I can So relate. But in a odd way, it's a good thing -- not the being outcast / have to hide part, of course, but you know who Joseph Campbell is,t. which is more than some people know. What is your journey? With what treasure shall you return? look at Henry. Smart dude, spent a lot of time reading. This reading is sad, but beautiful. Like a song that makes you cry.
Everything about that i relate except my solace was always music and solitude, music has always been there for me, and as henry says, “solitude is a hard won ally” and that is so relatable, at one point solitude was my only ally
Yup. It's funny how there are so many people like this, yet we are all so completely convinced, deep down, that we're the only ones. I suppose we all handle it a little differently, so it becomes hard to tell that there's anybody else who knows what it feels like. And we feel really fortunate when we find one, so hell, maybe it's better that way.
Yeah,I think he knows me.He knows of my childhood days I spent,mornings I wondered 'What today?What are they gonna do to me today?',The days I spent watching myself in the mirror,or my reflection in a window,wondering 'Why am I so fucked up?What is wrong with me?'I grew up hating everyone.All those douchebags that made me feel like shit.All those assholes that beat me up 2 times a month 'just so'.I hated them all.I hated lying in a bed at night thinking how is it like to have somebody to love you,to understand you?I grew up hating myself.Hey,why is he always so distant,always in he's own world?'Well,my world was all I got left.Mine,and mine only.Yeah,I think he knows me.He knows me very well.Even today,when I'm 27,people who meet me,it's very hard for them to find a friend in me.Because I don't trust nobody.And those who manage to do it,they are a rare jewels that shine in a night.Those few peple,each of them helped me in their own way.Well,I still have a long way to go.I'm 27 and I still can't go to a girl and introduce myself.I had one relationship and it ended up badly.And a fuckin depression,well,it's something I have to fight on and off.And I hate to be alone,I so fuckin hate it.I hate it so hard it hurts.Still,I get by,somehow.My friends,they are pulling me trough.Yeah,I think he knows me.And,if you are watching this video,and you know what Henry is talking about.....well,I think you know me too......
This poem fucking kills me with Henry's powerful empathy. I am 47 and every fucking word applies to me. I'm still in the dark fighting. Still in hell. The older you get the more this hurts if you are still stuck in it. I'm doing all I can to get out of it,but I just fail so often, 99 percent of the time. I wish I would have gotten sober at age 18. Drugs really fuck a lot of people up. I've met and talked to Henry many times,he was a total asshole to me every time.i don't care,I still love him. I think he communicates better through writing and on stage as opposed to one on one. I don't wish to meet him again,that's for sure But his books have given me much strength, and I will read everyone he puts out till he dies. I relate to how he says he knows he has to fight 10 times harder to achieve shit. Nothing comes easy to me. It's always a long,brutal painful fight.
Every word describes my high school years up till my life right now. That's why HR is my main archetype, inspiration and a reminder to be bold, be yourself regardless of others' opinions.
i also had some anxiety...had lots of friends and went to lots of parties but i'd find myself walking away...finding a place to sit away from everyone else...i used to have a hate that strong...it was always there it wasnt leaned that i can remember...it still lingers...there is no medicine like metal and hardcore music...stays the rage and i'm thankful for it...\m/
Rollins is a beautiful soul birthed from pain. A true phoenix. I always come back to this every few years and it means just as much to me today as it did back then although my life is vastly different.
I was once like that. That loner kid in high school so many years ago and had some anxiety around people. Just listening to this made me remember that time and relive it. I couldn't find the right words to really say what I felt until I found solace in music, art and writing. I still have some of that anxiety but I think once you overcome your fears, discover your strengths, and found your voice, the sky is the limit. Henry found his and I'm glad he never compromised himself.
This was me in middle school and high school as well. In the end all of the people that go through this succeed in any way possible. It just takes a lot of tenacity and hard work. Remember the best revenge is living well. I have never realized or understood this until I grew up. People that are bullied these days need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. If you focus on the present, terrible things will happen. You have to look five or ten years into the future.
The hours of indecision, self doubt, the intense depression, blinding hate, the rage that made you stagger, the devastation of rejection. Most nights Henry. Most nights indeed...
