# @skilletmusic on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BWyOefjBEp7
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65804180-skilletmusic-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-07-20T22:15:26.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Skillet (@skilletmusic) — https://gondola.cc/skilletmusic

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Repost from johnlcooper using RepostRegramApp - #ripchesterbennington I don't usually speak out on things like this, but I feel I must. Like everyone else, I'm just shocked and broken over the suicide of Chester Bennington. I didn't know him, never met him. But his music inspired me greatly. The first linkin park record "hybrid theory " has remained in my top 10 best albums of all time, and top 5 best Rock albums. I LOVE linkin park and I LOVE Chester's voice and it has been ripped away and stolen.  There's no way to sugar coat this , or make it prettier. This just simply SUCKS. I've got nothing to say that can help. Michael Jackson, prince, Chris Cornell, now Chester..I just feel like I reach out to grab ahold of something that can make sense of this madness and there is  nothing there reaching back. Just infinite blackness. Tragic. I don't want to preach. I don't want to judge. I don't want to make trite statements as if I have this figured out. I do not. Just like all his other fans, I'm confused. 
I want to say out of total love and respect for the fans, just look at what suicide does to those who love you. It ravages the lives of those you leave behind. It's not poetic. It's not an answer. For those of you who have been suicidal, or had thoughts about suicide, please find someone to talk to. There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Find someone that you can be honest with. We all feel a little dark sometimes. Some of us more than others. We all need hope. We all need healing. We are all the same. Please reach out to someone.
"God is my refuge and my strength. He is always ready to help me in my times of trouble." (Psalm 46:1)

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