Andrew had a smile on his face

The day he resigned from the human race

The arguments had all been heard, the verdict had been reached

He turned his back upon his cage and leapt to his release

Spinning like a carousel, Andrew made no sound as he fell

"It's hard to believe", said Andrews friends

"We won't be seeing Andy again

He'd achieved so many goals, that men keep striving for

Big house, good job, expensive car and a wife whom he adored

He had it made as we could tell

We were his friends; we knew him well..."

"I can't believe it's true", said Andrew's wife

"I can't believe that Andrew took his life

I can't believe the man I loved won't be coming home

I can't believe the man I loved would leave me here alone

Without one word of love or of farewell

He was my man; I knew him well..."

"I don't believe it", Andrew's father said

"I don't believe my little Andy's dead

Perhaps we never were what a father and son should be

But I always loved him, and I thought that he loved me

Where did I go wrong, where did I fail?

He was my son; I knew him well..."

And "I won't believe it!" Andrew's mother cried

"I won't believe that it was suicide!

In the past few years I know perhaps he's strayed from the fold

But he would never put in jeopardy his own immortal soul!

He must have lost his balance slipped and fell

He was my son; I knew him too well..."

But Andrew had a smile on his face

As he tumbled through the fragile space

That spans the known and the unknown that bridges life and death

Time, before he cross the bridge, for one final breath

Time for one last defying yell, but Andrew made no sound as he fell