suicide is painless
Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be
The pains that are withheld for me
I realize and I can see
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
Try to find a way to make
All our little joys relate
Without that ever present hate
But now I know that it's too late
And that suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The game of life is hard to play
I'm going to lose it anyway
The losing card I'll someday lay
So this is all I have to say
That suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The only way to win is cheat
And lay it down before I'm beat
And to another give a seat
For that's the only painless feat
'Cause suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
The sword of time will pierce our skins
It doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works it's way on in
The pain grow stronger watch it grin
For suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please
A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."
Cause suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please;
And you can do the same thing if you please.
Mike Altman & Johnny Mandell
When I was younger I could never understand why someone wouldn't want to live - not in my heart anyway. In the back of my mind suicide just wasn't normal. It went against the instincts to live. I suppose I could see some logical reason that someone may want to end their life. After all people had committed suicide in the past. But still, I never understood why someone would want to end their own life. I still don't think that I understand that feeling totally, but lately I have begun to understand that feeling just a little bit more a loneliness or a helplessness that isn't easily dispelled. I don't know if I will ever understand that feeling fully. I don't know if I would want to. But, I think I can understand why someone may want to commit suicide now. I don't want to commit suicide now and I hope that I ever will. I just think that I may understand that that feeling can exist in a person.