To all of the ones that didn’t make it...

To the ones that had to bow out because they couldn't pay the bills,
To the ones that had to hang it up because touring, the family kills,
To the ones that had to quit because the addiction became the affliction,
To the ones that left because the struggle wasn't worth continuing,
To all of you I say this,
The t-shirts fade, the bumper stickers get covered up, bands come and go.
All that lasts is the music.
You may never grace the stages of the world (or your local club). You may never see your name in lights and you may never be the star you dreamed to be. With all that, you still added color to this life. For moments, though brief, you transended all the garbage that this life can be and created something from your soul.
The music still lasts.
No matter what life threw at you to cause you to call it a day know this,
The music will always last.