don't back down

Goodbye

To Chester Bennington:

[April Potter]
You left this world today,
Although we wish you'd stayed.
We're gonna miss you every day,
Because you helped us feel okay.
And to think, you went away,
Four months after your birthday.
You left us way too soon,
But I think we still see the same moon.
And I hope you're doing alright,
And that you finally see the light.

I didn't know you personally,
But your songs always helped me.
I just really wish you'd seen,
How great life can be.
After the music that you sang,
I'm writing a song you'll never hear.
And I hope it'll make a bang,
That it doesn't fall on deaf ears.
Because suicide's popular these days,
And all these people need to stay.
Because every single life is precious,
I was raised that way.

Your songs helped us through tough times,
The world will always listen to your rhymes.
We feel bad that nobody ever realized,
You were slowly dying inside.
We thought that you'd conquered your demons,
But they were just hiding, waiting to get even.
They were stewing and you were heating,
They were covered up, not fully defeated.
We hope you're in a much better place,
Away from the cruelty of the human race.

[Jacob Bentley]
We hope you get a break,
And find a good place.
You helped us find our own face,
While you left the human race.
I wish that wasn't the case,
But you left without a trace.

BUT FUCK SOME PEOPLE, you can rest.
You inspired me and the human race.
You left me with my soul.
You left your brothers at Linkin Park,
Now they are thinking dark.
I loved music and now I feel so far,
And I must say goodbye.
To our families that passed, please say hi.