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only for his sake, but for his
family and fans. Burnley
and the rest of the Benjamin
crew were able to create
their new album “Dark
Before Dawn,” which has
sold well over 140,000 copies
according to Rolling Stone.
Lyrics were pieced over time,
in a Rolling Stone interview
Burnley explains that even
when he was in the process
of a spinal tap he was still
coming up with lyrics and
marking them down on his
iPhone.
Breaking Benjamin may
not have taken a journey
through the science world like Starset, but they changed the mood
into a single person’s journey, Benjamin Burnley’s. His expressions
and deep meanings are his
only way to share with us what he’s
going through. Even during
his Rolling Stone interview he admits,
“For years I lay in bed suffering between doctor's visits. I'd rather suffer doing something I love and that makes people happy. I can actually see the joy in people's eyes. That was the motivation to come back
full-force. I won't cancel a show now no matter what. When you go on
hiatus, your whole world gets taken away from you, and I'll never let
that happen again. Simply put, life is for living, not for waiting around
for doctors.”
The Sands Event Center was filled with
knowledge, passion, and many powerful expressions. To think there
are so many days we take for granted, days where we don’t even enjoy the present
but then worry about the future. We need to learn from Benjamin Burnley to live
in the moment, and learn from Starset that there will always be new things to learn
everyday but share
our knowledge
with one another. Let us not be
full of greed like
some scientists or
doctors. “Simply
put, life is for living.” – Benjamin
Burnley.
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