My Phantom Limb

He was just a good person

It didn't have to end this way

But he lost his connection

With the day to day

I guess he couldn't fathom

Pushing that boulder back up the hill

Or to watch it roll back down again

Now it's all so still

I remember our times together

It seems like yesterday

When we would fight and wrestle

As children we did play.

He taught me all about music

He sang so sad and sweet

I wished that I could be him once

I should be the one in defeat.

Ever since Michael did it

Dangling from a door.

I always thought that I would follow

And land upon that sullen shore.

But David, he was so special

So full of energy

But manic begets depression

It's just a matter of degree.

Why didn't he call me?

Why didn't he recall?

He'd been down before, so low

This he coulda oughta shoulda forestalled

All I'm left with are questions

But I cannot be angry with him

I've been there too my brother

You will be my phantom limb.