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I wrote this soon after a co-worker broke up with his girlfriend and he decided to put a bullet in his head. After this incident, I was surprised how many people were angry about it, about him ending his life. I, on the other hand, felt sadness and sense of personal loss. Of course, an act of suicide is frowned upon in society as selfish, but when one truly thinks about it, it's actually an act of loneliness and hopelessness. (And I'm not including religious fanatics or acts of heroism, either of which would have totally different connotations behind it.) I miss my co-worker and friend. He and I would BS about what the new working day would bring and we always joked about it. I never saw this coming, and I think that is most frightening of all for me. (Within a year after I wrote this song, I developed my own bouts of depression, so I now have a better understanding of the condition.)
This is song #581.

Recorded at The CELL BLOCK Studio in Auburn, WA.

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You Found Solace When You Lost Yourself;
A Guidance You Couldn’t Cope.
It Grounded You To The Endings Of Life,
Which Stopped And Gave No Hope.

Suicide Can Shorten A Life,
Long Before It Is Gone.
It Can Blind All The Love With The Strife,
Making Truth Seem Wrong.
(Solo)
Suicide Won’t End All The Blame.
The Memories Live In Your Friends.
And As A Family Copes With The Pain,
Your Spirit Never Will End.

A Friend's Suicide Brings On The Fears,
It’s A Darkness That Dwells;
And As We Fight Through The Sorrow Of Tears,
We Reflect On Ourselves.

You Left Hope Alone In The Dark.
A Chill Blows Quietly Through Air,
And As The World Slowly Passes On By,
We Still Wish You Were Here.

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from REFLECTIONS TO IMAGES (2024 Remaster), released October 20, 2014
Wayde K. Brown

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The Santairs Auburn, Washington

I am a musician, singer, and songwriter doing this part-time but have been doing it all my life. I started singing before I could talk at the age of one, and wrote my first real song at 15 years of age. (If you count avant-garde as a song, then the age would be 7.) I currently own my own recording studio; and I write, perform, and record my own music (and other's from time to time.) I am Santairs. ... more

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