Benighted
This song by Opeth - was daily listening for almost 2 years. Every day that I was in a job that I did not want to be in. For a paycheck, it sucked the soul out of me. The lyrics rung true every single day.
It was my first proper job too - and my family needed the money. Those were the only reasons I stayed.
I was never good at it. Never productive. It wasn’t something I studied for, yearned for or prepared for. And I was never told what the job was going to be.
What broke the dam and the camels back was the general manager trying to “neg” me into performing. “We can blacklist you. You won’t be able to find a job in the industry.”. These words slapped me into reality faster than my dad ever did. I’d had enough.
All the nice clothes and eating out wasn’t worth it. Nothing was, really. The only guilt I carried for years was betraying the confidence of my colleagues and peers, because they kept vouching for me, covering for me.
Them firing me wasn’t a surprise. If anything, it was a relief when it happened. I almost wanted to thank them for it. And for the great music that I found shelter in.
Happy listening.
Come into this night
Here we'll be gone
So far away
From our weak and crumbling lives
Come into this night
When days are done
Lost and astray
In what's vanished from your eyes
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
Come into this night
Your plight alone
Carry your weight
You are flawed as all of us
Come into this night
Your only home
It's never too late
To repent, suffer the loss
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
What came and distorted your sight
Saw you benighted by your fright
Come into this night
When you're able
To undo your deeds
And atone with your lonely soul
Once you're into this night
All minds are stable
Forget all your needs
Lose the grip of all control
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