(This is a song I wrote years ago. I feel a little differently today but I hope it helps somebody.)

Sometimes life can seem very unfair
And you say to yourself "why go on?"
So you live out your life in a hopeless dispair
Til your yearning for life is all gone.

And you pick up a bottle,
A gun, or a knife
And you're gonna end it all
By taking your life

Well stop, wait, don't turn out the light.
It's the light of hope you can't see.
It's there, I know it, it's just round the bend
Please listen to me, I've been there.

You can't reach for the light
It'll slip through your hand
You've gotta let it come closer to you.
You've gotta trust it will come
Like a wave to the sand.
And if you're patient you'll see that it's true.

So don't pick up a bottle,
A gun, or a knife
And try to end it all by taking your life.

Just stop, wait, don't turn out the light.
It's the light of hope you can't see.
It's there, I know it, it's just round the bend.
Please listen to me, I've been there.

And then one day when life is getting you down
And you're feeling that old misery
And your thoughts are turning around and around
You'll find there's one place you won't be.

And that's to pick up a bottle, a gun or a knife
And try to end it all by taking your life.

You'll stop, wait, don't turn out the light.
It's the light of hope you can see.
It's there, you know it, it's just round the bend.

You'll stop, wait, don't turn out the light.
It's the light of hope you can see.
It's there, you know it, it's just round the bend.
You've set yourself free.
You've set yourself free.

© Mike Gurak