In early 2001, after a year and a half of lyric writing for a heavy metal band, I began noticing that there were many unanswered demons stirring in my soul and many more emotions that were being pushed aside, and so many things of my past coming back to haunt me. As a singer, I found it easy to express myself and take control of the life I have created. However, months after I stopped the lyric writing, I found that I needed to sort out the rest of the thoughts in my head and escape reality. In late nights and over hard drinks, I found that walking away from writing was far from possible, and