Never Too Late By Adam Gontier

Growing up I was raised on classical rock and alternative rock music with a little bit of rock and Eminem sprinkled here and there. It seems rock has been the only one to really stick with me. My favorite band has been Three Days Grace for as long as I can remember and it is mostly their music I turn to in times of distress.”Never Too Late” has been and always will be my favorite song by them. It helped me overcome a dark time in my life.
The singer Adam Gontier developed an addiction to the prescription drug OxyContin In 2005. When he was in rehab he wrote the song"Never Too Late" about becoming sober. In the beginning of the song he says, “This world will never be what I expected, And if I don't belong who would have guessed it?” To me this was the opening that really made me feel connected. I was in middle school struggling to fit in and I never really felt that I belonged there. It was good to know I was not the only one who
felt they did not belong.
I sunk into a deep depression after being with someone who did not treat me right and made me feel as if I were worthless both about myself and my appearance.
I had been self harming years prior to the experience but what he said pushed me to my breaking point. He said that nobody would ever like or love me with cuts and scars scattered along my body and that I was a freak. I figured he must have been right and I tried to take own life that night.
In the first verse of the chorus Gontier says, “Even if I say it'll be alright, still I hear you say you want to end your life” That is how I felt when my attempt did not work. I felt useless because I could not do anything right. The second verse of the chorus is what got me through it, he says, “Now and again we try to just stay alive”. I figured thats is all that I could really do at this point. I struggled through each day as I lazily passed from class to class in a hazy dream like state. After school I would go home and fight myself not to pick up the blade again, I often lost that
fight. In the last verse of the chorus he goes on to say, “Maybe we'll turn it all around 'cause it's not too late, it's never too late”. Throughout the entirety of the song this was the message it had for me. Even though I was not struggling with a drug addiction, I had my own darkness to overcome. I knew then that I was the only one that could do anything to change my life and finally beat depression. Over the months that passed I slowly progressed and got a little bit better. This song and this band has been through it all and it was this song that helped me take action and change my life for the better.
In November of 2011 I put down my blade for good and promised myself to never self harm again, no matter what. I know now that it is never too late to change your old habits and that although it may be difficult you can overcome anything if you really want to. In 2008 the band released their third album "Life Starts Now". Without this album I am not sure if I would have recovered from self harm or beat depression. The sound was new, fresh like the unturned pages of a new book. After all, it was a new chapter for the band and for me. This album took a more positive approach and really changed my outlook on life. This album kind of took the last with a new perspective and more of a positive message. Through this album I learned to love myself and the life I was given. And I will always remember that no matter how hard anything in life seems it is "Never Too Late."