Michael

I once knew a boy, twenty years old\r\nLiving life on his own, doing nothing he was told\r\nHit the gym every day, future was on the way\r\nNo one saw it coming, he got tired of running\r\n\r\nRunning from something (runnin'), no one can define (runnin')\r\nOnly answer to the puzzle is locked up in his mind (locked up in his mind)\r\nA mind misunderstood, holding it all in\r\nAt a party Friday night, next morning caught in sin\r\n\r\nExperience a moment of silence\r\nExperience violence through parents now childless\r\nWe've heard stories that will remain timeless\r\nWe can't be relying on death to remind us\r\nWe think our lives sometimes go roughly\r\nWell this boy's life ended abruptly\r\nI'm grinding my teeth, standing in my sleep\r\nHope your dream's complete and you're resting in peace\r\n\r\nWhat causes us to take our lives? Whose choice is it to make?\r\nJust one life is all it takes, exposing what's at stake\r\nThe stake between the heart, the living man will now depart\r\nSo lonely on his own, his final stitch is sewn\r\n\r\nOh brother of this Earth, please know that you are worth\r\nMore than these words can say, more than secrets, more than pain\r\nMichael, where'd the pain come from? Tell me what have we done?\r\nSome may say you lost the race but we all know you've won\r\n\r\n(I can't believe he took his life)\r\nExperience violence through parents now childless\r\n(Whose choice was it to make?)\r\nWe can't be relying on death to remind us\r\n(Just one life was all it takes)\r\nWell this boy's life ended abruptly\r\n(Exposing what's at stake)\r\nHope your dream's complete and you're resting in peace\r\n\r\nToday we let a child go, today we let our crying flow\r\nToday will mark, no not the end, he will start a new life again\r\nGolden son this boy was one, of a kind, he can fly, he can fly\r\nHis memory won't die\r\n\r\nFriends and family come together, come together\r\nMourn the loss, endure the weather, endure the weather\r\nThe breeze that blew upon your face\r\nThe breeze that came and took your place\r\nI may not be your best of friend\r\nBut I will be here to defend\r\n\r\n(I can't believe he took his life)\r\nWe won't forget our brethren\r\n(Whose choice was it to make?)\r\nThe legend, the legacy\r\n(Just one life was all it takes)\r\nIn our hearts you will be, in our hearts you will be\r\n(Exposing what's at stake)\r\nMikey