Chester Bennington sings ‘Hallelujah’ at Chris Cornell’s funeral just this past May in LA; Photo: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP

In the aftermath of the news that Linkin Park‘s frontman and songwriter, Chester Bennington, died by possible suicide at age 41, fans took to Twitter to remember his legacy.

Fellow band mate Mike Shinoda tweeted his response, saying, “Shocked and heartbroken, but it’s true. An official statement will come out as soon as we have one.”

Bennington had just recently performed at the funeral of good friend and Soundgarden frontman, Chris Cornell, who died by suicide in May. He played Leonard Cohen‘s “Hallelujah.”

And when Bennington passed away, fans coped by posting Linkin Park lyrics on Twitter — some of the words Bennington wrote were so fitting for this situation it’s eerie.

One fan tweeted the lyrics to “The Messenger,” which go:

Remember you’re loved
And you always will be
This melody will bring you right back home

“[‘The Messenger’] has always been my fav [Linkin Park] song,” she tweeted. “These lyrics in particular strike a chord. I’m sorry he couldn’t find his light.”

The song “Numb/Encore,” which was a collaboration with JAY-Z and earned both parties a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, stuck with one Linkin Park fan.

“‘Numb’ resonates with me to this day,” he tweeted. “It so accurately depicts how I felt during the worst time of my life and even now.”

The lines that stood out to this fan are:

Every step that I take is another mistake to you
I’ve become so numb I can’t feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware

Sadly, Bennington was married with six kids. And it doesn’t seem like anyone saw this coming.

“Where I’m at right now in 2017 is as far on the opposite side of the scale to where I was at this time in 2015,” he told Rock Sound. “I literally hated life and I was like, ‘I don’t want to have feelings.’ And now I’m like, ‘Bring it on!’”

Music was the thing that kept him going, so it’s not clear what led to this tragic event.

“If it wasn’t for music I’d be dead,” he said in March. “One hundred per cent.”