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I know you guys probably won't see this and it'll get buried, but I wanted to say this: This feels like an incredibly personal song to you. You've prided yourself on being the voice of the voiceless. But what happens when the person behind that voice also has struggles? I'll tell you what. You take that pain, you take that struggle, and you use it to lift people up. "But together we can live with it." THAT is what you guys have continued to preach. And it's what makes this song so, so special. Keep doing what you're doing. Don't be afraid to share your stories. You've got a whole community of us to back you up. 🧡
That's a beautiful and really thoughtful speech, I'm sure they're gonna see this and will really appreciate your comment. Also, can't agree less with you, I wish all people saw the pain as an opportunity to grow stronger together, but I understand it can be hard. ❤
It is his personal song. He said "was born in 2016 the day I stood face to face with death." Deeply personal message we can infer 2016 was not his year.
I am a United States Marine and a poet myself. I've struggled with PTSD and your music helps me express what I couldn't in my own works. Your lyrics are creative, and original and they help those who have issues helping themselves. I'm usually the one who saves people but sometimes I need saving too. And you guys save me. Thank you.
I was ginna be in the service but it didn't happen. I have ptsd too from sexual abuse and so much more. I understand what ot feels like to live with it and suffer. Tonight I wanted to walking into traffic so badly....had this song blasting trying to stop myself.
@@rowenchaos idk who u are but u got this. I don't have PTSD but ik what ur going thro so I'm here to give a "virtual hug" and hope u see that ur doing amazing at everything u do. So keep going and I hope this helps. Have a good day!
@@rowenchaos I hope you stuck it out. It can be hard to imagine sometimes but every dark period has its end. And people will be hurt if you leave them. If you want, we can even exchange info and talk about it.
I was seven years old when I fell into depression, for 13 years I struggled with it. Anxiety was my constant companion, shadowed with self doubt and loathing. I hated myself for being who I was. I found your videos in January of 2021, and I felt like I was finally heard. May 27th at 11:57 pm 2021 I sat on my bed ready to end it all. Your song, "Would Anyone Care" started up on my phone, the one song I wasn't ever able to bring myself to finish listening to because it hurt too much. On the line, "Let me give you a reason to stay," I got a message on my phone from someone I hadn't heard from in two years. Today, on December 1st, 2022, at 8:44 pm, I am listening to him on my phone, the love of my life, snoring peacefully. He saved my life, and your songs gave me the courage to keep fighting. I hope to make a difference in others lives just like you did for me. I love you guys, thank you so much for finally showing me the light at the end of the tunnel, and for bringing me out of the darkest part of my life. Thank you.
Well, here I am. A gay rejected fat man who started at the same time as you to listen him. And here I am. Lonely. I AM LONELY, AND I GONNA CONTINUE BEING ALONE FOREVER!!!!!!! Everyone ignores me, everyone rejects me!!!!!!!! This song....makes me want more to suicide for once and for all.
I'm so sorry you had to live with all this pain 💔 I know how hard it is, I've been through it all .. Know this, you are worthy, a warrior, you are so strong that you win the battle in every new breath you take .. Life is so hard .. I know .. but there's always a blessing, a beautiful breeze from the lord reminding you that he wants you here .. Don't give up .. the world needs you .. find your reason to stay 💕
This is beautiful. YOU are beautiful. . Keep fighting the good fight, we are proud you made it here with us today. You might be scarred, but at the end of the day you are an artwork worth embracing. Thank you for staying.
I a hundred percent understand where you're coming from. From the age of 13 to 18, very fundamental ages for growing from a child to an adult, I had severe depression and multiple traumas over the years. In March of 2019 I was saved. I experienced a miracle that is so unexplainable. When I came upon the song "Would Anyone Care" I was taking care of my grandparents admist the pandemic and in an isolated town. That song for me summed up everything that I had ever felt. That I was asking all those years. It's now 2022 and I've lost my Grandmother. I've lost a very special pet. And I'm still struggling with my mental health. I've been here for all of their songs and I also Thank them. Together we are all survivors. We have all made it through some of the hardest times and some of us are in those darkest times. That's when we need to be with each other and help each other through our struggles.
Last week I sat in line at my bank, listening to Spotify, waiting to deposit a paycheck that wouldn't even cover my mortgage. I'm a single dad, a USMC Vet, and had been a Police Officer for 15 years before my demons got the best of me and I lost my career to alcohol. As I sat in line looking at my paycheck, wondering how I'm going to make Christmas happen when I can't even pay the mortgage, this song came on. The vocal presentation took my breath away and when the chorus hit, I was completely breaking down. That raw emotion isn't something you can write about unless you've been there. I felt so alone sitting there in line, crying my eyes out, until the end of the song. That's when I realized that whoever wrote those words, knows exactly the kind of pain and agony I was experiencing at that moment. And then, I wasn't so alone. I've been clean and sober for 6 months now. Every day is a battle, but it helps to know I'm not alone. Thank you for sharing your music. YOU are not alone.
4 years ago.... i commented on a post saying i was suicidal and a lot of other things..... i wanna say thanks to you guys you made it so much better for me. Thank you citizen solider for saving my life
Hearng the beginning, it must be a very personal song and we're all so happy that you're alive, kicking and dropped these songs to help everyone. This is a comfort band and all I do is listen to this band, thank you Citizen Soldier for ball that you've done for us 💕💕💕
I couldn't agree more, Luke! It's so beautiful that a man that wanted to end everything, like many others did, had lived on and dedicated his life to speak for those that don't have words. Honestly, it did quite help to find right words to describe what I feel and without this group, Citizen Solider, I don't think I would menage it. This group deserves to be more famous than what 'modern kids' say is popular and cool. These songs could actually help some people!
CS is very lucky to have found Lo Spirit and his song. This is a wonderful collaboration and Lo spirits lyrics are so passionate. It was great to hear this.
@@MusicVibes-dg5fw For me, it hits feelings and home in the same ways "Numb", "What I've Done", "Lost in the Echo" and several other LP songs did in my childhood. The songs just speak. I don't know how else to put it, really.. they connect with people in ways most modern music doesn't quite manage.
Im proud to say, im out of the darkness. Ive stopped taking anti-depressants and are finally after 15 years of sadness free. My change came with a iinternship at a line of work i never expected myself in. Gardening, I just love it! Be out in the sun, listen to birdsong and take care of plants with no stress at all. As rought as it may seem sometimes, there are ways out of it. Never stop fighting!
I hope one day I'll also be able to sing for the voiceless You're my inspiration My reason to keep learning My reason to keep wanting to help people As someone who's lost all faith and sense in themselves and humanity, you and Shinedown are what keep me afloat. Please, keep making music that allows our hearts to beat freely. No pills. No prescriptions. Just pure power of music, love, and compassion.
You will be able to sing for the ones who have no voice for the ones that have no breath and the ones that have no hope. Jesus loves you and he has a special plan for your life.
'So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough' I can relate to that more than I'd like to admit, I've been at my limit for a long time, your music is one of the few thing that help keep me sane. Thank you so much for all your work, you guys are fantastic.
I admit, that premise is almost unknown to me, I mean I'm sad and broken when I lose, in life love and everything else, I mean even when the people I love don't love me, die while I'm over seas, I can see the scary thought of pattern in 3s, but when I wake up and the rest I care for are awake and happy and living their lives, I can manage. Where living in poverty for most my life, I'm thankful to have that fight. Why I just can't wrap my head around people who aren't enjoying these peaceful times of worrying whether not we'll have someone invade our homes, rip us off of our livelyhoods so much and losing our lives over conflict. I came across this song so I just can't figure it out and I'm terrible at wording my intentions without sounding offensive or ignorant, only because I am, I mean I want to know really how this song feels to you and now it really feels to me so I can be more accommodating.
Samuel live it you shouldn't be ashamed to admit it my name is Samuel and I am not ashamed it made me the person that I am so don't be ashamed of who you were just don't relive it: god bless you
I suffer from PTSD and have other mental health issues. Your music has made me realize that I'm not the only one, and I won't be the last one. Your music speaks to me on a level no one else has been able to. Thank you. Keep doing what your doing.
