Artist: Roger Long
Key Signature:
Time Signature: 4/4
Artist's Description
A friend died recently and there was a suspicion of suicide as he was found on the sofa with an empty wine bottle and an empty pill bottle.The autopsy took 3 weeks and in that time I wondered how someone I spoke to weekly, 50 years old, could 'out of the blue' take their own life. There was talk of mental health issues which had never been apparent to me? How, after being very close to someone for more than 30 years, could I not have been aware all was not right?Eventually the autopsy revealed he had fallen and died from bleeding of the brain...not a suicide! He probably fell and retired to the sofa to recover....but never did. This song relates the feelings I had in the period before the autopsy...when I reflected on our times together and thought I had failed him at the end by not noticing his struggles.It made me consider how many of my friends are reaching the end of their lives and I added some reflections on those life long relationships also....so everything in the song is true and actually happened in real life.
Genre(s): Country, General Country, General Easy Listening, Contemporary Folk
Mood(s): Haunting, Introspective, Melancholic, Mournful, Sad
Style(s): Ballad
Tempo: 60-85 BPM
Language(s): English
Instrument(s): Singer songwriter ( Small band, Vocal + Guitar, Piano, Bass , etc)
Vocal Type(s): Male Vocals
File Type: MP3
* Audio may contain AI generated content
Key Signature:
Time Signature: 4/4
Artist's Description
A friend died recently and there was a suspicion of suicide as he was found on the sofa with an empty wine bottle and an empty pill bottle.The autopsy took 3 weeks and in that time I wondered how someone I spoke to weekly, 50 years old, could 'out of the blue' take their own life. There was talk of mental health issues which had never been apparent to me? How, after being very close to someone for more than 30 years, could I not have been aware all was not right?Eventually the autopsy revealed he had fallen and died from bleeding of the brain...not a suicide! He probably fell and retired to the sofa to recover....but never did. This song relates the feelings I had in the period before the autopsy...when I reflected on our times together and thought I had failed him at the end by not noticing his struggles.It made me consider how many of my friends are reaching the end of their lives and I added some reflections on those life long relationships also....so everything in the song is true and actually happened in real life.
Genre(s): Country, General Country, General Easy Listening, Contemporary Folk
Mood(s): Haunting, Introspective, Melancholic, Mournful, Sad
Style(s): Ballad
Tempo: 60-85 BPM
Language(s): English
Instrument(s): Singer songwriter ( Small band, Vocal + Guitar, Piano, Bass , etc)
Vocal Type(s): Male Vocals
File Type: MP3
* Audio may contain AI generated content
