Six years ago today I was woken up to the phone call telling me my grandfather had decided to end his life by shooting himself in a parking lot down by the river. I will never forget that moment for the rest of my life and how each and every day I find myself still asking why. Rascall Flatts just came out with a song not to long ago about a teenager committing suicide.
Here are the lyrics:
Why? by Rascall Flatts
You must have been in a place so dark
You couldn't feel the light
Reaching for you through that stormy cloud
Now here we are gathered in our little home town
This cant be the way you meant to draw a crowd
Oh why, that's what I asking
Was there anything i could have said or done
Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
God only knows what went wrong
and why you'd leave the stage in the middle of a song
Now in my mind ill keep you frozen as a 17 year old
Rounding third to score the winning run
You always played with passion no matter what the game
When you took the stage you shined just like the sun
Oh why that's what I keep asking
Was there anything I could have said or done
Oh I had no clue you were masking a troubled soul
Oh God only knows what went wrong
and why you would leave the stage in the middle of a song
Yeahhhhh
Now the oak trees a swaying in the early autumn breeze
The golden sun is shining on my face
Tangled thoughts i hear the mocking bird sing
this old world really ain't that bad a place
Oh there's no comprehending and who am i to try to judge or explain
But I do have one burning question
Who told you life wasn't worth the fight
They were wrong
They lied
Now your gone and we cry
Its just not like you to walk away in the middle of a song
Your beautiful song
Your absolutely beautiful song
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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I'm sorry for the continued pan of your loss.
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