The Airborne Toxic Event

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We found out that William Garvey, the man who wrote “Goodbye Horses” (originally performed by Q Lazzarus) died last night.

I’m so fucking sad. I’d heard the rumor from David Hawes from Catherine Wheel who was hanging out with us. So I googled it this morning and I found the death notice online and now I can’t help but be so sad about it. Something about those words: “death notice.”

He wrote a beautiful song. I understand why he wrote it. I know it in and out. Those enigmatic lyrics, the longing of it, the sadness. We’ve played it so much, I feel like it has become part of our lives.

He wrote me an e-mail a few weeks ago to tell me that I’d been singing the lyrics wrong. He’d watched a bunch of YouTube clips of us playing it and said that the line at the ends was “flying over you” not “lying over you.” He was annoyed. I wrote him back, apologized for the mistake (a few lyrics websites have it listed as “lying” and I honestly thought that’s what it sounded like) and told him I would correct the mistake, that I admired him and thought it was a wonderful piece of music.

He perked right up with a few more e-mails and told me he loved our version and that we should... 

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