There is nothing wrong in feeling different within a society made up of horrible/nasty/dishonest/disloyal c**ts........ KEEP FLYING THAT FREAK FLAG you truly beautiful and different rays of pure sunshine 😊👍
Henry´s my all-time favourite social volunteer! So growing up is outgrowing "them" (?); then leaving your small town and growing old in whatever paradise of your choice, when it´s finally up to you. I hope!! This is my free prognosis for everyone suffering from this type of subjective problems..
I think this video was the first time I discovered Henry Rollins back in high school just 8 years ago as a 3rd year. I felt exactly like this guy. I would sit in the hallway alone during lunch just like the picture. I wish I was less timid back then.
I feel so grateful and blessed to have a road out of the hell described in this song. For all the commenters still there, hugs and empathy. You aren't alone. Many of us have been there.
In the end, all you have is yourself. No matter who you surround yourself with or who you marry. It doesn't matter if you have kids! Listen, self reflection is important. If you can't sit in a room by yourself, in silence then you are a maladjusted person. This poem is so relatable, because even people who seem to get it all together don't quite feel right.
A near decade since I first saw this and nothing ever changed or is going to change. ... if you're young abs reading this I hope you find what you're looking for in life
I love you henry rollins, every damn word here is me, or who I think I am. You inspired me to go to the gym this morning instead of lying in my bed for 4 hours before getting up just to get a drink of water. Never change Henry.
The eyes that look up at the meaning of shedding you Together with the past which mixes in the white breath The echos pile up, breaking my heart over and over I shake off the pain I've become used to, I can no longer feel you The ugliness and the laughter in the memories which flood over me Should I just forget them? Forced to notice the sound of my heart dying 115 hours who have you lived forgetting?
High School fucked a lot of people up. It's a learning experience though, you learn how to be hard and self sufficient and it prepares you for a life in the world that is even harder. Some make it, some don't. In the end you learn to rely on yourself for strength and how to fight, physically and mentally.
"It astounds you how they can be so smooth... How they seem to pass through life, as if life was some divine gift." This one broke me. Because I just don't get how some of these people live so easily.
Wow. Thank you. It's been a long time since I listened to this. Trippy to hear it with music mixed in, but not surprising. Pretty true then, only marginally less so now considering what I know. Still powerful. Definitely remember listening with a friend in the 1990's on college radio. He was floored by it. We both realised, "Wow, we're not alone..." and I'm sure that's part of why H.R. created it.
It's cause Rollins induced tears are more intense than regular tears. They actually stretch the tear ducts open to an uncomfortable aperture, and they make a loud plunking sound when they hit the ground, hard enough to wipe out entire ant colonies.
I feel that line so much. Back in high school, was bullied a lot, I was a quiet kid trying to fit in. I realised it would never work out so I shut myself away, with that hatred of people. After high school, I saw my bully, doped up to the eyes. And all that rage came back in a second, I beat the shit out of him badly. I felt huge guilt for days afterwards, I hated having to raise my fists. Now many years on, I turn negatives to positives no matter what. Life is still terrifying and wonderful.
story of my life. being unable to trust others, being stepped on. i've become a hopeless romantic who bottles his feelings because the person im interested in can't be trusted. even if they could be, i still wouldn't believe it. and the fear of devastating rejection. god damn my life is a mess.
You have helped me through so many times. High times, low times, times I didn't understand. I knew that you knew and that made it just a little better. Thank you Henry
I´ve never met Rollins but he sure knows me. And I Think this piece of poetry is not all darkness. There seems to be some sort of light at the end of the tunnel.
I haven't been through any where as much as the words that are described in this video. But has still inspired me to help people that he knows so well. I would like to ask you all to stay strong and keep your head held high, there is a lot of shit in this world. Just stay positive and there well always be something to bring you out of the life you live.
I first heard this when the spoken word album came out with this as a track. This blow me away he knew me 110% he knew me more than I did at that point.
To hear that a corner is home saddens me and i get the sense this is true for many people. I feel for you, hang in there. I cried to this, a warm place is a track i sometimes listen to when down. It helps
Henry wrote a book and had a couple of tapes in the mid 1980s Hating Someones Guts. Also The Boxed life . I think the best influence I learned from Henry Rollins is Its OK to be a loner. Coupled with the ability and courage to tell someone to FUCK OFF!! when it is necessary. I recommend it to almost any mid teen loner who doesn't fit in.
