I drew this up about a year ago. About 6 years ago I went into the hospital for suicidal ideations and when I admitted to my best friend at the time that I had been struggling, she quoted Natalie's part of Maybe to me and it stuck with me. Ever since I wanted a tattoo that reminded me of that because it meant so much to me. But I was never really sure what I wanted exactly. About 4 years ago I told my parents I wanted a tattoo based on that section and they told me to wait until I was 21 to get a tattoo. Although my friends told me to do it anyways, I decided to stick with my parents wishes. Around a year ago I wound up in the hospital again, and suddenly the idea came to me. The vocal line is "something next to normal would be okay." Yesterday I turned 21. Today I'm going to go to some tattoo parlours and look for a place to finally get the tattoo I've been waiting for 6 years to get.

Question for anyone with tattoos or tattoo artists

Okay, so I've wanted a tattoo for a long time. I've know what I've wanted, where I've wanted it, etc. but now I'm thinking maybe instead I should bring in the idea and ask the artist to come up with a design? I want to get a tattoo on my left shoulder blade that has to do with the song "Maybe (Next to Normal)" from Next to Normal. It has a lot of meaning to me as my friend quoted that song when I first told her I was suffering from depression and was going into the hospital for suicide watch. I'd also really like the idea of incorporating the mangled music staff on the album cover somehow. Is this enough info to give to the artist? Do they charge for creating a design?

So I keep being like "Okay. I'm going to talk to my parents about getting my tattoo" and then I keep chickening out guys I just want to be like "I WANT TO GET A TATTOO. I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND WHAT I WANT TO GET FOR AWHILE AND WHEN I SAY AWHILE I MEAN LIKE PROBABLY A YEAR AND I WANTED TO WAIT UNTIL I WAS EIGHTEEN TO DO IT AND I'VE TALKED TO MY MANAGER (who you guys have known for like ten-twelve years) AND SHE SAID SHE'LL HELP SET UP AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE GUY SHE GETS THEM WITH AND THIS ISN'T REALLY ME ASKING FOR PERMISSION SO MUCH AS IT IS ME JUST HOPING FOR YOU BEING LIKE OKAY IT'S YOUR CHOICE"

I just really want this tattoo.

For those of you who don't know, I want to get a N2N-inspired tattoo on my right back/shoulder blade. When I was first going into the hospital, I had not told one of my best friends everything that was happening with my mental issues and all that and it was breaking my heart. So I told her I was going to the mental ER and she quoted Maybe (Next to Normal) to me and it's always really stuck with me. So, I want to get the crazy music staff at the top of the album art with the words "Something next to normal would be okay" written in cursive. That moment has always really stuck with me and for the past year or so I've wanted to get a tattoo to remember those words of encouragement, and remind me that I have gotten past everything that's happened to me and I can continue to remind myself that it's okay to suffer, it's okay to not be "normal" by society's standards. It's okay.

Is there anyone here who's a good artist who'd be able to help me draw a Next to Normal-inspired tattoo?

I want to get a tattoo on my left (or right?) shoulder. I want to get the Next to Normal mangled music staff that appears on the top of the album/cover art with the lyrics "something next to normal would be okay" around it (or all above or all below). Would there be anyone who'd like to help?

So I finally thought about what I want to get for a Next to Normal tattoo.

I want to get the mangled music staff at the top of the N2N album art with the quote "something next to normal would be okay" but I'm not sure where. Maybe my lower back? If I want something on my shoulder, it would probably be more likely to be something Ordinary Days related.

For the story behind this, you can check the read more:

trigger warnings: suicide, self-harm, mental illness

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