Let Me Go

[AlexandratheLate]

Very sad that this family is suffering. You portrayed his side quite well.

[Bry89]

Silence
Ringing into your ears
Emotion
I can taste your tears

I may be alive to you
But there's nothing to see now
Kept alive purely by machine
Give me some rest now
Just let me go

The pain
Pulsating between us
The despair
A future lies in dust

I may be alive to you
But I'm already dead
Never feel a thing, never to wake up
Get it all in your head
Just let me go
Now

Just let me go
There's no point in living
When there is nothing
Between us anymore
Just let me drift away
Into where I can find peace
Away from this harsh reality
Even though you want to be closer
Even though you love me

Let me go
Let me go
Just let me go
Let me go
Let me go
Switch off the machine
Grant me release
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Written in response to the situation about Archie Battersbee, a British young boy who had been on life support following a horrific injury and to never regain consciousness. Despite his parents' plea to keep him alive, his treatment will end tomorrow by a high court ruling.

It's a terrible ordeal, but you really cannot keep someone living like that when it's evident that they can never wake up again, even after four months. Best to switch off his life support and allow him to depart this world than be kept "alive" by machinery all his life. That isn't a qualify of life, and his parents need to accept it.