I put my struggles , frustration and everything else into my work, now ,years later I'm well renowned by my fellow tradesfolk in dozens of countries. I wonder if I would have gone so far without so much strain.
"All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself, so you could imagine someone holding you..." "...So you could imagine someone holding you..." That cracked my mask.
And I tought that no one could ever understand. It´s kind of funny. I just can´t stop crying. How can someone understand it so completely? Thanks Henry. This will carry me. Someone understands. How can I ever thank enough? And thank you Sonja. You showed this to me. You made me cry. But thank you anyway.
I'm 50 now. I still remember how lonely and rejected I felt with 12, because of the wrong kind of clothing, or a lack of "coolness". I don't really remember how I managed. Crying helped, I guess. It was three years of my life, until 15, but it nevertheless left scars on me till today. Guys, Kids, be nice to each other. The bullied kid has feelings.
I feel like the person he describes.. I'm often down and depressed and always the "other" kid in our class. But Henry gave me hope, he is a guy who is very intelligent and could change something in this cold world!
I was 18 when I heard this back in 1993. Still hits home after 30 yrs.
I remember being in high school in the early 2000s and really late at night on either Fridays or Saturdays, this would come on the radio (107.7 in Seattle), along with Tool's "Opiate" and I'd stay up just to hear them both. I was a really lonely kid and desperate to figure out where I belong in life. This was my introduction to Henry Rollins and I was SO grateful to hear that someone understood that loneliness and how to articulate it.
It’s really cool that you had that.
107.7 is the greatest rock station ever. I had the same experience.
I have the exact same memory. I think it was Saturday nights, it would usually end the 10-to-midnight metal show before going into the midnight-to-2 electronica show. This version mixed with NIN's "A Warm Place" had been floating around for a while, but at some point one of the 107.7 DJs made a mix with "You Lied" by Tool from Salival. They even sent me a copy on a CD-R when I asked for it in an email.
Dude- had the same thoughts, at the same time, same year. on opposite coast of the country.
Yeah, I think I know you.
Nights behind the tree line are a sequel to this work.
I found this sophomore year of high school 2004 - but it was on limewire
Henry Rollins knows me although he has never even met me.
He's met me, he knew me before I knew me.
It cause he's been right there with us in the same hole
#metoo
Still true. I'm 40 and this got me through some really rough times. I've been a loner my whole life, drifting through people's lives, friends come and go and I end up alone. I've always wondered why. I think in a nice person, I supported them when they needed it, I was there for them when it was not good for me ....because I thought that's what friends did. For it to always end with me being the problem ?
It's happened more then once, more then a few times. It's one of those things I ponder often.
Solitude I have embraced it, it's how I relax now, how I disconnect. I have a family, a disabled son and a bunch of businesses. So I need to disconnect often.
So a negitive I turned it into a positive. Doesnt mean I wouldn't mind some close mates. This is how I always took this.....I just always felt like I was on the outside. Never anyone's best friend kinda thing. Gets to me sometimes. Tonight for instance. I miss just being able to crack a beer or smoke a joint and talk to someone who just wants to be there. I've never felt that. Never felt that mateship. I have my family but that is different.
The amount of times I was used and cast aside by people I thought were my close friends I can't count.
Now as an adult I don't trust anyone. And those I do trust I don't let them in too close. Been burned too many times.
Anyway this video is 14 years old now so I doubt anyone will see this 😂😂
Amen to that, brother.
The irony of this video..... read thru the comments and share just how MANY of us are out there. How MANY of us have shared the same heartbreaking alienation. ..... maybe taking comfort in knowing that I'm not really alone after all.
Well it’s like there are millions of people stuck on on their own island out there
Heard this YEARS and YEARS ago and it just popped into my head today so I looked it up. I guess nothing has changed. Child, wife, dog.... and I still feel like an alien.
Edit: still here. Lifting weights, working hard and making the best of it. Keep at it Kings
Hey. It’s ALL of us. 👽❤️ I see you.