Both of your voices are amazing. So hearing them in the same song is a dream come true. This song will definitely be on my playlist. I didn’t know I needed this song until now. Thank you guys so much. Don’t stop being you. May God keep you safe❤️🙏⛪️🛐
I mean I like the rhythm, the tempo, how the vocals create a chorus, but just can't figure out the appeal of the lyrics. Am I missing something about it?
Citizen soldier really does write the best lyrics for describing trauma, so that line saying that you became a poet for things that go left unsaid hit hard. Seriously. These songs are so important because people who don't know how to explain how they feel will listen to them and realize that they're not alone. I'm sharing this one in particular everywhere I can to try and help it reach an audience who may need it.
While I personally don’t struggle with mental illness, my wife does. Your music and lyrics have given me great insight into things she struggles with but can’t put into words. Thank you for all that you do.
Yet again...this song hits hard. The Person who introduced me to you guys recently abandoned me, 16 days after our first anniversary of being friends, and usually when someone introduces me to music that reminds me of them and they are ones who hurt me, I usually stop listening to them...but, you guys have had such an impact on my life, one that I will never loose. Thank you. Keep it up!! Also...it feels illegal to be this early
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I want to appreciate both of those awesome singers. Ive never had such a feeling of home and I cant shake of the goosebumbs your voices and emotions created. This song is absolute perfection and I love it. I hope you all do your best kings and once you reach your limits I hope, that we will get past it together. Stay save. We are not alone with things that we kept unsaid. Lets all walk this narrow path through hell together. We can hold hands and make this a home. Stay save Kings and Queens.
This is clearly my new favorite song. I'm so proud of you both for still being here with us. I know it's not always easy, but you manage to keep up fighting. Thanks to the both of you for this beautiful and powerful song. I will also keep up with my fight on my side. Much love 🖤💜
I cried with this song. I'm thankful for your music. It has literally saved me from myself my times. Your music is my therapy for my PTSD/anxiety disorder.
Lyrics At the bottom of a bottle filled with pills Tables turned Lessons learned A psych ward napkin changed the life I tried to kill With three words: Let it burn But I'd never change a damn thing Was born in 2016 The day that I stood face-to-face with death When my world started caving It pulled me in and it made me A poet for what people leave unsaid Where do you run when you're at your limit? Tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness You come undone 'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough I wish I could heal and say it's done But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my Limit, limit Yeah, I think I've reached my Limit, limit But I'll learn how to live with it I wasn't well but I had peace I had hope Normal things Thought if I got the help I need It could fix everything I trusted medicine to save me Feels like it killed me With tremors on the bed i can't forget Now I live with ptsd and pray that there's an ending 'Cause I don't wanna die inside my head So tell me where do you run when you're at your limit? (Where do you run, where do you run) And tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness You come undone 'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love Don't think it's worth it talking 'bout the thoughts I tried to end with a gun I just wanna heal and say it's done (Don't wanna run) But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my Limit, limit Yeah, I think I've reached my Limit, limit But I'll learn how to live with it If you're sick in ways that no one understands Hope you know You're not alone If we walk through hell we might as well hold hands We should make this a home Where do you run when you're at your limit? (Where do you run? Where do you run?) Tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness (When you) You come undone 'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough I wish I could heal and say it's done (Don't wanna run) But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my Limit, limit Yeah I think I've reached my Limit, limit But together
Your songs give me so much strength. For years, I’ve wondered what I want my first tattoo to be..and your symbol is what I’ve settled for. To remind me no matter what, it’s going to be okay, and we’re not alone. Stay strong ❤️ and if we walk through hell we might as well hold hands.
The fact that you manage to catch and actually verbalize the things in our minds is both frightening and strengthening at the same time, because it proves that we are indeed not alone. Knowing that there are other people out there who struggle in the same way I do is giving me the strength to continue my fight, because we're all fighting the good fight together. Thank you guys so much for being our voice and for uniting us against the common enemy in our minds 🖤
Thank you Jake and Lo for making such an amazing song to sum up all sings of depression. This song speaks to me in several ways and hits home. Having said that. To all going through depression it does get better I've been there I've gotten through it. I am proof that it can get better. With all that being said I'm starting a stand together to beat depression movement and I hope that those who are going through it beat it like I did
@@CitizenSoldier I do what I can to help those that still battle it as an up rising self-harm safety advocate I would like people to try and see that it does get better
Just got out of a psych ward myself - this song was actually released while I was there, which is why I'm late to the party - and I can say I've never felt more understood. I've had severe depression for the past five years of my life, and nearly everyone I cross paths with ends up betraying me and hurting me far more than the one before. But hearing songs like this (and frankly any CS song) gives me the hope and courage to keep going when all I want to do is give up. I've been following CS since the release of "If I Surrender", and I've never heard other songs that have hit so close to home. I'm a songwriter myself, and I can greatly respect the amount of effort put into a project like this. Everything comes together so well, and the message gets across spectacularly. CS is my inspiration as a songwriter, and I hope to one day make the same impact as you
To everyone needing this: keep fighting through your lows, there's gonna be a rise after that. Live is beautiful and you guys are needed and would be missed. Be strong ❤
I really like the moral here about how deep pain doesn't just go away but with help and good people in your circle, you can learn to adapt and make it more bearable.
"I wish that I could heal and say it's done." I am continually amazed by how much feeling and meaning you are able to put into just a few words. I've been listening to you since I discovered "Let it Burn", which is so poignantly referred to in this song, over four years ago. You, more than any other artist that I have listened to, find ways to perfectly encapsulate the feelings that press down on people like myself day in and day out. Your songs have served as anthems in some of my darkest hours. All I can say in return is 'Thank you'. Thank you for being there for everyone who is drowning within themselves. Thank you for sharing your pain to help others heal. Thank you for being Citizen Soldier.
This song hits hard when your near your own limits and can't cope with the situation you're in no matter how hard you scream for help no one wants to reach out to you it feels like your alone in the world thank you for this song Citezen Soldier
0:22 was referencing when you were in your psychiatric hospital, writing down lyrics for let it burn you wrote it on a napkin on your hospital bed props for putting this in it’s never easy talking about your past
I didn't expect this to hit me so hard. But I chose 💊 as my way out when I hit my limit. My therapist failed me and didn't put me on a psych hold. It's been a battle every day not to give in. I have seriously started counting days til the next song comes out because I feel like someone finally gets what is being screamed in my head. I love how the tone goes from soft and slow to loud and fast..... That truly represents mental health.... It is all over the place all the time...... I wanna be your friend
I love the duality of the lineup. You've got two very different tones for each vocalist. CS rocking a mournful cry as you become aware of the real possibilities of reaching your limit. And Lø coming in with the desperate screams of someone who already has and is just clawing for help. Really brings the most out of the song.
you can tell this means everything he sings about. the passion in voice and faces. I never miss a upload. the way he helping people thur their pain, he clearly been through. He shows the true meaning of music to me
Just found this band on a facebook group for veterans and came here. Having multiple times of almost breaking before during and after serving this great but flawed nation. Almost served in the Marines but got failure to adapt spent 2 years to prepare to go back to Parris Island SC they wouldn’t take me navy wouldn’t. But spent 4 years as a United States Army infantryman. Had falls literally you just gotta get back up and keep rucking. Running walking or crawling if you must. Your body and mind will be pushed to the limits daily all your life but if I achieved one of my goals to become a better protector, son and human you can to. I have seen hard men at their lowest points. Suicide attempted suicide and I assure you your pain will just be pushed onto the people you so desperately love and appreciate you even if you don’t see it because that person you love most is barely taking care of themselves. Forgiveness even tho it’s hard and the pain of childhood trauma never fades you gotta open your eyes to others trauma also. Never give up no surrendering to the demons of this earth both within us and all around us in human or spiritual form.
This band LITERALLY saved my life this weekend. I feel the song this is your sign was put on my feed for a reason. And I’ve now instead scheduled more therapy and i want to try to fight. I know you’ll never see this. But thank you, y’all saved me.
