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I dedicated this song to my Mom. She committed suicide when I was 15, going on 16. She was only 36 years old. She loved to draw, and she was very good at it, but she never thought she was. She lost her Mom to a heart attack, when she was only 11 years old. She had a VERY hard life, and she never thought she was worth anything to anyone. I'm going on 60 now, and I still miss her. I didn't get to grow up with her because my father kidnapped me and my brothers, and the State found out, and they kidnapped us, and put us in different foster homes. This song brings it all back..., it still brings tears to my eyes. You never stop loving the people you truly care about, and nothing ever fills the empty space they leave in your heart. I write poetry, and I wrote a poem many years ago, called Phyllis.
Phyllis
A wife, a mother, an artist,
though never self-proclaimed.
She never truly believed that she,
should come through life un-mained.
The victim of men's lusts and rage,
a woman drunk and sorrowed.
What thoughts ran through her mind the day,
she used the gun she borrowed?
As in the song Starry- Starry Night,
you "took your life as lovers often do."
Phyllis, perhaps the song was right,
and "this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you."
Van Gogh could not have truly seen,
such a starry starry night,
for just as Phyllis -
his eyes were screened, by his agony and fright.
What beauty they kept hidden,
this sad world will never know.
Secret treasures forever buried now,
with Phyllis and Van Gogh.
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Is it possible to mourn someone you never met? To weep for a soul you you cannot meet? I think so. Rest in peace, Vincent. You inspired me and so many people to pick up our brushes and pens and create art.
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I listen in memory of my mother who “suffered for her own sanity.” She was depressed since childhood, but never let it show growing up to my brother and I. Unfortunately, she was the black sheep of her family. Never truly valued by her side of the family to the extent of being deeply betrayed. The most beautiful soul to grace Earth. I wish she never hurt— I tried to take the pain away. She ended up taking her life through the bottle. The lyrics speak true. This world was never meant for someone as beautiful as you. Love you Mommy. ❤️
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When I was 6 my dad committed suicide and today is his birthday, so I’m listening to this song. I’m 6 months pregnant and planned on naming my little boy Vincent long before I knew this song existed. In memory of my late Father, in honor of my future son. I love you both.
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"This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you" just knocks everything out of me no matter how many times I hear it.
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My dad was an artist. His middle name was Vincent. Van Gough was his favorite artist, and this was one of his favorite songs. It was played at his funeral 23 years ago. Van Gogh is now my second favorite artist behind him. I miss you now more than ever, Dad. Love, Tim
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My fourth grade teacher used to sing this to our class. The man was incredibly gifted. I do not exaggerate when I say that he rivaled even Don McLean himself.
He lost his son about ten years ago. He was only 19. But none of us could tell anything was wrong. He still had the same infectious smile and jovial sense of humor.
I learned a couple of years ago that this completely broke him emotionally. The man was the living embodiment of the masks of comedy and tragedy. I still don't know if it's true, but I heard he's never celebrated the holidays without him. Every Christmas he'd come into his classroom and just work.
I just wanted to leave this comment here on the off chance he sees this (YouTube was a new, exciting thing when he taught us). He was truly the greatest teacher I've ever had. I know this song is about another tortured soul, but I'll always attribute this to him.
Happy holidays. You don't have to suffer for your sanity. We all love you.
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This song holds such a powerful message for those suffering from mental illness. Because these are usually the kindest, sweetest and truest among us. They are gifted, many artfully or musically and their works are an expression of the love they hold inside. Like Vincent they too struggle to live in this tough world. Please remember to be kind.
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Not a religious person, but I sincerely hope that the love in this beautiful song reached Vincent somehow, somewhere.
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As somone who suffers pretty bad from depression, this song speaks to me on a level very few can understand. And always makes me cry, like buckets. Its like finding someone who understands you for all your faults and gifts
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It is amazing how you don’t realize the greatest things in life until you are older. I love the song. Vincent’s paintings are exquisite. All of them have a story. Thank you Don for celebrating Vincent’s life this way. It is moving and heartbreaking at the same time.
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As a kid, I remember my grandpa played this on a cassette player and I saw a faraway look on his eyes.
I asked him what he was thinking as he listened to this song. He said "When you grow up and have as much memories as I do you will
listen to these kinds of songs and think of friends and family that are gone". Now as a 42 yr old father his words come back and have more meaning. RIP Grandfather Ricardo I will see you again in better times.
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Possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever written, about one of the most beautiful artists who ever lived.
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😔🤌❤ this masterpiece, wah Acharya Prashant 😢
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My brother, a minister, died by suicide in 1996. He was concieved before our parents were married. They did their best to hide that fact from everyone. My mother had a lot of shame about it. While never openly discussed, he knew. We all knew. He was in a loveless marriage when he died. In his suicide note he said, " I never felt like I belonged". He was a kind a gentle soul. Hated guns but bought one and shot himself in the heart. That's where all of his pain was concentrated. I miss him still.
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I always cry every time I hear this song "how he suffered for his sanity". This is a message for us to reach out people who are in distress and hopelessness.
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Don McLean got inspiration for this song after he read a biography about Vincent Van Gogh, and realised he wasn’t a crazy madman as what many assumed him to be at that time, but was someone who was tormented by mental health and was misunderstood. So he wrote this song dedicating Van Gogh.
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Who is here due to Acharya Prashant PLS like
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@wysty67
7 years ago
For those who may have missed my previous comments. I compiled and uploaded this so I could explain my love of Van-Gogh's art to a dear friend of mine and thought McLean's Stary Stary Night was perfect in helping to explain. The lyrics were strictly for the benefit of my Friend, who's first language is not English.I never imagined it would get so many views and comments. I'm so glad I was able to share.
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