They Lied...

After viewing the media circus surrounding the death of Micheal Jackson this last week, I kept thinking af a song by one of my favorite bands. "Godspeed" by Anberlin sums up what I was thinking quite nicely. Back when I worked for PCTV, I got the chance to interview the band and I asked them about this song. They said, (paraphrasing) "Imagine the great songs the were still floating around in Kurt Cobain's head when he died. What other musical jems could Elvis have given us? Jim Morrisson? Sid Vicious? All taken early beacuse of drugs and alcohol." I could not agree more. So much potential is lost becasue of substance abuse. I have seen it destroy the lives of memebers of my own family. Here's the video, and the lyrics are posted below- follow along for a great message:

Anberlin - Godspeed

Lyrics:

Burning down neverland (scatter the ashes)
White lines black tar the matches
Is this another death by misadventure?
Tell me what you got, what you really got
Lexington cross your veins
Sleepers can't just wake the dead
When needles and lovers collapse on guilty beds

Fall asleep, don't fall asleep
Don't fall asleep

(They lied when they said the good die young)

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
stay with me, stay with me tonight

Burning down bridges now (scatter the ashes)
Godspeed to all your after
Is this a life left just to remember?
Tell them who you were, who you really were
Kill yourself slowly over time, fashion statement suicide
She's still asleep in a Chelsea hotel
Bad turns to worse, and the worst turns into hell

Fall asleep, don't fall asleep
Don't fall asleep

(God save the eyes that dim tonight)

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!

THEY LIED WHEN THEY SAID THE GOOD DIE YOUNG!
Stay with me, stay with me tonight