When I first heard this one, I thought it to be weirdly positive. Had a nice bittersweetness to it. Love the message and the music video to boot! Well done to the both of you extremely talented artists! 🧡🔥
This song just hits…. My oldest almost lost her battle in 2016 with a bottle of pills. She got help but it has left her with PTSD. This song makes me want to cry but also cheer because of how strong she is
This one hit me like a train. I have chills all over. I can hardly find the words to express how I've been feeling lately, but your music helps me express myself. There are times when I wish I could listen to your amazing music all over again for the first time, just to get the initial rush of happiness I had when I listened to "Let It Burn" for the first time. I love you guys so much
Love the sound of this one! Especially knowing it talks about Jakes past struggles. It takes courage to be open and vulnerable, but it can save many, like I know this song does. I really like that, yeah, there's that relatable sadness, but there is hope sparkled all throughout the song. Thank you guys for inspiring us and letting us know we are not alone! Much love! 🧡
This is one of your best songs by far. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and depression for most of her life-almost reaching her limit at one point-I can honestly say that this will help bring a voice to the voiceless, a hope to the hopeless. Keep fighting the good fight. Much love.
Everyone knows that the singing is great and the band is amazing but what truly blows me away every single time is how genuinely good even music is you guys on Masters of building, the emotion in the song, and then leading it out in this amazing war cry. The beat the notes, the lyrics, all meld together, perfectly to make an amazing song every single time it amazes me. And please don’t even get me started on the instrumental.
I've been listening to your music for little while now. I've been on the edge of suicide, running from my life, running from a toxic relationship. Your guys' music helps me release all this build up emotion I can't express. Your guys' music let's me be vulnerable. The lyrics of almost every song, hits me like a freight train because, they fit like a glove. If I lose my fight, I want to say thank you. Thank you for helping me connect to something. Thank you for being you, all of you.
I feel this deeply - "Where do you run when you're at your limit? Who can you trust to be the one to witness?" 💔 It's like you're in my head... Every word!
I'm at a really good place in my life, so I can't say I fully relate to these kind of songs anymore, but it doesn't stop me from being able to appreciate those amazing sound and voices you guys have. I even created characters in my head that do relate to these songs, like in a story.
@@theultimatewarlord69420 I would never put it that way. Every struggle needs to be acknowledged. Just because you feel it to be not as severe, you are allowed to feel bad about them. I don't want to lecture anyone, hope it doesn't come out as if i do, i'm just happy for you that you are in a good place, mate. Don't put yourself down.
I listened to this on Spotify the second it dropped, of all of your songs this one made me cry the hardest, I've always wanted you to work with Lo Spirit, you have no idea how many times your music has saved me, but it has done it once again because I've been at my limit for quite some time now and just when I thought about coming to an end, a preview for this song shows up, you're working miracles Citizen Soldier 🧡🧡🧡
I could just tell by the title I was going to absolutely relate. My husband died in September and it's like I feel at my limit almost every day. My kids, my job, myself. I give and give and I have nothing left. But music has always given me the strength to keep moving forward. Knowing I'm not the only one.
I’ve been listening to it all morning ❤ It gives me goosebumps every time. It makes me so damn grateful that I’m alive. “Born in 2016 the day that I stood face to face with death.” My attempt was last month but I have thought that was the day I quit trying to survive so that I could thrive.
First. Just have to say that I love the new video style. I love your other ones but this is perfect for this song. Second. Idk how to choose a line that hits the hardest. This whole song brought tears to my eyes. I feel it. In everything that’s in me. Your music is helping me heal myself. I’ve healed more since discovering you than I did the years after my suicide attempt. Thank you for making me believe that I’m not alone.
For someone like myself who never could get anyone to understand my own demons and experiences, even when I was told “you have words use them”, I was so afraid of them finding out the truth. This song rings truer than anything, you’ve done so amazing and inspired so many of us. Thank you so much, we hear you.
I absolutely am thankful that you guys exist here, your music has been able to help me actually talk and explain my feelings to my therapist. So thank you.
I've been listening to you for almost a year now, I found you on a whim on TikTok. Not a day goes by I'm not grateful to have found you. Your music hits so close to the heart, I know you may not see this, but I still wish to say Thank you. Thank you for having the courage to share your story, thank you for being Our Voice. I have shared your music with my friends so they too can hear your words when they are lost. I have been about three years free from self harm, your music has been the final push to keep myself from doing it. Thank you for your courage, your support, your honesty and your love. Please keep being the Amazing people you are!
"But you are not alone, this is our time, and I am by your side..." - *Let it Burn* "Hope you know, you're not alone. If we walk through hell we might as well hold hands, we should make this a home..." - *Limit* Thanks, Citizen Soldier, the whole band, Jake and Josh for this masterpiece and letting us know that- we're not alone, and thanks for sharing your stories with us. This song is truly heart touching and hits so dam hard, it's painful but heart-warming at the same time 🧡 - I'll add this as well, since I feel like this song also referenced some of your other masterpieces in one way or another. "My life is worth the struggle, my scars are my warpaint" - *Face To Face* "I don't know how to prove to you it's not pretend, so I leave it all unsaid" - *Unsaid* "Mediocre at best, maybe better off dead" - *Never Good Enough* I wish there were more words to describe how strongly me and others fans appreciate you and your passion and goal, and the effort that is put into this indescribable dreamwork. Thanks! ✨ Gonna as well leave my favorite line of my favorite song: "Alone *in pieces,* you found me... Now I won't doubt my worth one moment more. Shattered to pieces, you showed me... I am someone that's worth saving that's for sure" ☀💙🌧 (I have tears of joy and love, thanks ya for gifting us this opportunity to be here)
broke down when the lyrics "Cause I Dont Feel Like Someone I Can Love So Close To Choosing Death Over The Feeling Of Not Being Enough" first time listening to this song. for 4-6yrs I felt like I wasnt enough for anyone and I couldnt love myself for what state I was in. Its still sorta like that now and im learning about myself from what I was and what Im becoming. Citizen Soldier thank you for the words and the songs as they are helping so much and I have my music on repeat with your songs.
Guys. There is no end to pain in this world. Yet, if someone tries to avoid it, society will eventually poison that person. That is humanity. With all its contradictions and addictions.
Citizen solder I first came across 1 of your songs on tiktok I was scrolling laying in bed trying to sleep and I could I had no emotion I was numb and I needed a good cry but I couldn't cry. I saw a dog video then a cooking video and then your song ICU and a few years ago I was in and out of mental hospitals for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide. Anyway your song was on my fyp and I started tearing up immediately I listened to it 5 times. My life changed after that I looked you up on TH-cam and that was that every day I listened to your songs anytime new ones came out I would listen to them 3 times by the 3rd time I was singing the song with you. Your songs have helped me heal and I want to thank you for every single one of your songs and I also want to say that I know your pain I feel it in your music I hear it in your voice I see it in your eyes and I hope that you keep fighting
Thank you for finding words to speak of an agonizing suffering that is difficult to describe… Citizen Soldier, you do not imagine that your words, you instrumental, all your songs, are saving and source of appeasement : they make us realize that we are not alone, contrary to what we often think, when we are not okay Thank you… ; ❤️
It reminds me from Christmas 2 years ago... I was on the egde because of the domestic abuse. I left house and for two years so fa I've lived in another city, but I come back e.g. on Christmas. But... the one who hurts everyone in my home... did it again. He has no regrets. I... feel on my limit today. Once again. I suffer from depression and in last months I feel already good, but today... everything came back. I don't know if I can make it through this time... I feel so helpless and small. Thank you for this song... it describes what I feel right know. Not perfect Christams song, but... perfect song for everyone who fights.
I am military from Ukraine. I think I have ptsd. I lost a very close friends, who save my life ... And when i listen this song i've tear's in my eyes Thank you.
Honestly, I really needed this song yesterday. I really like how it talks about things being rough and getting through it somehow, but it doesn’t end on that note. It continues with how despite getting through it at one point, it’s still a struggle. People often forget about that or focus/emphasize on the feel good aspect when it’s not something that just… stops. I like how it’s not “but it’s okay, I’ll be your rock and there for you and things will be okay” but rather an “I understand. It’s hard. We’re both broken, but we’ll try together. It’s still going to be hard but it won’t be hard alone at least”. It’s a perspective you don’t hear often, but important.
