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Heath Ledger - the grieving thread
Katie77:
Once a jolly swagman camped by a Billabong
Under the shade of a Coolabah tree
And he sang as he watched and waited till his billy boiled
"Who'll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?"
Australia Day...2008
Penthesilea:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on January 25, 2008, 11:11:16 pm ---Does anybody else here keep having the experience of going, "WHAT? HEATH LEDGER WHAT?" practically every single time you see the horrible words? I have found out the terrible news over and over again, each time new. Can anyone else understand what I mean?
--- End quote ---
Exactly. I know exactly what you mean because it's just the same for me. I can't even bring myself to write those words and Heath' name in one sentence.
Ellemeno:
I've known the chorus of "Waltzing Matilda" since I was pre-verbal, but don't remember ever noting the verses til tonight. It's got a sheep integral to the storyline. :-\
There are many very varied renditions of it on YouTube. This one was both sweet and explanatory for us non-Australians.
Waltzing Matilda
Tommy Emanuel
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6R1sXdIpUA[/youtube]
It's worth going and looking at some of the other versions on YouTube. Plenty being sung at rugby (I think it's rugby) matches, and plenty at memorial services too. It is impossible to not sing along with, and in both the rugby versions and the memorial versions, you can usually catch someone wiping a tear.
ZK:
I am so sad, I can't read this thread, I am so indebted to Heath for BBM and unknowingly, in my life.
God Bless and God Speed
Matt
mvansand76:
Oh God. I can't begin to describe what it's like to read all your replies here. You are all feeling exactly what I'm feeling and that's just comforting.
I have the same feeling when I see the name "Heath" and the words "Death" and "Funeral" in one sentence. Just like Elle, I think "WHAT? HEATH WHAT?" because in my mind, it's still not true, it can't be true. It's like your mind is playing tricks on you, making you realise the harsh fact over and over again. And that hurts so much. It hurts so much to see his beautiful face everywhere, that face full of promise of so many great things to come.
I agree with Jack. Even though I strongly believe that Heath did NOT commit suicide, I do believe he was feeling unhappy. I have a strong feeling that he was too sensitive for this world, that things overwhelmed him sometimes and that with taking on difficult roles he was wearing himself down. I just hope that he had lots of people to talk to about it.
There's a song by Jake Holmes that reminds me so much of this struggle:
Jake Holmes - Just as lost as me
Shadow eyes, in cloaks of answers
Withold their secrets eloquently
Here's a song for all the people
Just as lost as me
The easy way the knowing glances
Seeing light that i can't see
Here's a song for all outsiders
Just as lost as me
Private doors, straight and narrow minds
No matter how you look
To see you must be blind
Hide and seek
The king has got new clothes
Everybody understands, and everybody knows
Here's a song for walking wounded
Just as lost as me
*hugs* to you all......
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