I am 100% obsessed with this song. I've been listening to it over and over and over and over and over and--

I do love it and not just because it has two people from Avenged Sevenfold in it. Although I must admit that I got way too excited when it switched from Joel's part to M. Shadow's ^__^ Idk I just love his voice. It's so... raspy? Idk that's not the right word but oh well.
And I'm glad to see that Good Charolette seems to be getting back to the way they were back in the day. [btw did you know Benji and Joel's dad walked out on them when they were 15? I guess that explains some of their songs.]


"The River" by Good Charolette ft. M Shadows and Synyster Gates

So I was having a horribly miserable day today, right? And lately I've been somewhat worried because it feels like I'm starting to slide back to the way I felt last year which is just omg no. I would rather die than feel like that again. I swear. It was feeling like I was losing control of what was going on inside my head again. Like I was completely mentally unstable.

But then I came home from school and my sister was all like "OMGYOUHAVETOHEARTHISSONG" and I listened to it... and something inside of me just changed. I'm not sure if it was the lyrics or just the sound of the music, or simply the uniqueness of these two bands combined. Idk. It's like music has the power to stir things inside of me and reach me in ways that nothing and no one else can. But anyway.

I have come to [yet another] conclusion: I'm going to be okay.

I'm always going to be angry, and I'm always going to want to hurt myself. My mind is always going to be racing, and no one will ever understand me better than Gerard Way, M. Shadows, and Chester Bennington do. I will never be able to change the nature of my family, and things with my boyfriend & I will always be 10 times harder than it is for normal people.

But you know what? I'm strong enough to handle anything. I will make it through high school without killing myself or anyone else. I will go on to fulfill all of my dreams, living a life very far away from here. I will be okay.

Every single day I watch you become more and more consumed by darkness. I mean true darkness. Unhealthy darkness. Dangerous darkness. You have no chance of escaping it now. You're too far in. But you know something? I'm not. There's still a chance for me to break free. And unlike you... I'm willing to fight.

As I walk through the valley

of the shadow of LA

The footsteps that were next to me

have gone their separate ways

I've seen enough now

to know that beautiful things

don't always stay that way

I've done enough now

to know this beautiful place

isn't everything they say

 

I heard that evil comes disguised

Like a city of angels

I'm walking towards the light

 

Baptized in the river

I've seen a vision of my life

And I wanna be delivered

In the city was a sinner

I've done a lot of things wrong

But I swear I'm a believer

Like the prodigal son

I was out on my own

Now I'm trying to find my way back home

Baptized in the river

I'm delivered

I'm delivered

 

You're from a small town

you're gonna grow up fast

underneath these lights

Down in Hollywood on the boulevard

the dead come back to life

To the praying Mother

And the worried Father

Let your children go

If they come back they'll come on stronger

and if they don't you'll know

 

They say that evil comes disguised

Like a city of angels

I'm walking towards the light

 

Baptized in the river

I've seen a vision of my life

And I wanna be delivered

In the city was a sinner

I've done a lot of things wrong

But I swear I'm a believer

Like the prodigal son

I was out on my own

Now I'm trying to find my way back home

Baptized in the river

I'm delivered

I'm delivered