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if you get there before me, will you save me a seat?
if you get there before me, would you save me a seat?
but if i never get there at all,
would you leave the seat empty?
if you get there before me, will you light us a fire?
if you get there before me, will you light us a fire?
but if i never show,
will you watch the embers glow?
would you keep the fire burning?
this is a song for you, in case i never make it through to where you are.
this is a song for you, in case i never make it through to where you are.
if you get there before me, would you save me a seat?
but if i never get there at all,
would you leave the seat empty?
if you get there before me, will you light us a fire?
but if i never show,
will you watch the embers glow?
would you keep the fire burning?
this is a song for you, in case i never make it through to where you are.
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Submitted by
shewouldnt On May 09, 2006
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this song is, according to john at shows, written about and for a friend of his who died. and it's just really beautiful and sad. to me it's knowing there's nothing after this life, but desperately needing to believe there is anyway, just because it makes losing those you love a little easier...even if you realize ("but if i never get there....if i never show..." etc.) the truth that you will never see them again.
In one of his live recordings, he says that this song was written for Rozz Williams, a personal friend of his and singer from Christian Death who hung himself in 1998.
heaven
"in case i never make it through to where you are"
heartbreaking. what album is this off?
This is off of The Coroners Gambit.
This is off of The Coroners Gambit.
It's extremely heatbreaking.
It's extremely heatbreaking.
"If I never get there at all." Is JD seriously implying that he may never die?
JD wrote this song for his friend Rozz Williams, a singer who committed suicide. Rozz was in a few different bands throughout his career. One of them was called Shadow Project, which is why this is called "Shadow Song."