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Nobody Can Save Me
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Psychology & MindWhat is Nobody Can Save Me in the Agency editorial?
Nobody Can Save Me is a song by Linkin Park featured in Issue.14. The edition presents it alongside One More Light in a section about how fans rejected the band's last album while missing the emotional message Chester Bennington was conveying in the lyrics.
In short
In Issue.14, Nobody Can Save Me by Linkin Park appears in the music section of the edition, in the part about the band and Chester Bennington, as part of a narrative about the band's last album, One More Light. The edition explains that the year is 2017 and Linkin Park releases their last album, which was met with significant disapproval from fans and critics for its new musical style. While fans were busy rejecting the album, the edition argues, they missed what Chester was saying in the lyrics. The song is presented with quoted lyrics about searching for what is missing, holding up a light, and chasing out the darkness inside. Right after it and One More Light, the edition writes that the one thing that was able to keep Chester alive, making music, was not enough anymore, because his fans abandoned him when he needed them the most.
Key facts
- Where does Nobody Can Save Me appear in the editorial?
- In the music section of Issue.14, in the part about Linkin Park and the rejection of their last album, followed by the song One More Light.
- What argument does the edition build around the song?
- The edition argues that while fans were rejecting the album's new style, they missed what Chester Bennington was saying in the lyrics; the song is the first of the two it then prints.
- How does the edition connect the song to Chester Bennington?
- The edition presents the song as part of the tragedy that the one thing able to keep Chester alive, making music, was not enough because his fans abandoned him when he needed them the most.
How does Issue.14 present the song?
Issue.14 sets the scene by stating that in 2017 Linkin Park released their last album entitled One More Light, and that the band's decision to adopt a new musical style was met with significant disapproval and criticism from both fans and critics. While fans were busy rejecting the new album, the edition says, they missed what Chester was saying in the lyrics.
Nobody Can Save Me is then presented with quoted lyrics about holding up a light, chasing out darkness, and searching somewhere out there for what has been missing right here. It is followed directly by the song One More Light.
What role does the song play in the edition's argument?
The edition uses Nobody Can Save Me and One More Light together to argue that fans sometimes have strange criteria behind their value judgements. The tragedy, as the edition tells it, is that the one thing able to keep Chester alive was making music, and that was not enough because his fans abandoned him when he needed them the most.
The edition adds that Chester died two months after the album was released, and calls him a messiah because he was killed by his own followers. It closes the part with a quotation from Chester Bennington.
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