I love this song. This is a masterpiece. Your songs helped me through thick and thin. Thank you Citizen soldier. I will never be able to express my gratitude to you because there are no actions or words that can express it. If it weren't for you and your songs I don't know where I would be. Thank you ! 🧡
Hello Jake, You might know me from a past tiktok you uploaded. I just thought I would thank you. Back in 2019 I had my first attempt... after the hospital visit I spent 2 months in the Belmont Pchyciciatric hospital which helped a little but not as much as I was hoping. A few months after I was listening to my music when your song "Weight of the World" played. I have been listening to you guys ever since and I have also been inspired to start my own career with music and hope to have my first song out some time between the end of December to sometime in 2023. Thank you Jake. You have helped all of us more than you know.
Everyday i stay strong for my 2 beautiful kids and my wife. I want to stay strong for my. I have been blessed for most of my life. Yet for some reason i live with a sickness of always battling my thoughts inside my head. This song i can keepsnme gling and teaches me feel again and push for one more day.
Omg most of your songs I can relate to. Especially this one. Thank you guys for your songs. Everytime I am feeling down I listen to your songs and realize that I am not alone anymore
Someone once told me that what you feel is nothing that everyone gets sad and overwhelmed. What they never told me was that when you fake you way through life by planting a smile on your face it becomes too much and all you look for is a way out . Thank You for reminding me that everyday is a blessing and I am not alone in this struggle.
Not since Chester B of Linkin Park have I felt someone 'gets it' quite like Citizen Soldier. You guys have changed my life. And I'm not the kind of girl who says things like that! Thank you and please keep doing what you do! 🙏🏻🥺
it blows my mind everytime i listen to this song it’s like you guys took the words out of my head and made them into a song. it’s nice to hear that maybe i’m not alone after all. thank you
You have to first be able to run to yourself. You HAVE to find self-love. I had to go through this, too. This was a recent discovery for me, and, believe me, it changed everything. Perspective, circumstance, the people you attract... It all changes.
The power and emotion in this song is immeasurable! I struggle every day and to know there are people that share those struggles. You voice the words I and a lots of us struggle to speak. Unless you have felt depression people find it difficult to understand or don't want to sadly. Your songs are amazing in general and they all make me think "these lyrics could be my own words, because it is everything I feel". Thank you all for being brave and I hope as well as helping all of us with your music, that all the member of your band look after their wellbeing too.
I never u derstand. This channel post the right song when I need it. I always reach my limit at the end of a long day but this song helps me get over it
@@CitizenSoldier Thank you so much Jake. It’s been awhile since I was able to hear back from you personally since you guys are becoming more well known so your comment means a lot to me 💖
Currently listening to this song because of having suicidal thoughts because my family says my depression is just a phase and don’t care about me. Music has always been my outlet and I have no one that cares.
This song is a MASTERPIECE. Beautiful, saddening, strengthening and terrifying all at the same time. Listening to this, my body was trembling. 🧡💙 Thank you Citizen Soldier, and Lø Spirit! You guys are amazing, and your music is a blessing 🧡💙
I can relate to the lines "i don't feel like someone i can love, so close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough" and "where do you run when you're at your limit?" so much! Thank you for creating this masterpiece!
This hits so close to Home. I‘m a trauma survivor……..lost me mom five year ago…….no one cared about me……because I seemed so strong ……..and now I‘m living with the aftermath…….Depression and anxiety……. So thank you for your music, that says what I can‘t….
Damn this song hit me hard enough to make me cry. As someone that lived at his limit for years, I can tell you that life puts in front of you what it needs to. Everything we go through is produce the person we need to be. Live at your limit long enough and you will realise you are limitless. Keep going kings and queens, you’re here to rule ❤️
Born in 2016 hits really hard. Same year it nearly finished, here we are present time doing everything to make sure no one has to deal with rock bottom alone💙
To the band, you might now see this, but thank you so much for being such an amazing band. Your music describes how I feel or have felt inside for my whole life. Every song you have is so relateable. Keep up the great work! I love you!
Thank you for sharing your story trough music, as someone who does not know if I have autism next to anxiety and trauma from my youth and still to this day more trauma building this music and you guys keep me sane and knowing that it is worth to keep fighting for a better future. Love you guys ❤️
Victim of severe childhood abuse, multiple SAs at the hands of people I should have been able to trust, living undiagnosed as autistic, physically disabled, and extremely poor. I am an author, an editor, a musician in my own right. I have survived living on the streets and spent many, many years in therapy. At almost 40 years old, I finally know who I am, and it took me a long time to get here. There were times when I considered taking my own life. There were times I self-harmed. There were struggles with all sorts of mental health issues. I'm still here. And my mere existence is a victory over those who wanted to take me down and out. It gets better. You don't need to go through this alone. We are out here and hear you, and we love you. I don't need to know you to love you. You are precious, perfect, and stronger than you can ever imagine.
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I love it!! Great work!!! And how it tells your stories, I feel the emotion.
really fantastic 🤘🧡
I run to Jesus when I'm at my limit!!!!
Glad I found you guys on TikTok.🤟🏾
You can always call 🤙 me.....
When you feel like this!!
I'll gladly listen 👂
I know you guys probably won't see this and it'll get buried, but I wanted to say this: This feels like an incredibly personal song to you. You've prided yourself on being the voice of the voiceless. But what happens when the person behind that voice also has struggles? I'll tell you what. You take that pain, you take that struggle, and you use it to lift people up. "But together we can live with it." THAT is what you guys have continued to preach. And it's what makes this song so, so special. Keep doing what you're doing. Don't be afraid to share your stories. You've got a whole community of us to back you up. 🧡
That's a beautiful and really thoughtful speech, I'm sure they're gonna see this and will really appreciate your comment. Also, can't agree less with you, I wish all people saw the pain as an opportunity to grow stronger together, but I understand it can be hard. ❤
It is his personal song. He said "was born in 2016 the day I stood face to face with death." Deeply personal message we can infer 2016 was not his year.
This made me feel so much better thank you
Just take it one breath at a time. It’s all you can do.
If we walk through he'll we might as qell hold hands...
I am a United States Marine and a poet myself. I've struggled with PTSD and your music helps me express what I couldn't in my own works. Your lyrics are creative, and original and they help those who have issues helping themselves. I'm usually the one who saves people but sometimes I need saving too. And you guys save me. Thank you.
Bless your beautiful heart Chas 🙏🥺💞🥲 xoxo
I was ginna be in the service but it didn't happen. I have ptsd too from sexual abuse and so much more. I understand what ot feels like to live with it and suffer. Tonight I wanted to walking into traffic so badly....had this song blasting trying to stop myself.
@@rowenchaos idk who u are but u got this. I don't have PTSD but ik what ur going thro so I'm here to give a "virtual hug" and hope u see that ur doing amazing at everything u do. So keep going and I hope this helps. Have a good day!
@@rowenchaos I hope you stuck it out. It can be hard to imagine sometimes but every dark period has its end. And people will be hurt if you leave them. If you want, we can even exchange info and talk about it.
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"I'm gonna fight when I'm at my limit" this song hits me on a different level. I feel like I'm always at my limit lately
Glad you liked it 🧡
Keep fighting the good fight friend, you've made it this far in spite of your limits. You're stronger than you know.
Just remember it does get better it might not happen right away but it will
@@CitizenSoldier thank you Citizen Soldier
@@CitizenSoldier i will always follow you . Thank you
I was seven years old when I fell into depression, for 13 years I struggled with it. Anxiety was my constant companion, shadowed with self doubt and loathing. I hated myself for being who I was. I found your videos in January of 2021, and I felt like I was finally heard. May 27th at 11:57 pm 2021 I sat on my bed ready to end it all. Your song, "Would Anyone Care" started up on my phone, the one song I wasn't ever able to bring myself to finish listening to because it hurt too much. On the line, "Let me give you a reason to stay," I got a message on my phone from someone I hadn't heard from in two years. Today, on December 1st, 2022, at 8:44 pm, I am listening to him on my phone, the love of my life, snoring peacefully. He saved my life, and your songs gave me the courage to keep fighting. I hope to make a difference in others lives just like you did for me. I love you guys, thank you so much for finally showing me the light at the end of the tunnel, and for bringing me out of the darkest part of my life. Thank you.
