This page is in memory of:
My sisterfriend Carrie "Machelle" Slatten
December 19th 1983 - March 31st 2002

















Puddle of Mudd - "Blurry"

Everything's so blurry
and everyone's so fake
and everybody's empty
and everything is so messed up
pre-occupied without you
I cannot live at all
My whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl

You could be my someone
you could be my sea
you know that i'll protect you
from all of the obscene
I wonder what you're doing
imagine where you are
there's oceans in between us
but that's not very far

Can you take it all away
can you take it all away
well ya shoved it in my face
this pain you gave to me
Can you take it all away
can you take it all away
well ya shoved it my face

Everyone is changing
there's noone left that's real
to make up your own ending
and let me know just how you feel
cause I am lost without you
I cannot live at all
my whole world surrounds you
I stumble then I crawl

You could be my someone
you could be my sea
you know that i will save you
from all of the unclean
I wonder what you're doing
I wonder where you are
There's oceans in between us
but that's not very far

[Chorus]

Nobody told me what you thought
nobody told me what to say
everyone showed you where to turn
told you when to runaway
nobody told you where to hide
nobody told you what to say
everyone showed you where to turn
showed you when to runaway

[Chorus]

This pain you gave to me

You take it all
You take it all away...
This pain you gave to me
You take it all away
This pain you gave to me
Take it all away
This pain you gave to me

I'll be missing you - Puff Daddy
[Intro: Puff Daddy]
Yeah... this right here (tell me why)
Goes out, to everyone, that has lost someone
That they truly loved (c'mon, check it out)

[Verse One: Puff Daddy]
Seems like yesterday we used to rock the show
I laced the track, you locked the flow
So far from hangin on the block for dough
Notorious, they got to know that
Life ain't always what it seem to be (uh-uh)
Words can't express what you mean to me
Even though you're gone, we still a team
Through your family, I'll fulfill your dream (that's right)
In the future, can't wait to see
If you'll open up the gates for me
Reminisce some time, the night they took my friend (uh-huh)
Try to black it out, but it plays again
When it's real, feelings hard to conceal
Can't imagine all the pain I feel
Give anything to hear half your breath (half your breath)
I know you still living your life, after death

[Chorus: Faith Evans]
Every step I take, every move I make
Every single day, every time I pray
I'll be missing you
Thinkin of the day, when you went away
What a life to take, what a bond to break
I'll be missing you

[Puff] I miss you Big

[Verse Two: Puff Daddy]
It's kinda hard with you not around (yeah)
Know you in heaven smilin down (eheh)
Watchin us while we pray for you
Every day we pray for you
Til the day we meet again
In my heart is where I'll keep you friend
Memories give me the strength I need (uh-huh) to proceed
Strength I need to believe
My thoughts Big I just can't define (can't define)
Wish I could turn back the hands of time
Us in the six, shop for new clothes and kicks
You and me taking flicks
Makin hits, stages they receive you on
Still can't believe you're gone (can't believe you're gone)
Give anything to hear half your breath (half your breath)
I know you still living you're life, after death

[Chorus]

[Faith Evans] Somebody tell me why

[Interlude: Faith Evans]

One black morning
When this life is over
I know
I'll see your face

[Outro: 112]

Every night I pray, every step I take
Every move I make, every single day
Every night I pray, every step I take
Every day that passes
Every move I make, every single day
Is a day that I get closer
To seeing you again
Every night I pray, every step I take
We miss you Big... and we won't stop
Every move I make, every single day
Cause we can't stop... that's right
Every night I pray, every step I take
Every move I make, every single day
We miss you Big

[Chorus 2X with variations]
[Chorus 1X with interlude 2X over the top to fade]

I gave this 2 her b4 she died.
I see you there, you look unsure,
a little broken, but still somehow pure
you see yourself as dirty, I don't understand
you say you have soiled yourself with the blade in your hand
But its not your body I'm looking at, or the pain in your sorrowed face
Its not the blade in your hand, the source of your disgrace
I don't see that when I look at you, I see what you have inside
I don't see when you failed - I see the many times you've tried
I see the light inside of you, the strength you don't see
I see the caring you show to others, and how kind you are to me
I see how beautiful your soul really is, and the cuts don't matter now
you only see them when you look at yourself - I wish I could change that somehow
For what i see when I look at you, is an angel in disguise
troubled, sorrowed, in pain, but indisputably wise.
I know you've had your troubles, your not perfect by any means
but I'm not one to judge you, on the way somethings seems
I have come to know you, as certain people will,
I know every juicy secret - and yet - I love you still...
Why can't you love yourself?


