EVERYBODY HURTS

This 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.  Don't throw your hand.  Oh, no.  Don't throw your hand.
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
 
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on.

(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 a sound clip of 'Fruity Organ', the REM song played at Jonathan's funeral. 

 

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
but I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on

(Strange Currencies - REM)

 

Love Has Passed Away
Today I woke up with a headache
I took some pills but I don't think that I'm ready
To face the truth in world without you
I'm so tired, I turned on the TV,
But it's just not the same when you're not here with me
To laugh at my jokes,
Put a stick in my spokes, well
Love has passed away
But I visit it's grave every day

SUPERNATURALS

 

You are the star tonight. Your sun electric, outta sight. Your light eclipsed the moon tonight.
Elecrolite. (REM)

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone,
when you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on.
Don't let yourself go, everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes.

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.  Don't throw your hand.  Oh, no.  Don't throw your hand.
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you are not alone
 
If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long,
when you think you've had too much of this life to hang on.

(Everybody Hurts, REM)

JONATHAN, WE MISS YOU

XXX

Thankyou for reading my tribute to Jonathan Young.

If you have anything you would like added to this page, mail it to D2218105@infotrade.co.uk

FIONA

 

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