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Don't U Tell Me (Too Late)

by CERUMENTRIC

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This song is a difficult one for me to write about. I think about people I know personally who took their lives because they can't endure the pain of living anymore.

I think about famous people like Robin Williams and Yuko Takeuchi (who is so adorable in the Japanese TV series Lunch Queen) who took their own lives despite being at the peak of their entertainment careers.

I think about how certain people, from all walks of life, rich, famous, poor, unknown, young and old, all had the same thing: there was NO ONE THERE when they were at the most difficult time of their lives.

I think about the time when I was 13 and suffering domestic abuse. I think about that time that caused me to have trigger response whenever someone touches me on the back, or when someone lifts a coffee cup above my head. I wanted to die then, and for solace, I tried to remember the songs from a tape that my mother's then-partner threatened to burn if I didn't stop playing it at home.

People can debate as much as they like, but I firmly believe that shaming people for having suicidal thoughts, and people around us who are making suicide a social taboo, have made it more difficult for some of us to be honest about our feelings and talk about it more openly.

The world of hustle culture, this obsession with career success and monetary security, has relegated the problem of suicide to therapists, mental institutions, religious entities, and supposedly-convenient phone hotlines, rather than deal with the problem directly.

Call me heavy-handed if you like, but this modern culture has turned the suicide issue, which kills millions annually across the globe, into a dial-a-number thing, the way we relegated cooking and eating healthy to fast-food corporations.

Sometimes all you have to do is just be there for them. Listen to what they have to say without judgement. Stop imposing your beliefs, whatever they are, as a quick solution to their problem. Just listen. Just be there.

Do we have the courage to deal with the confusing, harrowing, and painful reality that our friends and family go through when they find it too painful to live? Can we be there for someone so that they won't make the wrong decision of taking their lives, so we can help them find ways to make living just a bit more bearable?

Better do it now, before everything's too late.

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Don't U Tell Me (Too Late)
(CERUMENTRIC)

I've been doing my best
Just to reach out to you
Closer and closer to the edge
Oh please don't jump off

I just want you to know
That somebody cares about you
Our hearts will break if
You did something you will regret

Don't you tell me
It's too late
For me
To understand
What you're going through
Won't you tell me
What's hurting you
Inside
I'll be here to listen
I'll be here for you

ほぼ毎日
Hobo manichi
人生は大変だけど、
Jinsei ha taihen dakedo
皆はあなたのことを
Mina ha anata no koto wo
よく心配して考えてるので
Yoku shinpai shite kangaeteiru node
自分の悩みの中で
Jibun no nayami no naka de
ファイト！あきらめないで
Akiramenaide
明日のことが変わるので
Ashita no koto ga kawaru node
新しいチャンスがあるよ
Atarashii chansu ga aru yo
忘れないで友
Wasurenaide tomo
マイペースしても大丈夫

I'll be here for you

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released February 2, 2022
Words and music by Frederick A. Fabian
All instruments, vocals, production, and mastering by Erick A. Fabian Sr.

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Neon Lights Heal Broken Hearts.
CERUMENTRIC aka Erick A. Fabian Sr. makes songs influenced by pop/punk/synthwave/postrock to present a hopeful alternate future amidst the wasteland of reality.

CERUMENTRIC is a two-time Asia Voice Independent Music Awards (AVIMA) nominee for Best Electro/Dance Act. ... more

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