I’m finally on my own, but Dan’s got a gig There’s a tunic in the closet waiting just for meīut I look in your eyes, and I’m bigger in every way Hey mom! Look I’m up here, I finally made itĭon’t be sad, the band doesn’t sound half bad I’m so glad you’re all here with me, until the very endĭreaming, dreaming of how it’s supposed to beīut now this tunic’s spinning, around my arms and kneesīut when I open my mouth to sing, I’m bigger in every way Hello Dennis, Elvis and all my brand new friends Goodbye Hollywood, goodbye Downey, hello Janis I feel like I’m disappearing, getting smaller every dayīut I look in the mirror, I’m bigger in every way Hey what are you waiting for, feeding, feeding me Next time the material will hopefully be a little happier. She had millions of fans who adored her, but like Caroline she struggled with life in the spotlight, and like Roman’s friend, she remained silent.Ī bit of a sad one this, but as I said, I really felt the need to include it. She never lost her beautiful voice, but by the end of her life she was a hollow-eyed, shell of the girl she had been behind the drum kit. We didn’t know it at the time but Karen’s death was a long slow suicide, right in front of our eyes. Looking back at the years when I watched the Carpenters on television, it was obvious something was very wrong. Vile trolling on social media was most definitely a factor in Caroline’s death, but for young men, who find it hard to talk openly about their worries, silence is the biggest factor. The thing that struck me most was that in both cases the people who died were surrounded by people who loved them, and who would have gone out of their way to help them, but in the end it just wasn’t enough. I have watched a couple of documentaries in the last fortnight about suicide, one made by the family of Caroline Flack (who sadly took her own life just over a year ago) and one by Roman Kemp called Our Silent Emergency (prompted by his best friend’s suicide). Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters:

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