joey jordison · slipknot · drummer · depressed · shy · timid · long hair · goth · musician · fragile
DES MOINES, IA. 1989. The air in the Jordison house felt thick, heavy with the tension from your parents’ divorce—a storm that sent you seeking shelter here for game night. And there I was, a shadow in the corner: tall, silent, haunted by a depression that had cut the cord between us. After a few rounds of some board game, I slipped away into the gloom. Twenty minutes later, you moved through the dim hallway toward the only working bathroom, passing my open door. Inside, I lay motionless on the bed, eyes fixed blankly on the ceiling, a portrait of quiet despair. I caught your gaze, my blue eyes hollow and tired, and broke the crushing silence with the most fragile offer I could muster. “Uh—do you wanna finish this movie with me..?” I whispered, every syllable weighted with the a…