Sorry for the long-winded comment here… but…
The Original “Last Resort” quite literally saved me.
My Highschool years, 1996 - 2000. Early years of Highschool, i was hit with a sudden medical issue that essentially had my lungs randomly collapse in a strangely alternating fashion every 2 weeks (ie: first the right, then the left, then right again). Result after the 4th one was a surgery over the summer between Freshman and Sophomore year. Fast-forward to my Sr year, and the problem came back, only when it came back, it nearly took me in my sleep (though i managed to be to stubborn to lay there and die and managed to claw my way back from the brink till the EMS that responded could help the rest of the way). Needless to say, i was in seriously deep spirits facing yet another ‘gauntlet’ of what i thought i had already beat.
Then Last Resort came out, and something in that song snagged me. I found myself one night, prior to a 2nd, more severe surgery being planned/scheduled after yet another collapse, sitting on the edge of my bed in my room at 2am with Last Resort playing on repeat, spinning a 8in hunting knife between my hands. I was simply ‘tired of fighting’, despite having quite literally fighting to live just a few weeks before.
A Combination of Last Resort, and my own stubbornness, and a dash of the values my parents had instilled in me, is what kept me from falling to those daemons. Stubbornness and being brought up to ‘not harm those you care about’ (which in the back of my mind i knew would happen if i lost that fight) gave me the resistance, but Last Resort gave me the outlet to quietly scream at while i fought that silent battle in my head. 5:46 - 6:30 (your video’s timestamps) WAS my battle that night. Feeling as if i could not go on knowing i’d be facing yet another lung collapse in another 2 weeks, then another in a further 2 weeks, and on and on. “i cant go on, living this way” as the lyric says.
Ronnie’s Reimagined version of this song is what " I " lived though. Its what " I " was hearing when i heard the original. And the final bit of his Video, with all the walls rebuilding themselves, is what the song did ‘for’ me all those years ago. Crawling my way back to my feet and telling the doorman at death’s door “no, im not ready yet.”
THIS is how i felt when i heard the original… THIS is what i was hearing when i heard that original song… its what gave me the courage to not back down and give up.
Yes i was ‘head-banging’ to the original (i even do the same to this version, just at a more sedated pace), but the feelings THIS song give… are what i was dealing with at that moment…
Many people ‘rocked out’ to Last Resort. It was their ‘angry escape’ song of sorts from everything from a bad day at school, looing a game, or just angry at life in general. For some of us, it had an entirely different meaning. Ronnie Captures THAT side of the song that those of us who latched onto it as a lifeline felt with this Reimagined version.