The life of Jon Sandy thus far—in his own words—as encapsulated by the following four songs:
"All Signs Point to Lauderdale" (A Day to Remember) - This is a pop punk classic about hating your home town—which I very much did growing up. I used to blast this on my runs wishing I was somewhere else.
"Stitch" (Wage War) - This really culminates the hate and anger I had with myself and others during my divorce. The line, "Three years in the making, but I guess we weren't worth saving," really sticks out.
"Glass House" (Machine Gun Kelly) - Consider this a reflection on who I am as a person at the height of my suicidal tendencies and self-medicating in the midst of losing my religion. "Life's been hard since 17, I've been through hell, I think I'm somewhere in between, caught in purgatory, I can paint the scene..."
"San Diego" (Blink-182) - This really anthems my nostalgia for the people I love back home in West Virginia. If you replace the lyric "San Diego" with "West Virginia," it makes me feel homesick. I love West Virginia, but I also know I could never go back—and I never did—or else I probably would've ended up dead to be completely honest.
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Shout out to West Virginia's Tudor's Biscuit World!: http://www.tudorsbiscuitworld.com/
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"Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God." - Hebrews 12:1-2
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly." - 1 Corinthians 9:24-26
"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." - 2 Timothy 4:7
