We’re in some kid’s basement, too many people for such little space. Our bodies are thrashing and mashing together in our insane kind of dance, in time with the screams of the band. Our fists are in the air and we are jumping, singing, screaming, all part of one huge, writhing organism that lives and breathes for this moment. Can you feel our hearts beating together? The music’s loud, getting louder, and nobody has any idea what the singer is saying but that doesn’t matter, does it? It’s the sounds and the movement and the energy and the passion that matter, and this sense of unity that’s pulling us all together. We’re not a bunch of lonely kids anymore, we’re united, we stand together as one, and nothing can break us apart. Music does that for us.