liltalkm said:

2olskool4u said:

Any person or object whatsoever
That requires your attention
Is something that has veered
from its path
And preordained destiny
of total enlightenment

I never wanted a typical life
scripted role, huh...trophy wife
All I ever wanted, to b left alone
See my beds made up at night
Cuz in my dreams I roam
Just trying to find, trying to find
My way back, back home

So many reasons why
There's so many reasons why
I don't belong here
But now that I am I
Without fear I am
Gonna conquer with no fear
Until I find my way back home
Until I find my way back home
Find my way back home

Most people in this world are born dead
But I was born alive
I was born with this dream
With a dream outside my head
That I could find my way back home
My my way way back home

Is this the way?

Power to the ones, power to the ones
who could raise a child like me
The path was set
But if u look the truth will set us free
I've heard about those happy endings
But it's still a mystery
Lemme tell u about me
I'm happiest when I can see
My way back home
Can u see my way back home
Can u see my way back home

There is a big part of me that says I need to listen to this song since his passing, but I am afraid to.

[Edited 4/23/16 16:31pm]

i just think he knew something was up, and this was his way of telling us, maybe not, but it makes sense to me.

sure to bring a tear to your eye but it makes more sense now than ever

KoolEaze said:

The plans to write an autobiography, the save your prayers remark, the sometimes autobiographical and sentimental anecdotes during the shows, the lack of a band and focus on just him and his piano (his first instrument when he was a kid), and the let bygones be bygones attitude lately (meeting Susan Moonsie, Apollonia, Brenda, even Jill Jones again).

All this gave me a bit of a eerie feeling before he died, like he was entering a new phase.

But I don´t think he was expecting to die soon. Van Jones said Prince had a lot of plans for the future.

Don't forget inviting Morris Day to come and play at Paisley Park earlier this year!

liltalkm said:

berlinas2k said:

liltalkm said:

There is a big part of me that says I need to listen to this song since his passing, but I am afraid to.

[Edited 4/23/16 16:31pm]

Not too proud to tell you this song came up on shuffle and it hit me like a ton of bricks. Stood where I was and cried like a baby.

Be proud of it.

Sadly, I believe Prince knew. Seemed like when he said "don't pray for me" he implied he's at peace and is ready to accept his transition. Perhaps him saying "wait a few days" meant pray for the fate of the music industry after he transitions.

With all that we know or think we know about Prince, you think him playing games

with his death or dropping hints about this is even remotely plausible?

People please.

I think that there's are clues that all was not well with his health. What in particular that might have been, I don't have any idea.

But you can't listen to "Art Official Age" and not see that, indeed, he was face-to-face with his own mortality. How? Well, the entire album revolves around the "artificial" -- specifically technology used to prolong one's life, i.e. cryogenic sleep; being revived 45 years later, etc. mentioned on the album. Add to that the fact that he didn't produce the album alone.

By the way, the most autobiographical song I think Prince ever wrote is on "Art Official Age" and mentioned in this thread -- "Way Back Home". In fact, when Warner Bros. released the audio track on Youtube, I left a message that stayed at the top for a month or so. It was warning Prince that if his sole desire mentioned in the song -- to be left alone -- was what he truly wanted, then he should remember that he would one day die, too, and it would be terrible to be alone (quoting Genesis about it not being good for us to be alone).

And to read the news that yes, actually, he died completely alone in an elevator at Paisley Park was just heartbreaking.

I do think the medication he was on and maybe some other close calls that we dont know about made him think more about his mortality. But I dont think he knew he was actully dying. The memiors, setting up the publishing rights outfit, his introspective tour and a being able to perform from a seat for the whole of that tour are no conocidence, sadly.

The "save your prayers" I do believe was a throw away 'calm all this talk down' type of comment we are all now reading into thinking that he knew he was just days from death. If I knew I was dying I would not be riding round a parking lot on my bike I'd instead be shredding the vault.

[Edited 4/24/16 2:51am]

Perhaps I am reaching for meaning after the loss of a great man, but I did feel the same after hearing 'Art Official Age' and the end of 'Big City' and all the other comments he made recently I think so too. Or maybe I am trying to make sense of a very personal loss.

Perhaps because I am a Queen fan and I think of the of 'Innuendo' with 'The Show Must Go On'. Without knowing Freddie's passing, you would think that its just another Queen album. Knowing all the facts, the title track, and the others make sense that it sounds like a goodbye.