Well i thinked that once i had a family a child...all this feeling would Dissapear but maybe it will not
Love it, Change it, or Leave.
This comment is why the world is a painfully waste of time.
We suffer because we want to be improve. Never stop. Keep going
You have no idea howtrue this is.... I'm 50 and this feels too real....
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Me too bro... 49...
Almost real
@J Silva Nope... You're still here, so KEEP GOING!
"It's not that i don't like people, it's just that i feel better when they are not around."
- Charles Bukowski.
Never cared about everyone picking on me.
I knew i was diferent the day i chose to stay home, writing novels and reading while everyone was out, drinking, being "Wild".
I'm sensitive, as much as i'm Sarcastic when i feel threatened.
Now, i can truly understand that "Social Apathy" gives me time to keep writing... And being happy, with myself, my oh so strange and kind self.
There's a peace in knowing there are other's that feel this way. We are not completely alone.
I remember hearing this back in 95 on cassette. I blew off college that day to walk around the mall in Butler and buy some cassettes at National Record Mart.
This line describes my personality well.
"I'm unnervingly polite, but also capably violent." - Henry Rollins
I'm glad I started lifting weights. They gave me something to put all the negativity into and eventually when I became strong and found a goal in life because of weightlifting, everything has changed.
Still lifting?
Awesome man! I just got back into it
Going thru being Divorced, she turned my own Blood Family against me. I turn my back on them and been shadow boxing with dumbells, turning hurt into aggression while I work out. Dropped 45lbs. and moved on. Never been kicked in the face while I was down.
No looking back my Friends, Hold Your Head Up High
I am very proud of you, even as a complete stranger 🥺❤️🙏🏻
@@duncanirving5317 it’s the tether ☺️
I heard this for the first time almost 30 years ago.. It still fits my life.
where did you hear it 30 years ago... on some cassette tape?
That was how I heard it. I think I still have the cassette
Eddie Strike some things are always relevant
“They mistake kindness for weakness.”
One of many of this man’s quotes that changed my life when I was 16. Henry was there when nobody else was.
Isnt it sad, how everyday this poem becomes more and more relevant in our lives
In my opinion the champion of spoken word
the point is, no matter where we are in life, we will always be the outsider, it's Henry Rollins acknowledging the rest of us that feel the very same as he does, as we do to him and his and our absence of a place in this world, we will never fit in, we will never be a part of what's happening, and it's a soliloquy to the rest of us that will never truly feel a part of this world, and for his input we can finally find a common ground with one another and a another person that feels exactly the same way
so we know we are not alone in this
Danielle Levy Yep !
it is called trauma
@@loremmyipsum trauma?
Its called life for those no one ever see.
Its not trauma.
It is hell.
Nah he's not saying you never will. He's talking about times when you haven't quite figured it out yet
I come here often and whenever things get dark i find this to be my warm place.
I'm listen and watch this time and time again. I'm 51 now and I first heard it when I was about 27. It's very personal and Hank touches a chord. Very touching.
It is
You and me both
My hate just made me drink. But before that, I remember hiding at recess and lunch as a kid. Got spit on. Being the weird one at the party, or not getting inviting. Took solace in books. Now sober, I still take solace in books.
I can So relate. But in a odd way, it's a good thing -- not the being outcast / have to hide part, of course, but you know who Joseph Campbell is,t. which is more than some people know. What is your journey? With what treasure shall you return? look at Henry. Smart dude, spent a lot of time reading. This reading is sad, but beautiful. Like a song that makes you cry.
Amen to that brother
I see the same in the mirror. It's been the same forever. It hasn't stopped though .
Everything about that i relate except my solace was always music and solitude, music has always been there for me, and as henry says, “solitude is a hard won ally” and that is so relatable, at one point solitude was my only ally
Yup. It's funny how there are so many people like this, yet we are all so completely convinced, deep down, that we're the only ones. I suppose we all handle it a little differently, so it becomes hard to tell that there's anybody else who knows what it feels like. And we feel really fortunate when we find one, so hell, maybe it's better that way.
This is beautiful. People trash Rollins’ spoken word stuff but when he made this he made a masterpiece.
Every dark moonlit Weekend nights I listen to this.
that’s my boy
Nearly 40 years old now married and a proud parent. This is as true as it was when I was 15.
