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“I Still Get To Live”

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“I Still Get To Live” – Bio

David Eric Grohl
Born January 14, 1969
Founder, frontman, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and primary songwriter of the rock band Foo Fighters since 1994, and was the best-known and longest-serving drummer for Nirvana from 1990 to 1994, when they broke up, following the death of Kurt Cobain.

“I Still Get To Live” – Dedication

… this post is dedicated to those who want to call it a day, those who called it a day, and to the shrapnel who hits everyone else …

“I Still Get To Live” – Thoughts

when Kurt died, I remember the next day

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and thinking I still get to live

so I’m going to live every day

like its my last one

even if it’s the worst day

I’m going to try and appreciate it

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“Suicide Is (Not) Painless”

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“Suicide Is (Not) Painless” – Bio

“Suicide Is Painless
Written by Johnny Mandel (music) and Mike Altman (lyrics),
Theme song for both the movie and TV series M*A*S*H

“Suicide Is (Not) Painless” – Note

Mike Altman is the son of the original film’s director, Robert Altman, and was 14 years old when he wrote the song’s lyrics.

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Robert Altman had two stipulations about the song for Mandel: first, it had to be called “Suicide Is Painless”; second, it had to be the “stupidest song ever written”.

Altman tried to write the lyrics himself, but found that it was too difficult for his 45-year-old brain to write “stupid enough”.

Instead he gave the task to his 14-year-old-son, Michael, who wrote the lyrics in five minutes.

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During an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1980s, Robert Altman said that while he only made $70,000 for having directed the movie, his son (Mike) had earned more than $1 million for having co-written the song.

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“Something To Believe In”

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and give me something to believe in

Something To Believe In – Bio

Bret Michael Sychak
Born March 15, 1963
American Musician, Actor, Director, Screenwriter, Producer,

Something To Believe In – Dedication

… this post is dedicated to believing that the past is gone and it should be left there, to believing that the future will be okay when it arives, and to believing that the present will show me people who believe the same …
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Something To Believe In – Background

“With “Something To Believe In” I wrote that late at night after a friend (James Kimo Maano, a security guard and best friend of Bret Michaels) of mine passed away a couple of Christmas’ ago.

I was at my mom’s house for Christmas when we got the call and it was late at night. That really affected,” he says as his voice trails off.

The song emphasizes several different things, such as the televangelism scandals, the thoughts of a Vietnam veteran and how he can never seem to shake the memories of “a war he can’t forget,” the recent death of a friend, and seeing the homeless on a street at night, dimly lit by a neon sign that once spelled out “Jesus Saves” and how it seems that the lessons of yesterday are forgotten on the world of today.

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Well I see him on the TV
Preachin’ ’bout the promised lands
He tells me to believe in Jesus
And steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah

Twenty-two years of mental tears
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
To find his country didn’t want him back

Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
Our lawyers took his wife and kids, No regrets
In a time I don’t remember
In a war he can’t forget

He cried forgive me for
What I’ve done there
‘Cause I never meant the things I did

And give me something to believe in
If there’s a Lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, Lord arise

My best friend died a lonely man
In some Palm Springs hotel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve
And they told me the news

I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place

And the mirror, mirror on the wall
Sees my smile it fades again

And give me something to believe in
If there’s a Lord above
And give me something to believe in
Oh, Lord arise

Sometimes I wish to God
I didn’t know now
The things I didn’t know then

Road, you gotta take me home

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I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
Like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign
That used to read Jesus Saves

A mile away live the rich folks
And I see how they’re living it up
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
The rich is drinkin’ from a golden cup

And it just makes me wonder
Why so many lose, so few win

Something To Believe In – Video

Give me something to believe in

(Give me something to believe in)

Give me something to believe in

(Give me something to believe in)

If there’s a Lord above

And give me something to believe in

(You take the high road and I’ll take the low road)

Oh Lord

And give me something to believe in

(You take the high road and I’ll take the low road)

Oh Lord arise

(You take the high road and I’ll take the low road)

And give me something to believe in

(You take the high road and I’ll take the low road)

And give me something to believe in, yeah, yeah

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“We Each Owe A Death”

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… we each owe a death … there are no exceptions … but oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long …

“We Each Owe A Death” – Stephen King

Stephen King (“Paul Edgecomb, The Green Mile”)
Born September 21, 1947
American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy.

“We Each Owe A Death” – Stephen King – Note

Stephen King’s books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows, and comic books.

He has published 54 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and six non-fiction books. He has written nearly 200 short stories, most of which have been collected in book collections. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. His novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption was the basis for the movie The Shawshank Redemption which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.

“We Each Owe A Death” – Stephen King – The Green Mile

The Green Mile won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996. In 1997, The Green Mile was nominated as Best Novel for the British Fantasy Award and the Locus Award.

Frank Darabont adapted the novel into a screenplay for a feature film of the same name. Released in 1999, the film was directed by Darabont and starred Tom Hanks as Paul Edgecombe and Michael Clarke Duncan as John Coffey. The setting is changed from 1932 to 1935 in order to include the film Top Hat, which doesn’t appear in the book.

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From left to right, Frank Darabont, Stephen King, and Tom Hanks on the set of the Green Mile.

“We Each Owe A Death” – Ending

… one thought – more than any other – keeps awake most nights …

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… if he could keep a mouse alive, how much longer do I have? …

… we each owe a death … there are no exceptions …

… but oh God, sometimes the Green Mile seems so long …

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