Clare said:

I don't know what to think, just have to wait for news. But there are some odd things as mentioned here. Another is that if you look at his Instagram posts made over the last couple of months, starting and finishing with blank posts, they form his symbol shape. This took a couple of months to make but was completed with his final post.

really

Did he remove the caption or instagram? I mean that was strange

dolphinkiing23 said:

Clare said:

I don't know what to think, just have to wait for news. But there are some odd things as mentioned here. Another is that if you look at his Instagram posts made over the last couple of months, starting and finishing with blank posts, they form his symbol shape. This took a couple of months to make but was completed with his final post.

What? Really ? How so?

How did you notice that?

liltalkm said:

2olskool4u said:

Any person or object whatsoever
That requires your attention
Is something that has veered
from its path
And preordained destiny
of total enlightenment

I never wanted a typical life
scripted role, huh...trophy wife
All I ever wanted, to b left alone
See my beds made up at night
Cuz in my dreams I roam
Just trying to find, trying to find
My way back, back home

So many reasons why
There's so many reasons why
I don't belong here
But now that I am I
Without fear I am
Gonna conquer with no fear
Until I find my way back home
Until I find my way back home
Find my way back home

Most people in this world are born dead
But I was born alive
I was born with this dream
With a dream outside my head
That I could find my way back home
My my way way back home

Is this the way?

Power to the ones, power to the ones
who could raise a child like me
The path was set
But if u look the truth will set us free
I've heard about those happy endings
But it's still a mystery
Lemme tell u about me
I'm happiest when I can see
My way back home
Can u see my way back home
Can u see my way back home

There is a big part of me that says I need to listen to this song since his passing, but I am afraid to.

[Edited 4/23/16 16:31pm]

this song has been on repeat for me....brutal!

Looking at some of his last pictures. Poor guy looks down and something is wrong Prince been left alone that night makes me more angry and empty. Just don't get it.

i just feel like he knew... i told my friend. i think he knew he was going to die. i think there is something we don't know about. and it makes me really sad. just the fact he died alone makes me so sad... i feel like he must have felt so lonely.. i don't know. not just last few days but just for years now. it just a feeling i have. don't know if its true.

xLiberiangirl said:

i just feel like he knew... i told my friend. i think he knew he was going to die. i think there is something we don't know about. and it makes me really sad. just the fact he died alone makes me so sad... i feel like he must have felt so lonely.. i don't know. not just last few days but just for years now. it just a feeling i have. don't know if its true.

aww

Guitarhero said:

rainbowchild said:

Guitarhero said:

Looking at some of his last pictures. Poor guy looks down and something is wrong Prince been left alone that night makes me more angry and empty. Just don't get it.

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he really did

[Edited 4/24/16 7:12am]

I believe he knew. Even in my blogs about the Atlanta concerts, I mentioned that it seemed he was focused on cycles, life cycles. I told a friend 2 days later that perhaps Prince was thinking about releasing this mortal coil. I've struggled these past few days, as we all have, trying to come to grips with everything, trying to find understanding.

.

Last night I had a Prince dream and it was unlike any Prince dream I'd ever had. Silly, fun, and he was full of life, and HAPPY. Seeing him happy, joking around, poking fun at my "style" was a balm to my spirit. This morning, I was able to put on Sign O'The Times and am watching it without breaking out into tears. And I realized, does it matter if he knew? Does it matter if my spirit was telling me before hand what was coming but I didn't want to listen to it?

.

It doesn't. What gives me comfort now, is that if he knew, then he planned it out in true Prince fashion and he passed in the way he wanted to pass. And maybe even where he passed was his final way of pointing to where we need to focus. "If the elevator tries to bring u down, punch a higher floor." It would be just like Prince, knowing his fams read into everything, and him wanting to say, "Hey, I'm punching a higher floor, now."

.

He really put his all into his final concert and his wish was to release that concert and he was working on that. I hope his family and close associates will honor that wish and will release a high quality CD of that concert.

xLiberiangirl said:

i just feel like he knew... i told my friend. i think he knew he was going to die. i think there is something we don't know about. and it makes me really sad. just the fact he died alone makes me so sad... i feel like he must have felt so lonely.. i don't know. not just last few days but just for years now. it just a feeling i have. don't know if its true.

I don't feel so bad about him being alone when he died. I suspect he might have wanted it that way. Not so sure how I feel about the elevator, though. But I guess (and hope) it was sudden and quick.

thatGIRLthang said:

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