Yeah,I think he knows me.He knows of my childhood days I spent,mornings I wondered 'What today?What are they gonna do to me today?',The days I spent watching myself in the mirror,or my reflection in a window,wondering 'Why am I so fucked up?What is wrong with me?'I grew up hating everyone.All those douchebags that made me feel like shit.All those assholes that beat me up 2 times a month 'just so'.I hated them all.I hated lying in a bed at night thinking how is it like to have somebody to love you,to understand you?I grew up hating myself.Hey,why is he always so distant,always in he's own world?'Well,my world was all I got left.Mine,and mine only.Yeah,I think he knows me.He knows me very well.Even today,when I'm 27,people who meet me,it's very hard for them to find a friend in me.Because I don't trust nobody.And those who manage to do it,they are a rare jewels that shine in a night.Those few peple,each of them helped me in their own way.Well,I still have a long way to go.I'm 27 and I still can't go to a girl and introduce myself.I had one relationship and it ended up badly.And a fuckin depression,well,it's something I have to fight on and off.And I hate to be alone,I so fuckin hate it.I hate it so hard it hurts.Still,I get by,somehow.My friends,they are pulling me trough.Yeah,I think he knows me.And,if you are watching this video,and you know what Henry is talking about.....well,I think you know me too......
Fire InHeart I know you brother. All too well.
I turned my life around...but for most of it,that was me :)
Fire InHeart It's good you got to turn it all around. Best wishes out there man. Hopefully I get to turn mine around sooner or later.
Crazyshortkid469 Tnx...it was rely easy actually :)
Fire InHeart awesome c:
This just goes to show that we all have a lot more in common with each other then we all think.
This poem fucking kills me with Henry's powerful empathy.
I am 47 and every fucking word applies to me.
I'm still in the dark fighting.
Still in hell.
The older you get the more this hurts if you are still stuck in it.
I'm doing all I can to get out of it,but I just fail so often, 99 percent of the time.
I wish I would have gotten sober at age 18.
Drugs really fuck a lot of people up.
I've met and talked to Henry many times,he was a total asshole to me every time.i don't care,I still love him.
I think he communicates better through writing and on stage as opposed to one on one.
I don't wish to meet him again,that's for sure
But his books have given me much strength, and I will read everyone he puts out till he dies.
I relate to how he says he knows he has to fight 10 times harder to achieve shit.
Nothing comes easy to me.
It's always a long,brutal painful fight.
This monologs may have saved my life. I graduated in 2001 and it really helped me cope.
I listen to this everyday.
I was EXECTLY like this...I know the pain, I know the history of this.
Normal people have no idea what real pain is.
The NIN background is perfect.
Every word describes my high school years up till my life right now. That's why HR is my main archetype, inspiration and a reminder to be bold, be yourself regardless of others' opinions.
story of my life
Describes my childhood almost to the letter...
Sometimes we don't get the things others do. Sometimes we have to figure it out on our own.
i also had some anxiety...had lots of friends and went to lots of parties but i'd find myself walking away...finding a place to sit away from everyone else...i used to have a hate that strong...it was always there it wasnt leaned that i can remember...it still lingers...there is no medicine like metal and hardcore music...stays the rage and i'm thankful for it...\m/
This still hits me today. Dealt with it in high school and still today as an adult.
Rollins is a beautiful soul birthed from pain. A true phoenix. I always come back to this every few years and it means just as much to me today as it did back then although my life is vastly different.
All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself
so you could imagine someone holding you
A warm place was a good choice for the backing track
Big nin fan and a big Henry Rollins fan......it's a super combo
You can't be one of us without immediately recognizing NIN wherever it happens to be.
Soundwave Productivity Tool, NIN, and Rollins Band is where it’s at
I was once like that. That loner kid in high school so many years ago and had some anxiety around people. Just listening to this made me remember that time and relive it. I couldn't find the right words to really say what I felt until I found solace in music, art and writing. I still have some of that anxiety but I think once you overcome your fears, discover your strengths, and found your voice, the sky is the limit. Henry found his and I'm glad he never compromised himself.
Always wraped up in desire
My life, is right here.
