I write the lyrics based on what is going on in my life - I'm not going to write about the old hair metal stuff, like castles and stuff.

You can't always tell when someone's keeping something inside and not really happy.

It's getting harder just to feel alive.

I just never really thought there could be something worse than death.

It gets really dark before it gets light.

I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim.

I think I had to see how bad it could really be to want to live again.