EVERYBODY
HURTSThis page is in memory of my friend Jonathan Young who died in an accident at home on 28/9/97.
This page is a collection of poems, song lyrics and quotes which I have collected which seem a suitable dedication to Jonathan
Jonathan Young
13th January 1984 - 28th September 1997
These are 2 pictures of Jonathan. The first one is quite recent and the other is from about 2 years ago…
It's safe to turn your computer off now
Web sites and
Gigabytes and megabytes
And love bytes
And hurting bytes
Byte-ing hard
And long
And e-mails
And handles
And modems and passwords
And words that passed
And words that never passed
And won't pass between us
Again
Open file manager
Edit
View
New format
Spell check
Help
It doesn't help
You are gone
Sessions settings and
Baud rates and
Access numbers leading to
Names
And people
And chat
And connections leading to links and links to more links
And links to connections
And connections to
Disconnections
There is no command that will bring you back to life
We cannot cancel
And you cannot press escape
Your life is cut
But stored in our memory
Always there
Never deleted
There, in our random access memory
Taking up space which is you
And will always be yours
You designed a website on our minds and hearts
It has your touch
Your skill
Your mark
It has links to other places
But now links to places we cannot go
Along a path we cannot follow
(even with a 166Mhz computer
a two-button ergonomic mouse and mat
a 16-speed internal CD Rom
and the fastest modem available
and, of course, a sound card
and extra graphics
and memory that even you would find hard to fill)
now
it lies silent and untouched
the windows have closed
you have made changes to the file we call "our life" - text
we want to save those changes
it is safe to turn your computer off now.
(written by Jonathan's friends and read at his funeral)
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, It's true
Oh I love you
(You Showed Me - The Turtles)
Do not stand at his grave and weep, He is not there he do not sleep. He is a thousand winds that blow, He is the diamond glints on the snow, He is the sunlight on ripened grain, He is the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning's hush, He is the swift uplifting rush of quit birds incircled flight, He is the soft star that shine at night. Do not stand on his grave and cry he is not there he did not die.
Henning (as in Jonathan's Guestbook)
Fighting in the bathroom
Holding back the tears can make you blind
Screaming in the new room
To swallow up the sky
(Tingle Tangle - Lightning Seeds)
Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends.
(Everybody Hurts, REM)
Back in the days when we first met, those times we had I'm never gonna forget.
Eternal Love - Ant and Dec
This is for the friends and family of young Jonathan. i can not even begin to imagine your anguish, but please take heart that your son, or whatever relative or friend he was to you, was loved and respected by a lot of R.E.M. fans. His page shows incredib e talent, even for someone three times his age and it will live on---a lot of people are making sure of it. Bless you and may you eventually find some respite from the pain. *HUG* with sincere sympathy, jane
(Jane Wanklin, as in Jonathan's Guestbook)
Just like a tear when you start to cry
As the burning sun sets in the sky
Just like the river that follows the stream
There's no sleep without a dream
You'll find I'll be there
By Your Side - Ant and Dec
Sadness isn't somewhere you'd want to go without a map
Sadness isn't somewhere you'd want to go on your own
Some people like to go there on their holidays
Some people like to pretend they've never been
Some people just go in and disappear forever
And this makes everybody cry
You seem so empty
Would you like to hold my hand?
You seem so desolate
It hurts to try and understand
You talk about your life
And you cry so much
But I can only wait
And I can only watch
(It'll be fine - RUTH)
"This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen Turn to a miracle high alive My mind is racing As it always will My hand is tired my heart aches I'm half a world away"
-Berry, Buck, Mills, Stipe
If I never spoke again
Clung to my pillow
You'd have to fight on for me
If I never woke again
Drowned in my pilow
You'd have to fight on for me
Pillow - RUTH
God Bless you, Jonathan, and your family in wake of this tragedy. Your creative talent was wonderful and I will continue to leave your pictures up as my wallpaper. Thanks for giving us REM fans another viewpoint of the band and showing off your talents o the world. You will be truly missed.
(Brett Lowman, as in Jonathan's Guestbook)
Nothing's changed but nothing seems the same
Remembering a thousand things I meant to say
The past's a sea of boys and girls
Who disappeared without a word
All friends of mine who had their time, then drifted away
Touch and Go - Lightning Seeds
"It's these little things they can pull you under, Live your life filled with joy and thunder. Yeah, yeah we were all together, Lost in our little lives. Oh, sweetness follows...."
REM, Sweetness Follows
Still laughing
Don't know why
If you look outside
It'll make you cry
(Shout - Ant and Dec)
I wish I'd known you when
I could have made a change
I would have been a friend
I would have given you anything
As you touch near your heart
Are we really far apart?
Yes I know distance kills
But it can't fight love's will.
The Shape of Love - White Town
I know you'll hear us wherever you are
,no matter the place all the people who wrote you
and will write you cry this lost,
but people like you will be remembered.
(Guillermo Garcia, as in Jonathan's Guestbook)
Jonathan, I feel terrible and am deeply saddened to know that your gone. Your a great person, I only wish we had gotten to know each other more. I'll always remember you. Good bye...
(Shane, as in Jonathan's Guestbook)
When I first saw you, I already knew
There was something inside of you
Something I thought I'd never find
Angel of Mine
- Eternal
"TOO YOUNG TO DIE"
Jamiroquai
I'll take a picture of you
To remember how good you looked
Like memory it has disappeared
(Enola/Alone - Manics)
Give me one last love song
To bring you back, bring you back
Give me one last video, just dressed in black, dressed in black
Give him a chorus and that bit at the end
Where he wails on and on 'bout the loss of a friend
Let him scream loudly 'well this love could mend'
Let it die, let it die
One last love song - The Beautiful South
I really don't know what do say I'm hearbroken ;-( To everyone that loved you please stay strong. I'ts this little things that can pull you under live your live filled with joy and wonder I always knew this altogheter thunder was lost in our little lives oh,oh, but sweetness follows.
Low Desert (James Goldenstein) as in Jonathan's Guestbook
"Well, everybody is young forever.
There's so much to tell you, so little time.
I've come a long way since the whatever,
shit, I still see a word, think of you.
There is so much that I can't do, yeah.
You will be young forever.
There's so much that I can't do.
There is so much that I can't do.
...
Departure, godspeed, bless his heart, good boy."
-lyrics from R.E.M.'s "Departure"
Every Step I take, every move I make, every single day, every time I pray, I'll be missing you. Thinking of the day, when you went away, What a life to take, what a bond to break, I'll be missing you. (Puff Daddy, Faith Evans, 112)
and I don't know what you mean to me
(Strange Currencies - REM)
Love Has Passed Away
SUPERNATURALS
You are the star tonight.
Your sun electric, outta sight. Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
Everybody Hurts, REM
I really don't feel like smiling any more
And I haven't had the peace to sleep at all
Ever since you went away
Baby my whole life has changed
I don't wanna love and I don't wanna live
No, I don't wanna laugh, I don't wanna play
I don't wanna talk, I've got nothing to say
I don't wanna tour, forget the show
How can I go on, now that you are gone?
(Toni Braxton - I Don't Want To)
Everybody hurts. Take comfort in your friends.
(Everybody Hurts, REM)
JONATHAN, WE MISS YOU
XXX
Thankyou for reading my tribute to Jonathan Young.
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