Dangling From A Rope

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We all know someone who's had a family member or someone close take their own life. Many of us have experienced it first hand. Although I've been haunted by the suicide of a person very dear to me for over a decade, it was never my intention to write a song about this deeply personal experience. I had a new guitar riff that I had been working on for a few weeks when the phrase "They said you’d lost your way, when they found you yesterday...." lifted itself out of the melody. This is one of those songs that just fell out of the sky. Who am I to argue with the creative process? The song wrote itself. I'm still haunted by that death.

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Dangling From A Rope

The Sun’s gone black
An’ you aint coming back
This time forever
So open up the skies
No lows and no more highs
This time you’re gone forever

They said you’d lost your way
When they found you yesterday
Dangling from a rope

It always was your style
To go the extra mile
You always were so clever
Like your mother before
You chose the easy door
Now you’re gone forever

They said you’d lost your way
When they found you yesterday
Dangling from a rope
Dangling from a rope

The sun’s gone black
An’ you aint coming back
You’re gone forever
It came as no surprise
Never were good at goodbyes
Goodbye forever

They said you’d lost all hope
Didn’t even leave a note
I know you lost your way
‘cause they found you yesterday
Dangling from a rope

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from Dangling From A Rope, released February 1, 2014
Written by Monti Amundson

Monti Amundson, all guitars and vocals
Amy Danziger, cello
John Mazzocco, bass
Reinhardt Melz, drums

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