Story Behind The Song

I worked with the person he was a friend and colleague

Song Description

Its a song about a person who gave up on life after depression. No one really knew he was so badly depressed. Despite help from his work colleagues and friends he took his own life.

Lyrics

Goodbye
Words and Music: Pete White

Time 3:32

You hid your fears
Those clouds were black and breaking
There?s no reprieve
No chance of re-awaking
It?s done your gone
Those demons dark that you fought
Have won, we mourn
A life that was too short

They were not clear
We'd no idea
Those inner battles
Your hidden fear
We shed a tear
You fought alone

We did not see
The strangers you were fighting
It did not show (it didn?t show)
Hidden so we couldn't know
How then were we
To help you when we couldn?t see
The seeds were sown
You chose to fight alone

Life, life was worth the fight
You chose eternal night
And with it endless peace
Your permanent release
We will not forget you
So my friend goodbye
Its goodbye
Its goodbye
Its goodbye

Gone was your strength
When the ties within life faltered
Our strength with yours
May well have, helped you win those wars
We'll never know
The fight is done, you had to go
Who bears the cost
Of a life let go and lost




Life, life was worth the fight
You chose eternal night
And with it endless peace
Your permanent release
We will not forget you
So my friend goodbye
Its goodbye
Its goodbye
Its goodbye