DRAXSEN MUSIC
 
I have faced my share of Monsters in my life. Some I created, some I borrowed, some controlled me more than I'd like to admit and some were just fate. Like everyone else, I clocked them up to experience from which I tried to learn and grow from.

Beware the monsters is a collection of my work and thoughts from the last 20 years that I have spent trying to make it in the music industry. Doing so I threw away an opportunity to represent my country at the Olympics as a prodigal for my chosen sport. For some of the lyrics I have placed commentaries with to give you an insight, while others describe themselves and the aspects of my life. Some may move you, while others show a touch of sarcasm. But above all I believe you will find a piece of yourself inside these pages and I hope they give you a chance to help your explain your feelings in a way you haven't been able to do before.

Putting this collection together has taken me through periods that I had long forgotten and in some cases I had chosen to forget. However, I do feel that I have benefited from the experience. It's been well documented that I've been a victim of chronic pain and now a sufferer of chronic pain. Chronic pain breaks you, both physically and mental. If the pain killers don't get you, your nervous system isn't degraded beyond salvation and you don't end up killing yourself, you just might have a chance.

My mother has suffered all my life, and it’s only the last 10 years where she has found a way to deal with it. She found Tai Chi and is a new person for it. It’s only been the last couple of years that we have manage to rebuild our ties and now have a strong bond. Out of all the people that have helped me through my ordeal, she is the only one who knows just what I'm going through. I myself have been a lot luckier, than my mother. I have wonderful family that understand and support me, plus a very good friend that stood there and has taken every piece of shit I threw at him and his only response was to say "I still love you; you can get rid of me that easy". He and my family stood tall when everyone else would have left, and I wouldn't blame them if they did because I was a downright asshole to them all.

Pain changes who you are both inside and outside. You can't control your body temperature and it affects your nervous system which is mostly irreversible, so I am forever indebted to them. They have save my life on a number of occasions, which is something no one should have to go through let alone your children. So if you’re prepared to take this journey with me then come inside and share my struggles, understand you're not alone. Confront my demons with me, and then confront your own.                              

Legion "Beware the Monsters" DRAXSEN                                     

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