This is not goodbye, just goodnight
by Kill Your Idols· from Funeral for a Feeling
At age 41, the kind was dead
it wasn't the beginning or the end
shouting for his freedom, he was silenced again
maybe for the last time
the government, just couldn't stand
to see their morals questioned
another example of non freedom of speech
"he needs to be silenced"
In 1962 he plead guilty,
to the lies of the state
after years of urging rebellion
he moved out west
a peaceful existance?, I don't think so....
retreated, lost, and beaten,
he sunk into depression....
losing battles to bottles, no money for bills,
and no will to live,
new years 1965 is when he collapsed,
and the bottle took his life
at age 43 he died alone and broke
with nothing but his family
a physical existence can be erased,
but true legends never die and where were his friends, when the end took him away?
no where to be found he gave it a
name and a direction-"rock and roll"
end: I hope its true that when we die
we can look back on what we have done
Because I think Alan Freed would be glad to know
that the rebellion still carries on
whenever someone raises their middle finger,
and goes up against the norm
I hope he knows that he didn't die in vain
it's not goodbye, it's just goodnight.