{"id":23060,"date":"2025-10-12T23:19:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-12T23:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/?p=23060"},"modified":"2026-02-21T00:40:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T00:40:48","slug":"ogamaac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2025\/10\/12\/ogamaac\/","title":{"rendered":"Offspring &#8211; Gone away &#8211; moments at a concert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"23060\" class=\"elementor elementor-23060\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f715f67 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f715f67\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56e7bef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56e7bef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>When the Music Hits Hard<\/strong><\/p><p>I\u2019ve been sitting with this for a while. It started during that concert \u2014 before the chaos of recent weeks began to spiral, before I found myself swimming through the absurdities of life in real time. That night, one song hit me like a brick. The stripped-down version, raw and unfiltered, cracked something open.<\/p><p>I was in the amphitheater in Salt Lake City, watching my wife dance freely, reconnecting with pieces of her past. And there I was, suddenly overwhelmed by emotions I hadn\u2019t touched in years. Memories surfaced \u2014 some beautiful, some brutal. A friend who collided with a cliff band while snowboarding high. Big Steve &#8211; the week of my Ironman in October of 2022.\u00a0 Then the events in the now post-concert haze. And more recently, the devastating news that a former employee of mine had taken their own life.<\/p><p>Suicide is real. Depression is real. Crisis is real. And it\u2019s far more present than most Americans are willing to acknowledge. Like its shadowed sibling \u2014 mass shootings \u2014 it\u2019s a painful reality we keep trying to look away from. But we can\u2019t afford to.<\/p><p>Kindness and empathy, when offered in naivete and with innocence, are often bulldozed by cynicism. But that doesn\u2019t mean we stop offering them. We can\u2019t erase all the darkness. But we can build better systems of support \u2014 ones that are meaningful, purposeful, and built to last.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>Previous posts on this subject here:<\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/09\/14\/zentriathlete-blog\/personal\/if-you-need-help-stll-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/09\/14\/zentriathlete-blog\/personal\/if-you-need-help-stll-here\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/01\/03\/zentriathlete-blog\/checkins\/2022-check-ins\/2022-lessons-learned-reflections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/01\/03\/zentriathlete-blog\/checkins\/2022-check-ins\/2022-lessons-learned-reflections\/<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/10\/19\/zentriathlete-blog\/some-memories-are-harder-than-others\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/happyinthehills.com\/zentriathlete\/2023\/10\/19\/zentriathlete-blog\/some-memories-are-harder-than-others\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-758b94d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"758b94d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a92b2c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a92b2c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/7RTu__eqJKE&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b18e3f3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b18e3f3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b79883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"2b79883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/1qFdIBUS7r0xBtXlkkswNI?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a0825e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a0825e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33351d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33351d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Lyrics &#8211;<\/h2><h3>Gone Away &#8211; The Offspring<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd67989 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fd67989\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c792d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c792d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><br \/>Maybe in another life<br \/>I could find you there<br \/>Pulled away before your time<br \/>I can&#8217;t deal, it&#8217;s so unfair<\/p><p>And it feels, and it feels like<br \/>Heaven&#8217;s so far away<br \/>And it feels, yeah, it feels like<br \/>The world has grown cold<br \/>Now that you&#8217;ve gone away<\/p><p>Leaving flowers on your grave<br \/>To show that I still care<br \/>Black roses and Hail Mary&#8217;s<br \/>Can&#8217;t bring back what&#8217;s taken from me<\/p><p>I reach to the sky<br \/>And call on your name<br \/>And if I could trade, I would<\/p><p>And it feels, and it feels like<br \/>Heaven&#8217;s so far away<br \/>And it stings, and it stings now<br \/>The world is so cold<br \/>Now that you&#8217;ve gone away<br \/>Now that you&#8217;ve gone away<\/p><p>I reach to the sky<br \/>And call on your name<br \/>And if I could trade, I would<\/p><p>And it feels, and it feels like<br \/>Heaven&#8217;s so far away<br \/>And it feels, yeah, it feels like<br \/>The world has grown cold<br \/>Now that you&#8217;ve gone away<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Music Hits Hard I\u2019ve been sitting with this for a while. 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