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Written by me on April 17, 1987. My best friend Shawn committed suicide on October 14, 2000. But it wasn't the first time he tried. I wrote this for him after the second time he tried (first was pills, second was a scissors that he ended up cutting me with as I tried to stop him). I don't know if it was the song or the fact that he accidentally cut me or none of the above (most likely none of the above), but something staved him off for another 13 and a half years.

I miss him, 20 years on.

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Never say goodbye, life is not a lie
Stick around a while, let us see your smile

Let your feelings go
We've all been hurt, this I know

Never say goodbye, lean on me my friend
I'll comfort when you cry, please don't let it end

My shoulder is here for you when you're feeling blue
You started at this pace, now just finish the race

Life is such a precious thing
A gift from god, to it we cling

Never say goodbye, I am here for you
I'll comfort when you cry, just start with me anew

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from Archive Volume One: 1987​-​1988, released December 28, 2020
Music and Lyrics by Brad James Beske
All instruments and vocals by Brad James Beske

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Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey

Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more

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