Please forgive my emotional intensity in this song sharing. This song is very close to my heart with an important message that needs to be shared about a subject that gets swept under the rug.
In a flood of tears, I penned this song within the first hour of finding out about Neil's suicide. After his passing, I felt his spirit visit me to say that he'd made a terrible mistake (but he couldn't take it back). His soul wanted me to try to prevent more unnecessary deaths.
The hairs on my skin still rise every time I play this song. Can you feel it too?
The song is an invitation to feel deeply about those that have left us, whilst reminding us about the philosophical understanding of the 'waves in life' & to communicate about what we are feeling inside...
This is dedicated to all who have survived the black dog of depression. If you're feeling down or having thoughts of self-harm, don't be embarrassed or shy or afraid, please contact your country's suicide prevention hotline right now!
30% of sales of this song go to Suicide Prevention Australia.
Lyrics
Silence (Waves of Life)
Spoken word intro:
We go through the waves of life.
We go through the up waves. The good times.
We go through the bad times. The down waves.
Nothing lasts.
The good times don’t last. The bad times don’t last.
It’s the cycles of nature.
Sometimes, when some of us are in those low waves, those low times, they can forget that the good times are coming back, like my friend Neil, my friend Pat (also good friends Evren, Daryl, Krystle).
So I find it really important to say that we must communicate how we’re feeling inside.
A problem shared is a problem halved….
Verse 1:
Neil, my friend,
What made you feel so bad that you had to make it end?
Neil, my friend,
What made you feel so sad that you couldn’t bend?
Pre-chorus:
Did you have to break?
Did you have to break?
Chorus:
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Lean on me,
Lean on someone today.
Verse 2:
Neil, my friend,
What message were you trying to send?
Neil, my friend,
What made you feel so bad? So sad.
Pre-chorus:
Did you have to break?
Did you have to break?
Chorus:
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Lean on me,
Lean on someone today
Pre-chorus:
Did you have to break?
Did you have to break?
Chorus:
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Silence is not the way,
Lean on me,
Lean on someone today.
Today. Today.
Neil, my friend, we miss you.
Kneel, my friend, before the altar of your mind.
If you want to hear the album version, which is really powerful, click this link:
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Credits
From the album, Waves of Life, released October 25, 2016
Instruments: vocals, acoustic 6 string guitar & fx, electronic foot-drum kit - Nathan Kaye
Written, performed, recorded, produced and mixed by Nathan Kaye at Dreamseeds Sound Design Studio.
Stem mix and master by Michael Stavrou
© Nathan Kaye 2002
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