Larry Norman 8. dubna 1947 - 24. února 2008.
Propadám se do patosu až po uši, ale je mi to úplně fuk. Tenhle člověk pro mě znamenal hrozně moc. Když jsem se (teprv včera!!) dozvěděl, že umřel, měl jsem v zádech mrazení, podobný, jako když před lety odešel velkej Johnny Cash
(a myslim, že šli oba na to stejný místo). Jeho desky se už nebudou poslouchat, jako dřív.
"A man and wife asleep in bed,
She hears a noise and turns her head, he's gone,
I wish we'd all be ready,
Two men walking up a hill,
One disappears and one's left standing still,
I wish we'd all been ready"
V sobotu odpoledne, pár hodin před smrtí, nadiktoval svýmu kámošovi A. Flemingovi tohle:
I feel like a prize in a box of cracker jacks with God's hand reaching down to pick me up. I have been under medical care for months. My wounds are getting bigger. I have trouble breathing. I am ready to fly home.
My brother Charles is right, I won't be here much longer. I can't do anything about it. My heart is too weak. I want to say goodbye to everyone. In the past you have generously supported me with prayer and finance and we will probably still need
financial help.
My plan is to be buried in a simple pine box with some flowers inside. But still it will be costly because of funeral arrangement, transportation to the gravesite, entombment, coordination, legal papers etc. However money is not really what I need, I
want to say I love you.
I'd like to push back the darkness with my bravest effort. There will be a funeral posted here on the website, in case some of you want to attend. We are not sure of the date when I will die. Goodbye, farewell, we will meet again.
Goodbye, farewell, we'll meet again
Somewhere beyond the sky.
I pray that you will stay with God
Goodbye, my friends, goodbye.
Napsal jsem toho o něm už dost, na různých místech. ale možná by to stálo za nějakou rekapitulaci. Časem. zatím se můžete kouknout sem.
