Had this li'l country death metal song that seemed like it might fit the 'missing" challenge thing. It's about a suicide... Link is www.soundclick.com/share?songid=9144855. lyrics follow. The band will be doing this one tomorrow at the "Rocktoberfest."

Joe

[4/4, standard death metal beat]

ANGEL IN CHAINS
--J. Wrabek

1.
I left you lying under the bus
After I was sure you weren’t waking up
I heard you say that you’d had enough
And nothing was going to change…
They’ll take your head and cut it open wide
And try to figure out why you died
And see if there’s anything left inside
That anyone would want to save…

CHORUS:
I’m leaving now, and it’s for the best
I love you still, but I need my rest
I’ve got a life, and I’m sorry it ain’t strange…
And I don’t suppose I’ll be seeing you again…
Angel in chains
Angel in chains
Angel in chains…

2.
Conjuring spirits every night
Never knowing which ones were nice
Four short walls with nothing at all
To keep the nightmares away…
I kept the photographs of me and you
And all the dreams that never came true
I guess I was a prisoner, too
But you managed to escape…

CHORUS:

[LEAD BREAK, IF ANYONE CAN PLAY LEAD]

3.
Recreational handcuffs are still on the bed
Along with the whips, and the drugs you left
I’d like to take away all of you
But some things have got to stay…
I didn’t know it’d be this hard
I was all prepared for being apart
But this feels like driving off in a car
When the roads are all melted away…

CHORUS:
I’m leaving now, and it’s for the best
I love you still, but I need my rest
I’ll get a life, and it prob’ly won’t be strange…
And I don’t suppose I’ll be seeing you again…
Angel in chains
Angel in chains
Angel in chains…

©2010 J. Wrabek dba Outside Services Ltd. All the usual rights reserved just in case. No angels were harmed in the writing of this song. No chains, either.

Last edited by Joe Wrabek; 09/18/10 10:17 PM.