Well, here I am. A gay rejected fat man who started at the same time as you to listen him. And here I am. Lonely. I AM LONELY, AND I GONNA CONTINUE BEING ALONE FOREVER!!!!!!! Everyone ignores me, everyone rejects me!!!!!!!! This song....makes me want more to suicide for once and for all.
I'm so sorry you had to live with all this pain 💔 I know how hard it is, I've been through it all ..
Know this, you are worthy, a warrior, you are so strong that you win the battle in every new breath you take ..
Life is so hard .. I know .. but there's always a blessing, a beautiful breeze from the lord reminding you that he wants you here ..
Don't give up .. the world needs you .. find your reason to stay 💕
This is beautiful. YOU are beautiful. . Keep fighting the good fight, we are proud you made it here with us today. You might be scarred, but at the end of the day you are an artwork worth embracing. Thank you for staying.
I a hundred percent understand where you're coming from. From the age of 13 to 18, very fundamental ages for growing from a child to an adult, I had severe depression and multiple traumas over the years. In March of 2019 I was saved. I experienced a miracle that is so unexplainable. When I came upon the song "Would Anyone Care" I was taking care of my grandparents admist the pandemic and in an isolated town. That song for me summed up everything that I had ever felt. That I was asking all those years. It's now 2022 and I've lost my Grandmother. I've lost a very special pet. And I'm still struggling with my mental health. I've been here for all of their songs and I also Thank them. Together we are all survivors. We have all made it through some of the hardest times and some of us are in those darkest times. That's when we need to be with each other and help each other through our struggles.
This is so good but you must hear “”Whispering Wolf” or “
Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎧
Two artist who are telling their real stories. That's just beautiful. Great work.
Thanks 🧡
@@CitizenSoldier Keep fighting Jake 🧡💪🏻
Last week I sat in line at my bank, listening to Spotify, waiting to deposit a paycheck that wouldn't even cover my mortgage. I'm a single dad, a USMC Vet, and had been a Police Officer for 15 years before my demons got the best of me and I lost my career to alcohol. As I sat in line looking at my paycheck, wondering how I'm going to make Christmas happen when I can't even pay the mortgage, this song came on. The vocal presentation took my breath away and when the chorus hit, I was completely breaking down. That raw emotion isn't something you can write about unless you've been there. I felt so alone sitting there in line, crying my eyes out, until the end of the song. That's when I realized that whoever wrote those words, knows exactly the kind of pain and agony I was experiencing at that moment. And then, I wasn't so alone. I've been clean and sober for 6 months now. Every day is a battle, but it helps to know I'm not alone. Thank you for sharing your music. YOU are not alone.
God's blessing for you. 🙏 🙌
You are never alone. And thank you
Knowing this is your story makes this song really special.
Thank you for sharing it.
Much love 🧡
I agree, Unknown Musiclover!
Yes i agree so sad but also so inspiering (idk if i say it correct) at the same time, never give up.
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4 years ago.... i commented on a post saying i was suicidal and a lot of other things..... i wanna say thanks to you guys you made it so much better for me. Thank you citizen solider for saving my life
I feel you. Keep it up, you are worth fighting for. We are with you. All of us. Thank you for staying.
Thanks for staying man
We are happy you’re here.
Hearng the beginning, it must be a very personal song and we're all so happy that you're alive, kicking and dropped these songs to help everyone. This is a comfort band and all I do is listen to this band, thank you Citizen Soldier for ball that you've done for us 💕💕💕
Much love 🧡
100% agree. This means a lot... ❤
I couldn't agree more, Luke! It's so beautiful that a man that wanted to end everything, like many others did, had lived on and dedicated his life to speak for those that don't have words. Honestly, it did quite help to find right words to describe what I feel and without this group, Citizen Solider, I don't think I would menage it. This group deserves to be more famous than what 'modern kids' say is popular and cool. These songs could actually help some people!
CS is very lucky to have found Lo Spirit and his song. This is a wonderful collaboration and Lo spirits lyrics are so passionate. It was great to hear this.
@@MusicVibes-dg5fw For me, it hits feelings and home in the same ways "Numb", "What I've Done", "Lost in the Echo" and several other LP songs did in my childhood. The songs just speak. I don't know how else to put it, really.. they connect with people in ways most modern music doesn't quite manage.
Im proud to say, im out of the darkness. Ive stopped taking anti-depressants and are finally after 15 years of sadness free. My change came with a iinternship at a line of work i never expected myself in. Gardening, I just love it! Be out in the sun, listen to birdsong and take care of plants with no stress at all. As rought as it may seem sometimes, there are ways out of it. Never stop fighting!
Let's goooo 🧡 Thank you guys so much 😊🧡
Thanks Chris! 🧡
I hope one day I'll also be able to sing for the voiceless
You're my inspiration
My reason to keep learning
My reason to keep wanting to help people
As someone who's lost all faith and sense in themselves and humanity, you and Shinedown are what keep me afloat.
Please, keep making music that allows our hearts to beat freely.
No pills.
No prescriptions.
Just pure power of music, love, and compassion.
Nice profile picture
You will be able to sing for the ones who have no voice for the ones that have no breath and the ones that have no hope. Jesus loves you and he has a special plan for your life.
'So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough' I can relate to that more than I'd like to admit, I've been at my limit for a long time, your music is one of the few thing that help keep me sane. Thank you so much for all your work, you guys are fantastic.
Appreciate that Samuel 🧡
Samuel you took the words right out of my mouth. I feel the same way sometimes. We got to never give up !!!! 🐨😊
I admit, that premise is almost unknown to me, I mean I'm sad and broken when I lose, in life love and everything else, I mean even when the people I love don't love me, die while I'm over seas, I can see the scary thought of pattern in 3s, but when I wake up and the rest I care for are awake and happy and living their lives, I can manage. Where living in poverty for most my life, I'm thankful to have that fight. Why I just can't wrap my head around people who aren't enjoying these peaceful times of worrying whether not we'll have someone invade our homes, rip us off of our livelyhoods so much and losing our lives over conflict. I came across this song so I just can't figure it out and I'm terrible at wording my intentions without sounding offensive or ignorant, only because I am, I mean I want to know really how this song feels to you and now it really feels to me so I can be more accommodating.
Samuel live it you shouldn't be ashamed to admit it my name is Samuel and I am not ashamed it made me the person that I am so don't be ashamed of who you were just don't relive it: god bless you
I suffer from PTSD and have other mental health issues. Your music has made me realize that I'm not the only one, and I won't be the last one. Your music speaks to me on a level no one else has been able to. Thank you. Keep doing what your doing.
This is so good but you must hear “”Whispering Wolf” or “
Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🤘
Both of your voices are amazing. So hearing them in the same song is a dream come true. This song will definitely be on my playlist. I didn’t know I needed this song until now. Thank you guys so much. Don’t stop being you. May God keep you safe❤️🙏⛪️🛐
Appreciate that Corey 🧡
Greatest collab ever for real!
I love how they both combine heaviness with melodic in their voice.
@@giorgostsak427 agreed 👍
Amen to that!! 💯👍
I mean I like the rhythm, the tempo, how the vocals create a chorus, but just can't figure out the appeal of the lyrics. Am I missing something about it?
Citizen soldier really does write the best lyrics for describing trauma, so that line saying that you became a poet for things that go left unsaid hit hard. Seriously. These songs are so important because people who don't know how to explain how they feel will listen to them and realize that they're not alone. I'm sharing this one in particular everywhere I can to try and help it reach an audience who may need it.
As a person living with social anxiety
PTSD and depression, this Song hits me on a different level
Much love Jonne 🧡 Glad the music helps
I also have anxiety and depression, I felt this personal too 🧡
While I personally don’t struggle with mental illness, my wife does. Your music and lyrics have given me great insight into things she struggles with but can’t put into words. Thank you for all that you do.
