Worst day EVER I have been playing his music all day. Such a tragedy and totally unexpected. At first I thought it was one of those hoaxes. I wish it had been. Truly a sad day. Layne Staley was bad enough.... but Chris.
Some of the lyrics in audioslave are quite depressing but it's also up for interpretation to the listener.
A lot of Chris's music was rather depressing topically while he was in Audioslave, but there are other songs from his solo career as well that speak of where he was at. From his music it feels safe to conclude that he was in a lot of emotional pain. His life was a weave of turmoil and internal strife. It seemed as though he clung to the idea of himself and what he had done, but the overwhelming dread he felt about the world around him and the fight he had himself really just finally likely got the best of him.
This was an extremely overwhelming thing to have heard, especially since a month prior my wife of 8 years had walked out the door. Chris's music had been what I needed to hold me together and to just wake up one day and have your soon to be ex-wife offer her condolences that the most influential musician in your adult life had ended it all was devastating.
I agree strongly with the sentiments above. There is always someone who is able to be there, however, the most important person you need to be there for you is yourself. If anyone who ever reads this has ever thought about the meaninglessness of it all and feels like maybe there is no point in carrying on, please know that you don't know the impact you have on people, and you will not know it when you are dead, but those that love you will. There is always a reason to carry on. You may not know it yet, but there is always a good reason.
((Also, sorry this got a little too feelsy. However, I'm not taking it back.))