Henry's words have been a force in my life for almost 25 years and I am very grateful for that. Love this guy💗
*Solitude is a hard won ally.
This was me in middle school and high school as well. In the end all of the people that go through this succeed in any way possible. It just takes a lot of tenacity and hard work. Remember the best revenge is living well. I have never realized or understood this until I grew up. People that are bullied these days need to see the light at the end of the tunnel. If you focus on the present, terrible things will happen. You have to look five or ten years into the future.
Damn Henry this is deep and every time I listen to this video im like why couldn't I have meet you when I was in school.
Yup.... would of saved A LOT of high school tears.
Crying. This brought me to tears. ...
The hours of indecision, self doubt, the intense depression, blinding hate, the rage that made you stagger, the devastation of rejection.
Most nights Henry. Most nights indeed...
Pretty much describes my whole depression from age 5 now to my mid's 40s
😞
his words have more power than any weapon ever could and he loves everyone i think that what real inner strength is ,the world needs more henry's
There is nothing wrong in feeling different within a society made up of horrible/nasty/dishonest/disloyal c**ts........ KEEP FLYING THAT FREAK FLAG you truly beautiful and different rays of pure sunshine 😊👍
Henry´s my all-time favourite social volunteer! So growing up is outgrowing "them" (?); then leaving your small town and growing old in whatever paradise of your choice, when it´s finally up to you. I hope!! This is my free prognosis for everyone suffering from this type of subjective problems..
I think this video was the first time I discovered Henry Rollins back in high school just 8 years ago as a 3rd year. I felt exactly like this guy. I would sit in the hallway alone during lunch just like the picture. I wish I was less timid back then.
I always find myself coming back to this vid.
It makes me feel so much better. Knowing we're all not alone in these situations of loneliness.
Why good and honest people are hated
I feel so grateful and blessed to have a road out of the hell described in this song.
For all the commenters still there, hugs and empathy. You aren't alone. Many of us have been there.
In the end, all you have is yourself. No matter who you surround yourself with or who you marry. It doesn't matter if you have kids! Listen, self reflection is important. If you can't sit in a room by yourself, in silence then you are a maladjusted person. This poem is so relatable, because even people who seem to get it all together don't quite feel right.
This makes me cry everytime i hear it
I’m sure it would for many if they heard it
A near decade since I first saw this and nothing ever changed or is going to change. ... if you're young abs reading this I hope you find what you're looking for in life
I love you henry rollins, every damn word here is me, or who I think I am. You inspired me to go to the gym this morning instead of lying in my bed for 4 hours before getting up just to get a drink of water. Never change Henry.
Heartbreaking, adorable, and so relative to so many young people, especially in 2017... every parent should show this to their teenagers. (!) -J.YO'
Timeless in its relevancy
Whoa. He describes me through the years.
The words and tone of reassurance at around 4:45 are just perfect. Henry, your words hurt because they're true. Can I be your friend?
I never got better. Just started the cycle all over again.
The eyes that look up at the meaning of shedding you
Together with the past which mixes in the white breath
The echos pile up, breaking my heart over and over
I shake off the pain I've become used to, I can no longer feel you
The ugliness and the laughter in the memories which flood over me
Should I just forget them?
Forced to notice the sound of my heart dying
115 hours who have you lived forgetting?
Henry Rollins is the man
High School fucked a lot of people up. It's a learning experience though, you learn how to be hard and self sufficient and it prepares you for a life in the world that is even harder. Some make it, some don't. In the end you learn to rely on yourself for strength and how to fight, physically and mentally.
"It astounds you how they can be so smooth... How they seem to pass through life, as if life was some divine gift."
This one broke me. Because I just don't get how some of these people live so easily.
Thx, Henry....always good to know you're not alone!
Wow. Thank you. It's been a long time since I listened to this. Trippy to hear it with music mixed in, but not surprising. Pretty true then, only marginally less so now considering what I know. Still powerful. Definitely remember listening with a friend in the 1990's on college radio. He was floored by it. We both realised, "Wow, we're not alone..." and I'm sure that's part of why H.R. created it.
I wish I had had this as a teen.
Rollins knows me without ever having talked to me.
