One of my good friend's funeral is today. I'm missing it because i no longer live in the same place. hers was breast cancer...

indeedy —-

Pure genius

... Then imagine the morning of her death, the impossible grief, the impossible distance stretching between that very moment and the next smile. On top of it all are questions of maintaining faith in the midst of loss...

I dont know anything about the universe. However, there is one all powerful sentiment that I believe gives meaning and value to human life, regardless of your chosen perspectice; it is love. I dont care how you claim to see everything, but without love you would be (will be...maybe are) completely miserable. THIS SONG, THIS POEM, SPEAKS THAT SOLITARY TRUTH MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN MOST ANYTHING I HAVE EVER READ/HEARD. Granted, its relevence is certainly related to my own past, but how on earth could you fail to find meaning in its content. The story is so simple and so rich; the beautiful complexity of its message lies right beneath the surface. Truly you must not have peered below the surface: Boy meets girl, they become friends, more than friends, then she develops BONE CANCER. Given their youth, their humanity, they cannot understand the depth of the events that envelop them. So what does the boy do? He KISSES her. They sleep together, perhaps she even loses her virginity. What an incredible expression of the emotions, the experiences, that neither person can hope to comprehend. Imagine falling desperately in love with someone you are bound to lose within months. Imagine the intensity of LIVING with the revocation of the life mattering most to you lingering just over the horizon as the sheer rotation of the earth inevitably moves you closer to the moment of utter loss. Then imagine the morning of her death, the impossible grief, the impossible distance stretching between that very moment and the next smile. On top of it all are questions of maintaining faith in the midst of loss and the role of the father as protector of his daughter's innocence days/months before her expected demise (imagine HIS struggle with conventional parenting and the new rules he must now consider: of what negative consequence is his daughter in danger of reeping by spending a night with the boy she loves.) I dont know man...there's more here than a banal trupet solo.

Note: I realize the "girl" could be a young boy. In my opinion, this changes nothing. I dig chicks, so i imagined a young girl of highschoolish age. Also, I registered here solely bc I was so traumatized by this and a few other comments. Cmon people, reevaluate what means most to you.

I don't think it's possible for this guy to get any more feminine-sounding. 

I don't think it's possible for this guy to get any more feminine-sounding. 

I dont know anything about the universe. However, there is one all powerful sentiment that I believe gives meaning and value to human life, regardless of your chosen perspectice; it is love. I dont care how you claim to see everything, but without love you would be (will be...maybe are) completely miserable. THIS SONG, THIS POEM, SPEAKS THAT SOLITARY TRUTH MORE BEAUTIFULLY THAN MOST ANYTHING I HAVE EVER READ/HEARD. Granted, its relevence is certainly related to my own past, but how on earth could you fail to find meaning in its content. The story is so simple and so rich; the beautiful complexity of its message lies right beneath the surface. Truly you must not have peered below the surface: Boy meets girl, they become friends, more than friends, then she develops BONE CANCER. Given their youth, their humanity, they cannot understand the depth of the events that envelop them. So what does the boy do? He KISSES her. They sleep together, perhaps she even loses her virginity. What an incredible expression of the emotions, the experiences, that neither person can hope to comprehend. Imagine falling desperately in love with someone you are bound to lose within months. Imagine the intensity of LIVING with the revocation of the life mattering most to you lingering just over the horizon as the sheer rotation of the earth inevitably moves you closer to the moment of utter loss. Then imagine the morning of her death, the impossible grief, the impossible distance stretching between that very moment and the next smile. On top of it all are questions of maintaining faith in the midst of loss and the role of the father as protector of his daughter's innocence days/months before her expected demise (imagine HIS struggle with conventional parenting and the new rules he must now consider: of what negative consequence is his daughter in danger of reeping by spending a night with the boy she loves.) I dont know man...there's more here than a banal trumpet solo.

Note: I realize the "girl" could be a young boy. In my opinion, this changes nothing. I dig chicks, so i imagined a young girl of highschoolish age. Also, I registered here solely bc I was so traumatized by this and a few other comments. Cmon people, reevaluate what means most to you.

... And then come here and post a barf picture ...

Never have liked this guy, saw him at Sasquatch, still don't care for him...

I'll continue to hit the mute button when I hear him.

This has to be one of the saddest songs ever... right up there with Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun"...

This certainly is a beautiful track though.

I never get tired of this song, its just achingly beautiful. I am a big fan (thanks Bill for introducing me to Sufjan). This song gets me every time; I just have to stop what I am doing and listen. Perfect Sufjan a simple story over laying so many deeper thoughts and emotions.

And you would only collect species you thought were ugly, just so you could remember how much you disliked them.