Michael Lyrics

I once knew a boy, twenty years old

Living life on his own, doing nothing he was told

Hit the gym every day, future was on the way

No one saw it coming, he got tired of running

Running from something (runnin'), no one can define (runnin')

Only answer to the puzzle is locked up in his mind (locked up in his mind)

A mind misunderstood, holding it all in

At a party Friday night, next morning caught in sin

Experience a moment of silence

Experience violence through parents now childless

We've heard stories that will remain timeless

We can't be relying on death to remind us

We think our lives sometimes go roughly

Well this boy's life ended abruptly

I'm grinding my teeth, standing in my sleep

Hope your dream's complete and you're resting in peace

What causes us to take our lives? Whose choice is it to make?

Just one life is all it takes, exposing what's at stake

The stake between the heart, the living man will now depart

So lonely on his own, his final stitch is sewn

Oh brother of this Earth, please know that you are worth

More than these words can say, more than secrets, more than pain

Michael, where'd the pain come from? Tell me what have we done?

Some may say you lost the race but we all know you've won

(I can't believe he took his life)

Experience violence through parents now childless

(Whose choice was it to make?)

We can't be relying on death to remind us

(Just one life was all it takes)

Well this boy's life ended abruptly

(Exposing what's at stake)

Hope your dream's complete and you're resting in peace

Today we let a child go, today we let our crying flow

Today will mark, no not the end, he will start a new life again

Golden son this boy was one, of a kind, he can fly, he can fly

His memory won't die

Friends and family come together, come together

Mourn the loss, endure the weather, endure the weather

The breeze that blew upon your face

The breeze that came and took your place

I may not be your best of friend

But I will be here to defend

(I can't believe he took his life)

We won't forget our brethren

(Whose choice was it to make?)

The legend, the legacy

(Just one life was all it takes)

In our hearts you will be, in our hearts you will be

(Exposing what's at stake)

Mikey