This morning at 10am was Hayes’ funeral, and it truly was all about Hayes. This celebration of life was unlike any I have ever attended. Upon entering the funeral home, where you would normally hear some quite perhaps spiritual music, the first song I remember hearing was Dio’s Holy Diver, and it made me laugh. Hayes was a big fan of heavy metal and heavy rock music and hearing this song immediately reminded me of my friend. The service itself purposely started about 10 minutes late to honor his tradition of always arriving to work about 10 minutes late. The people whom spoke about Hayes all spoke about a man who loved his family and friends and of his love for music. Hayes was an accomplished self taught drum and guitar player, and is in fact the reason that I purchased a guitar a number of years ago, I wish I had the chance to learn to play and jam with him. There were two songs that people specially selected to be played in honor of Hayes, one of them was A Tout Le Monde by Megadeath and was one of his favorite songs from years passed:
Don’t remember where I was
I realized life was a game
The more seriously I took things
The harder the rules became
I had no idea what it’d cost
My life passed before my eyes
I found out how little I accomplished
All my plans deniedSo as you read this know my friends
I’d love to stay with you all
please smile when you think of me
My body’s gone that’s allA tout le monde (To everybody)
A tout mes amis (To all my friends)
Je vous aime (I love you)
Je dois partir (I must leave)
These are the last words
I’ll ever speak
And they’ll set me freeIf my heart was still alive
I know it would surely break
And my memories left with you
There’s nothing more to sayMoving on is a simple thing
What it leaves behind is hard
You know the sleeping feel no more pain
And the living all are scarredA tout le monde (To everybody)
A tout mes amis (To all my friends)
Je vous aime (I love you)
Je dois partir (I must leave)
These are the last words
I’ll ever speak
And they’ll set me freeSo as you read this know my friends
I’d love to stay with you all
Please smile, smile when you think about me
My body’s gone that’s allA tout le monde (To everybody)
A tout mes amis (To all my friends)
Je vous aime (I love you)
Je dois partir (I must leave)
These are the last words
I’ll ever speak
And they’ll set me freeA tout le monde (To everybody)
A tout mes amis (To all my friends)
Je vous aime (I love you)
Je dois partir (I must leave)
These are the last words
I’ll ever speak
And they’ll set me free
Goodbye Hayes, I hope you are free now my friend.