Yet again...this song hits hard. The Person who introduced me to you guys recently abandoned me, 16 days after our first anniversary of being friends, and usually when someone introduces me to music that reminds me of them and they are ones who hurt me, I usually stop listening to them...but, you guys have had such an impact on my life, one that I will never loose. Thank you. Keep it up!! Also...it feels illegal to be this early
Appreciate you Jade 🧡 Stay strong
@@CitizenSoldier I always try! Love you guys.
it hits the people hard to see people in a cage that they cant push to break but you fight past your limit and break the cage.
stay strong and on your feet
@@AlexHernandez-sc5cl That is very true and something I needed to hear, thanks man. I'll try my best. You stay strong too.
I dont know if anyone will see this, but I want to appreciate both of those awesome singers. Ive never had such a feeling of home and I cant shake of the goosebumbs your voices and emotions created. This song is absolute perfection and I love it. I hope you all do your best kings and once you reach your limits I hope, that we will get past it together. Stay save.
We are not alone with things that we kept unsaid. Lets all walk this narrow path through hell together. We can hold hands and make this a home.
Stay save Kings and Queens.
you always show the anger, frustration and sorrow in your songs perfectly. Another banger. Well done
Thanks 🧡
I literally broke down in tears listening to this. This guy understands people's pain. Thank you Citizen Soldier.
This is clearly my new favorite song. I'm so proud of you both for still being here with us. I know it's not always easy, but you manage to keep up fighting.
Thanks to the both of you for this beautiful and powerful song. I will also keep up with my fight on my side.
Much love 🖤💜
"A poet for what people leave unsaid"
What a beautiful way to describe how you reach people. Love this so much 🖤🖤
I cried with this song. I'm thankful for your music. It has literally saved me from myself my times. Your music is my therapy for my PTSD/anxiety disorder.
Lyrics
At the bottom of a bottle filled with pills
Tables turned
Lessons learned
A psych ward napkin changed the life I tried to kill
With three words: Let it burn
But I'd never change a damn thing
Was born in 2016
The day that I stood face-to-face with death
When my world started caving
It pulled me in and it made me
A poet for what people leave unsaid
Where do you run when you're at your limit?
Tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness
You come undone
'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love
So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough
I wish I could heal and say it's done
But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my
Limit, limit
Yeah, I think I've reached my
Limit, limit
But I'll learn how to live with it
I wasn't well but I had peace
I had hope
Normal things
Thought if I got the help I need
It could fix everything
I trusted medicine to save me
Feels like it killed me
With tremors on the bed i can't forget
Now I live with ptsd and pray that there's an ending
'Cause I don't wanna die inside my head
So tell me where do you run when you're at your limit?
(Where do you run, where do you run)
And tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness
You come undone
'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love
Don't think it's worth it talking 'bout the thoughts I tried to end with a gun
I just wanna heal and say it's done
(Don't wanna run)
But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my
Limit, limit
Yeah, I think I've reached my
Limit, limit
But I'll learn how to live with it
If you're sick in ways that no one understands
Hope you know
You're not alone
If we walk through hell we might as well hold hands
We should make this a home
Where do you run when you're at your limit?
(Where do you run? Where do you run?)
Tell me who can you trust to be the one to witness
(When you)
You come undone
'Cause I don't feel like someone I can love
So close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough
I wish I could heal and say it's done
(Don't wanna run)
But I don't know how I'm gonna fight when I'm at my
Limit, limit
Yeah I think I've reached my
Limit, limit
But together
Your songs give me so much strength. For years, I’ve wondered what I want my first tattoo to be..and your symbol is what I’ve settled for. To remind me no matter what, it’s going to be okay, and we’re not alone. Stay strong ❤️ and if we walk through hell we might as well hold hands.
Well said 🧡 Much love
this comment gave me as much chills as the song did. this song is how im feeling lately
Wow, I'm thinking to do the same. The only one I need.
You know, I was going to get a semi colon for my first one, but you make a really good point... I think I might do the same.
@@BrokenHeartedVS Perhaps the symbol with a semi colon down the middle?
The fact that you manage to catch and actually verbalize the things in our minds is both frightening and strengthening at the same time, because it proves that we are indeed not alone. Knowing that there are other people out there who struggle in the same way I do is giving me the strength to continue my fight, because we're all fighting the good fight together.
Thank you guys so much for being our voice and for uniting us against the common enemy in our minds 🖤
Thank you Jake and Lo for making such an amazing song to sum up all sings of depression. This song speaks to me in several ways and hits home. Having said that. To all going through depression it does get better I've been there I've gotten through it. I am proof that it can get better. With all that being said I'm starting a stand together to beat depression movement and I hope that those who are going through it beat it like I did
Appreciate those words Stephen 🧡 Glad to hear you're doing better
@@CitizenSoldier I do what I can to help those that still battle it as an up rising self-harm safety advocate I would like people to try and see that it does get better
Just got out of a psych ward myself - this song was actually released while I was there, which is why I'm late to the party - and I can say I've never felt more understood. I've had severe depression for the past five years of my life, and nearly everyone I cross paths with ends up betraying me and hurting me far more than the one before. But hearing songs like this (and frankly any CS song) gives me the hope and courage to keep going when all I want to do is give up. I've been following CS since the release of "If I Surrender", and I've never heard other songs that have hit so close to home. I'm a songwriter myself, and I can greatly respect the amount of effort put into a project like this. Everything comes together so well, and the message gets across spectacularly. CS is my inspiration as a songwriter, and I hope to one day make the same impact as you
To everyone needing this: keep fighting through your lows, there's gonna be a rise after that. Live is beautiful and you guys are needed and would be missed. Be strong ❤
I really like the moral here about how deep pain doesn't just go away but with help and good people in your circle, you can learn to adapt and make it more bearable.
Well said 🧡
"I wish that I could heal and say it's done."
I am continually amazed by how much feeling and meaning you are able to put into just a few words. I've been listening to you since I discovered "Let it Burn", which is so poignantly referred to in this song, over four years ago. You, more than any other artist that I have listened to, find ways to perfectly encapsulate the feelings that press down on people like myself day in and day out. Your songs have served as anthems in some of my darkest hours.
All I can say in return is 'Thank you'. Thank you for being there for everyone who is drowning within themselves. Thank you for sharing your pain to help others heal. Thank you for being Citizen Soldier.
This song hits hard when your near your own limits and can't cope with the situation you're in no matter how hard you scream for help no one wants to reach out to you it feels like your alone in the world thank you for this song Citezen Soldier
0:22 was referencing when you were in your psychiatric hospital, writing down lyrics for let it burn you wrote it on a napkin on your hospital bed props for putting this in it’s never easy talking about your past
I didn't expect this to hit me so hard. But I chose 💊 as my way out when I hit my limit. My therapist failed me and didn't put me on a psych hold. It's been a battle every day not to give in. I have seriously started counting days til the next song comes out because I feel like someone finally gets what is being screamed in my head.
I love how the tone goes from soft and slow to loud and fast..... That truly represents mental health.... It is all over the place all the time...... I wanna be your friend
Glad you're still here with us Threasa 🧡Sending hugs
I love the duality of the lineup. You've got two very different tones for each vocalist. CS rocking a mournful cry as you become aware of the real possibilities of reaching your limit. And Lø coming in with the desperate screams of someone who already has and is just clawing for help. Really brings the most out of the song.
you can tell this means everything he sings about. the passion in voice and faces. I never miss a upload. the way he helping people thur their pain, he clearly been through. He shows the true meaning of music to me
Just found this band on a facebook group for veterans and came here. Having multiple times of almost breaking before during and after serving this great but flawed nation. Almost served in the Marines but got failure to adapt spent 2 years to prepare to go back to Parris Island SC they wouldn’t take me navy wouldn’t. But spent 4 years as a United States Army infantryman. Had falls literally you just gotta get back up and keep rucking. Running walking or crawling if you must. Your body and mind will be pushed to the limits daily all your life but if I achieved one of my goals to become a better protector, son and human you can to. I have seen hard men at their lowest points. Suicide attempted suicide and I assure you your pain will just be pushed onto the people you so desperately love and appreciate you even if you don’t see it because that person you love most is barely taking care of themselves. Forgiveness even tho it’s hard and the pain of childhood trauma never fades you gotta open your eyes to others trauma also. Never give up no surrendering to the demons of this earth both within us and all around us in human or spiritual form.
SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE!!
Your story is amazing Jake, thank you
So are we 🧡
This band LITERALLY saved my life this weekend. I feel the song this is your sign was put on my feed for a reason. And I’ve now instead scheduled more therapy and i want to try to fight. I know you’ll never see this. But thank you, y’all saved me.
When I first heard this one, I thought it to be weirdly positive. Had a nice bittersweetness to it. Love the message and the music video to boot! Well done to the both of you extremely talented artists! 🧡🔥
Appreciate that 🧡
This song just hits…. My oldest almost lost her battle in 2016 with a bottle of pills. She got help but it has left her with PTSD. This song makes me want to cry but also cheer because of how strong she is
This is so good but you must hear “”Whispering Wolf” or “
Live Not Survive” by SLT 🤘🐺🎧
This one hit me like a train. I have chills all over. I can hardly find the words to express how I've been feeling lately, but your music helps me express myself. There are times when I wish I could listen to your amazing music all over again for the first time, just to get the initial rush of happiness I had when I listened to "Let It Burn" for the first time. I love you guys so much
Appreciate those words Shaina 🧡 Much love
@@CitizenSoldier ❤❤
These two held me together when I couldn't, and I'll always be thankful for that
Love the sound of this one! Especially knowing it talks about Jakes past struggles. It takes courage to be open and vulnerable, but it can save many, like I know this song does. I really like that, yeah, there's that relatable sadness, but there is hope sparkled all throughout the song. Thank you guys for inspiring us and letting us know we are not alone! Much love! 🧡
Appreciate you Emanuel 🧡
This is one of your best songs by far. As someone who has struggled with anxiety and depression for most of her life-almost reaching her limit at one point-I can honestly say that this will help bring a voice to the voiceless, a hope to the hopeless. Keep fighting the good fight. Much love.
Everyone knows that the singing is great and the band is amazing but what truly blows me away every single time is how genuinely good even music is you guys on Masters of building, the emotion in the song, and then leading it out in this amazing war cry. The beat the notes, the lyrics, all meld together, perfectly to make an amazing song every single time it amazes me. And please don’t even get me started on the instrumental.
I've been listening to your music for little while now. I've been on the edge of suicide, running from my life, running from a toxic relationship. Your guys' music helps me release all this build up emotion I can't express. Your guys' music let's me be vulnerable. The lyrics of almost every song, hits me like a freight train because, they fit like a glove. If I lose my fight, I want to say thank you. Thank you for helping me connect to something. Thank you for being you, all of you.
I feel this deeply - "Where do you run when you're at your limit? Who can you trust to be the one to witness?" 💔 It's like you're in my head... Every word!
I'm at a really good place in my life, so I can't say I fully relate to these kind of songs anymore, but it doesn't stop me from being able to appreciate those amazing sound and voices you guys have.
I even created characters in my head that do relate to these songs, like in a story.
I’m the same here, although I still have some struggles, but they are minor issues compared to Jake’s experiences
@@theultimatewarlord69420 I would never put it that way. Every struggle needs to be acknowledged. Just because you feel it to be not as severe, you are allowed to feel bad about them. I don't want to lecture anyone, hope it doesn't come out as if i do, i'm just happy for you that you are in a good place, mate. Don't put yourself down.
I listened to this on Spotify the second it dropped, of all of your songs this one made me cry the hardest, I've always wanted you to work with Lo Spirit, you have no idea how many times your music has saved me, but it has done it once again because I've been at my limit for quite some time now and just when I thought about coming to an end, a preview for this song shows up, you're working miracles Citizen Soldier 🧡🧡🧡
Appreciate you Jacob 🧡 Stay strong friend
I could just tell by the title I was going to absolutely relate. My husband died in September and it's like I feel at my limit almost every day. My kids, my job, myself. I give and give and I have nothing left. But music has always given me the strength to keep moving forward. Knowing I'm not the only one.
I’ve been listening to it all morning ❤ It gives me goosebumps every time. It makes me so damn grateful that I’m alive. “Born in 2016 the day that I stood face to face with death.” My attempt was last month but I have thought that was the day I quit trying to survive so that I could thrive.
Glad you're still with us 🧡 Stay strong friend
Anyone ever tell you that your songs are cathartic? Another one to make me cry. They force me to feel everything I've avoided feeling for years.
First. Just have to say that I love the new video style. I love your other ones but this is perfect for this song.
Second. Idk how to choose a line that hits the hardest. This whole song brought tears to my eyes. I feel it. In everything that’s in me.
Your music is helping me heal myself. I’ve healed more since discovering you than I did the years after my suicide attempt.
Thank you for making me believe that I’m not alone.
Appreciate those words 🧡 You're not alone
For someone like myself who never could get anyone to understand my own demons and experiences, even when I was told “you have words use them”, I was so afraid of them finding out the truth. This song rings truer than anything, you’ve done so amazing and inspired so many of us. Thank you so much, we hear you.
I absolutely am thankful that you guys exist here, your music has been able to help me actually talk and explain my feelings to my therapist. So thank you.
I've been listening to you for almost a year now, I found you on a whim on TikTok. Not a day goes by I'm not grateful to have found you. Your music hits so close to the heart, I know you may not see this, but I still wish to say Thank you. Thank you for having the courage to share your story, thank you for being Our Voice. I have shared your music with my friends so they too can hear your words when they are lost. I have been about three years free from self harm, your music has been the final push to keep myself from doing it. Thank you for your courage, your support, your honesty and your love. Please keep being the Amazing people you are!
"But you are not alone, this is our time, and I am by your side..." - *Let it Burn*
"Hope you know, you're not alone. If we walk through hell we might as well hold hands, we should make this a home..." - *Limit*
Thanks, Citizen Soldier, the whole band, Jake and Josh for this masterpiece and letting us know that- we're not alone, and thanks for sharing your stories with us. This song is truly heart touching and hits so dam hard, it's painful but heart-warming at the same time 🧡
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I'll add this as well, since I feel like this song also referenced some of your other masterpieces in one way or another.
"My life is worth the struggle, my scars are my warpaint" - *Face To Face*
"I don't know how to prove to you it's not pretend, so I leave it all unsaid" - *Unsaid*
"Mediocre at best, maybe better off dead" - *Never Good Enough*
I wish there were more words to describe how strongly me and others fans appreciate you and your passion and goal, and the effort that is put into this indescribable dreamwork. Thanks! ✨
Gonna as well leave my favorite line of my favorite song:
"Alone *in pieces,* you found me... Now I won't doubt my worth one moment more. Shattered to pieces, you showed me... I am someone that's worth saving that's for sure" ☀💙🌧 (I have tears of joy and love, thanks ya for gifting us this opportunity to be here)
I doubt you'll see this, but I really appreciate songs like this. Ones that speak to me.
THIS IS THE BEST RELEASE YET I LOVE IT ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO DONT KNOW THE BAND TO BE INTRODUCED THROUGH THIS
Well said 🧡
broke down when the lyrics "Cause I Dont Feel Like Someone I Can Love So Close To Choosing Death Over The Feeling Of Not Being Enough" first time listening to this song. for 4-6yrs I felt like I wasnt enough for anyone and I couldnt love myself for what state I was in. Its still sorta like that now and im learning about myself from what I was and what Im becoming. Citizen Soldier thank you for the words and the songs as they are helping so much and I have my music on repeat with your songs.
Please do another song with him! You sound great together
"I don't feel like someone I can love" really hits home in these recent times. Thank you, this song helps a lot, more than you can imagine
Guys. There is no end to pain in this world. Yet, if someone tries to avoid it, society will eventually poison that person. That is humanity. With all its contradictions and addictions.