I have so many memories of a time when you were here
I remember the times we laughed, and when we cried
Yet their starting to blur, when I thought they'd stay clear
Everything changed the night that you died.
I haven't forgotten you, and I never will
Sometimes it seems pointless to smile when your not around
And the wound it bleeds, cos I miss you still
Everytime I hear your name, my heart shatters on the ground.
I can't help feeling like you abandoned me
We were sisters and you always begged me to stay
I know it's selfish of me to take it personally,
but it was selfish of you to go away.
I try to live because you wanted me to
And because I can't do what you did, to the people I hold dear
But I miss the support that I got from you
I wish you were alive, I wish you were here.

If I never loved you
I wouldn't feel this pain
But Just to have this memory
I'd go through it all again
If I never bled for you
I would never understand
What it meant to love this way
Instead of what I'd planned
If I'd never cried for you
I might never see
Reflected in this broken angel
What you meant to me
If you had not made me laugh
perhaps I wouldn't feel
This aching, sinking sadness
with which i can not deal
If I had never loved you
I wouldn't feel this way
It wouldn't be so hard
that you did not stay
But even though it hurts
If I could change my mind
I would still choose to love you
and what you left behind
I would still want your memory
The good times and the bad
And every day I'm thankful
for the little time we had.

Never knew there could be this much pain
Never really thought you'd take the final fall
Never dreamed I wouldn't see you again
Thought I knew you, but I didn't, at all
Did you think a note would ease my pain?
Of hearing that you've taken your life
All I want is to see you again!
I'm so close to picking up that knife
I knew that things hurt too much
But I thought I'd helped you see
Love is the one with the lightest of touch
I had you, and you had me
Didn't matter to you when you left me alone
Don't know how to live without you
How do i face this pain on my own?
I keep wanting to believe it isn't true
But it is true, you died today
Nothing I say will ever bring you back
If only I'd known I would have begged you to stay
Its hard to see sunshine when your whole life is turned black
All I want is to turn back time
All I want is to have us back together.
I could help your pain; it would take away mine
But you are gone from me forever.

Dear Chella.

I don't know why I'm choosing to write this right now. I guess maybe because I suddenly feel very alone. I miss you. I don't understand why you had to go... now. I wish you had stayed - I wish I could have been THERE, even if it wouldn't have made a difference. I know you tried to stay around for me. I know you knew how much I cared... but you didn't, not really, or else you wouldn't have gone, surely... You were and are a part of my soul. My sister, always. I miss the sharing. I miss the caring - despite your pain you were the most loving person I've ever known, you never refused to listen to my problems even when yew had more, and bigger problems than me. I respected you for that. I respected the way you got through life, even though you were in such pain... I don't respect your choice to die. It's not fair. But I'm trying not to be angry, because you asked me not to be. It hurts to know your gone. You were beautiful, inside and out, I wish you could have believed that, that you could have seen yourself through my eyes... maybe you can now. But it's too late! A waste of a soul that had so potential... but I can't be mad that you wanted to escape your pain. I know how it feels. And you knew that I'd think like this. But Chella, sisterfriend... life is bleak without you. I miss your notes, and the way you said everything that needed to be said, just by instinct, but you said it cos you meant it, without knowing thats what I wanted/needed you to say. God... I wish I'd told you that. "I love you" Just... doesn't say as much as I thought it did. I just miss you Chella. I miss the tears, even. And the giggles. You were the first girl I ever compared guys dick sizes with! ;) and the first person I told about losing my virginity... you'll always be a part of me Chella.... but it's just not the same as you being here. I don't know why I'm writing this, because I don't believe you'll see it... but maybe you will, or maybe you'll just ... know. So know this : I miss you and I love you and you will ALWAYS be my sister.

P.O.D. - "Youth Of The Nation"

Lyrics:
Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye
I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared
Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school
But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest
Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing
Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class
Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because

[chorus:]
We are, We are, the youth of the nation
Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel
Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself
She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces
Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool
He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide
It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then
You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

[chorus]

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain
That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind
I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know
There's got to
I thought exists

[chorus]