It's cause Rollins induced tears are more intense than regular tears. They actually stretch the tear ducts open to an uncomfortable aperture, and they make a loud plunking sound when they hit the ground, hard enough to wipe out entire ant colonies.
We all know each other then and this and all of you that feel this have made me realize we aren't as few as we thought.
The rage that made you stagger.....
I feel that line so much. Back in high school, was bullied a lot, I was a quiet kid trying to fit in. I realised it would never work out so I shut myself away, with that hatred of people. After high school, I saw my bully, doped up to the eyes. And all that rage came back in a second, I beat the shit out of him badly. I felt huge guilt for days afterwards, I hated having to raise my fists. Now many years on, I turn negatives to positives no matter what. Life is still terrifying and wonderful.
That was spooky! This 100% describes who I was in High School and maybe even a bit now. You are awesome Henry Rollins!
One of many of Henry Rollins powerfully deep poems 🖤
story of my life. being unable to trust others, being stepped on. i've become a hopeless romantic who bottles his feelings because the person im interested in can't be trusted. even if they could be, i still wouldn't believe it. and the fear of devastating rejection. god damn my life is a mess.
You have helped me through so many times. High times, low times, times I didn't understand. I knew that you knew and that made it just a little better.
Thank you Henry
I´ve never met Rollins but he sure knows me. And I Think this piece of poetry is not all darkness. There seems to be some sort of light at the end of the tunnel.
wow. I think he knows me. Awesome to hear it put so succinctly. thanks, Henry.
I haven't been through any where as much as the words that are described in this video. But has still inspired me to help people that he knows so well. I would like to ask you all to stay strong and keep your head held high, there is a lot of shit in this world. Just stay positive and there well always be something to bring you out of the life you live.
I first heard this when the spoken word album came out with this as a track. This blow me away he knew me 110% he knew me more than I did at that point.
To hear that a corner is home saddens me and i get the sense this is true for many people. I feel for you, hang in there. I cried to this, a warm place is a track i sometimes listen to when down. It helps
Haven't listen to this in a very long time, and it resonates even more now after even more emotional rides than I had the first time around.
Henry wrote a book and had a couple of tapes in the mid 1980s Hating Someones Guts. Also The Boxed life .
I think the best influence I learned from Henry Rollins is Its OK to be a loner. Coupled with the ability and courage to tell someone to FUCK OFF!! when it is necessary.
I recommend it to almost any mid teen loner who doesn't fit in.
This ment sooo much to me when I was young
This makes me feel normal again. Thanks, Henry.
Henery has been such a hero to me and his inspiration videos help me when I'm about to break and help me stay clean
This brought tears to some of the people at my partial program cause they could relate to this and cause how strong the meaning is.
I put my struggles , frustration and everything else into my work, now ,years later I'm well renowned by my fellow tradesfolk in dozens of countries. I wonder if I would have gone so far without so much strain.
Thank you Henry Rollins. It's good to feel like you belong.... to anything, even if it doesn't. I love you.
"All the nights you wrapped your arms around yourself, so you could imagine someone holding you..."
"...So you could imagine someone holding you..."
That cracked my mask.
And I tought that no one could ever understand. It´s kind of funny. I just can´t stop crying. How can someone understand it so completely? Thanks Henry. This will carry me. Someone understands. How can I ever thank enough? And thank you Sonja. You showed this to me. You made me cry. But thank you anyway.
I'm 50 now. I still remember how lonely and rejected I felt with 12, because of the wrong kind of clothing, or a lack of "coolness". I don't really remember how I managed. Crying helped, I guess. It was three years of my life, until 15, but it nevertheless left scars on me till today. Guys, Kids, be nice to each other. The bullied kid has feelings.
After having an anxiety for last 3 hours this has become my solace no one man has helped me so much in life without out ever meeting me 💀🔫 so ty Henry
I feel like the person he describes.. I'm often down and depressed and always the "other" kid in our class. But Henry gave me hope, he is a guy who is very intelligent and could change something in this cold world!
hate as pure as sunshine. thank you henry
This unbelievably good. It's as if Rollins is speaking to you. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
Love this, it relates to me in a way im not used to anymore
1993 is when I heard this too. I was alone in the military.