Citizen solder I first came across 1 of your songs on tiktok I was scrolling laying in bed trying to sleep and I could I had no emotion I was numb and I needed a good cry but I couldn't cry. I saw a dog video then a cooking video and then your song ICU and a few years ago I was in and out of mental hospitals for suicidal ideation and attempted suicide. Anyway your song was on my fyp and I started tearing up immediately I listened to it 5 times. My life changed after that I looked you up on TH-cam and that was that every day I listened to your songs anytime new ones came out I would listen to them 3 times by the 3rd time I was singing the song with you. Your songs have helped me heal and I want to thank you for every single one of your songs and I also want to say that I know your pain I feel it in your music I hear it in your voice I see it in your eyes and I hope that you keep fighting
Thank you for finding words to speak of an agonizing suffering that is difficult to describe…
Citizen Soldier, you do not imagine that your words, you instrumental, all your songs, are saving and source of appeasement : they make us realize that we are not alone, contrary to what we often think, when we are not okay
Thank you… ; ❤️
It reminds me from Christmas 2 years ago... I was on the egde because of the domestic abuse. I left house and for two years so fa I've lived in another city, but I come back e.g. on Christmas. But... the one who hurts everyone in my home... did it again. He has no regrets. I... feel on my limit today. Once again. I suffer from depression and in last months I feel already good, but today... everything came back. I don't know if I can make it through this time... I feel so helpless and small.
Thank you for this song... it describes what I feel right know. Not perfect Christams song, but... perfect song for everyone who fights.
hey are you okay now?
I am military from Ukraine. I think I have ptsd. I lost a very close friends, who save my life ... And when i listen this song i've tear's in my eyes
Thank you.
This song is incredible, I was literally blown away when I first heard it. I love it so much ❤❤😢
Appreciate that 🧡
Honestly, I really needed this song yesterday. I really like how it talks about things being rough and getting through it somehow, but it doesn’t end on that note. It continues with how despite getting through it at one point, it’s still a struggle. People often forget about that or focus/emphasize on the feel good aspect when it’s not something that just… stops. I like how it’s not “but it’s okay, I’ll be your rock and there for you and things will be okay” but rather an “I understand. It’s hard. We’re both broken, but we’ll try together. It’s still going to be hard but it won’t be hard alone at least”. It’s a perspective you don’t hear often, but important.
I love this song. This is a masterpiece. Your songs helped me through thick and thin. Thank you Citizen soldier. I will never be able to express my gratitude to you because there are no actions or words that can express it. If it weren't for you and your songs I don't know where I would be. Thank you ! 🧡
Hello Jake,
You might know me from a past tiktok you uploaded. I just thought I would thank you.
Back in 2019 I had my first attempt... after the hospital visit I spent 2 months in the Belmont Pchyciciatric hospital which helped a little but not as much as I was hoping. A few months after I was listening to my music when your song "Weight of the World" played. I have been listening to you guys ever since and I have also been inspired to start my own career with music and hope to have my first song out some time between the end of December to sometime in 2023. Thank you Jake. You have helped all of us more than you know.
Yet another powerful song that is way too relatable. Had me in tears while listening. Thank you for continuing to create masterpieces🤍
Much love Elizabeth 🧡
I want to add, I hope y’all know you aren’t alone either🤍🧡
Everyday i stay strong for my 2 beautiful kids and my wife. I want to stay strong for my. I have been blessed for most of my life. Yet for some reason i live with a sickness of always battling my thoughts inside my head. This song i can keepsnme gling and teaches me feel again and push for one more day.
How is it that almost every song you guys come out with is exactly what I'm feeling
We try 🧡
Thank you so much for letting us know we're not alone! ❤
Omg most of your songs I can relate to. Especially this one. Thank you guys for your songs. Everytime I am feeling down I listen to your songs and realize that I am not alone anymore
You're not alone 🧡
Someone once told me that what you feel is nothing that everyone gets sad and overwhelmed. What they never told me was that when you fake you way through life by planting a smile on your face it becomes too much and all you look for is a way out . Thank You for reminding me that everyday is a blessing and I am not alone in this struggle.
Not since Chester B of Linkin Park have I felt someone 'gets it' quite like Citizen Soldier. You guys have changed my life. And I'm not the kind of girl who says things like that! Thank you and please keep doing what you do! 🙏🏻🥺
You guys shine a light on the darkest parts of mental illness that nobody wants to talk about, the parts that make us feel shame. Thank you ❤️
it blows my mind everytime i listen to this song it’s like you guys took the words out of my head and made them into a song. it’s nice to hear that maybe i’m not alone after all. thank you
You have to first be able to run to yourself. You HAVE to find self-love. I had to go through this, too. This was a recent discovery for me, and, believe me, it changed everything. Perspective, circumstance, the people you attract... It all changes.
The power and emotion in this song is immeasurable! I struggle every day and to know there are people that share those struggles. You voice the words I and a lots of us struggle to speak. Unless you have felt depression people find it difficult to understand or don't want to sadly. Your songs are amazing in general and they all make me think "these lyrics could be my own words, because it is everything I feel". Thank you all for being brave and I hope as well as helping all of us with your music, that all the member of your band look after their wellbeing too.
I never u derstand. This channel post the right song when I need it. I always reach my limit at the end of a long day but this song helps me get over it
Man I love you guys so much. Thank you for always being there for us ❤
You're not alone Vicky 🧡
@@CitizenSoldier Thank you so much Jake. It’s been awhile since I was able to hear back from you personally since you guys are becoming more well known so your comment means a lot to me 💖
So today is the first time actually sitting down to listen to you all and whoa - you're all underrated. Beautiful.
This hits home. Choosing death over the feeling of not being enough
Currently listening to this song because of having suicidal thoughts because my family says my depression is just a phase and don’t care about me. Music has always been my outlet and I have no one that cares.
it's hard to see a light at end of the tunnel. I'm with you, brother
This song is a MASTERPIECE. Beautiful, saddening, strengthening and terrifying all at the same time.
Listening to this, my body was trembling.
🧡💙 Thank you Citizen Soldier, and Lø Spirit! You guys are amazing, and your music is a blessing 🧡💙
I can relate to the lines "i don't feel like someone i can love, so close to choosing death over the feeling of not being enough" and "where do you run when you're at your limit?" so much! Thank you for creating this masterpiece!
Cool song . I was suggested here while listening to the song “Gandi- 3 Telefona “ 🔥🔥
This song really speaks to me. Thank you for your amazing music xxx
This hits so close to Home. I‘m a trauma survivor……..lost me mom five year ago…….no one cared about me……because I seemed so strong ……..and now I‘m living with the aftermath…….Depression and anxiety…….
So thank you for your music, that says what I can‘t….
5 years also lost my mum and feel the exact same
Damn this song hit me hard enough to make me cry. As someone that lived at his limit for years, I can tell you that life puts in front of you what it needs to. Everything we go through is produce the person we need to be. Live at your limit long enough and you will realise you are limitless. Keep going kings and queens, you’re here to rule ❤️
Born in 2016 hits really hard. Same year it nearly finished, here we are present time doing everything to make sure no one has to deal with rock bottom alone💙
To the band, you might now see this, but thank you so much for being such an amazing band. Your music describes how I feel or have felt inside for my whole life. Every song you have is so relateable. Keep up the great work! I love you!
Thank you for sharing your story trough music, as someone who does not know if I have autism next to anxiety and trauma from my youth and still to this day more trauma building this music and you guys keep me sane and knowing that it is worth to keep fighting for a better future. Love you guys ❤️
You're worth to keep fighting for Francis 🧡 Sending hugs
Victim of severe childhood abuse, multiple SAs at the hands of people I should have been able to trust, living undiagnosed as autistic, physically disabled, and extremely poor. I am an author, an editor, a musician in my own right. I have survived living on the streets and spent many, many years in therapy. At almost 40 years old, I finally know who I am, and it took me a long time to get here. There were times when I considered taking my own life. There were times I self-harmed. There were struggles with all sorts of mental health issues.
I'm still here. And my mere existence is a victory over those who wanted to take me down and out. It gets better. You don't need to go through this alone. We are out here and hear you, and we love you. I don't need to know you to love you. You are precious, perfect, and stronger than you can ever imagine.