herfuneral. (R.I.P. 2002-2003)
dear everyone,
it's been a crazy ride, a crazy life in general for her funeral. unfortunately there is one thing that i've said from the beginning. "i never want to be in a band where everyone's heart isn't 110% into it. every word to the song, every note on the guitar, every beat on the drum has to have all the emotion we have to show kids that music isn't what we say or sound like. it's how much we mean what we say, how much we mean what we do." there comes a point in the existance of any band when you realize, everyone's heart just isn't there anymore. we've gone through some crazy shit together, and we've had some incredible times together, but most importantly, we've made some amazing friends, and met some amazing people through this band. it's been an outlet for all of our emotions and lives, and without it who knows where we all would be right now. to all of the amazing people we've met like the something to remember kids. kevin, if there could be one of you for every person in the world, everyone would have an incredible friend. unfortunately the world has only given us one of you, and we are all extremely privelaged to have gotten the chance to know you. joe smith... you steal my tshirts. to people like thom from broken star records, thank you for the opportunites you gave us and your honesty and attitude towards us. and to our fans (the few of you there really are ;) ) thank you for supporting us in every decision we've decided to make. also a large thank you goes out to every former member of her funeral for being a part of something incredible. it goes without saying that this band was always and will always be something important to me, but it's time to move on, and we can't spend our lives dwelling on memories of the past. memories have a way of haunting us all, and more ghosts are the last thing that we/i need. we are ending this all with a simple thank you and an even more simple good-bye. it's just like that first love we all have. you fall in love and before you know it, it's over. the one thing you don't do is give that love a last kiss. that last kiss is the doorway to all memories of everything good, to how we truely feel inside, they are an attempt to hold us back, and make a final decision even that much harder to make. no last show. no last recording, just thank you and good-bye. i honestly can't thank anyone/everyone enough for everything you've given me/us all. it will never be forgotten and will always mean as much to us now as it ever did then. i can only hope that the memory of this band, and the things we created, the things that we said, the way that we acted never dies. maybe it will, maybe it won't, or maybe it died a long time ago. either way, thank you all, and good-bye.
with all the love i have left in my heart to give...
- gene & her funeral.
RIP 2002 - 2003 her funeral