Frank Turner - Song For Josh Lyrics






So this song's for Josh

Why didn't you call?
My phone's always on
Why didn't you call?
Before you got gone

And I can't say for certain what I would have said
But now I am helplessly silent instead
There's a hole in my heart and in my head
Why didn't you call?

Why didn't you say something, on the last time we met?
Why didn't you say something? There's always hope left
And I can't say for certain what I would have done
But I can't do anything now that you're gone
And it kills me to think that for a second you felt alone

Now you can measure the mark of a man on the day that he died
In the mixture of memory and wreckage that he leaves behind
And I know you were carrying too much weight on the evening when you slipped away
But I loved you like a brother, man, and I never really had a chance to say

So at half past nine each evening, I'll think of my friend
And at half past nine, I'll remember you were better than your end
Cause I too have stood up on that ledge, but I know you'd have pulled me back down from the edge
And I let you down in your darkness, I wasn't there

So I'll remember you making a hole through the kids in the crowd
And I remember you lifting me up, each time I fell down
And I'll glance at the barrier when I'm watching the band
And I'll expect to see you there stood on the foot stand

But I guess I will see someone else
That's when I'll whisper to myself
Brother I miss you like hell...

Thanks very much
That's for Josh Burdette
Let's hear it for Josh, come on!





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  1. C.... O....

    Rock & Roll In Peace, Josh. Tomorrow we say goodbye, but you'll live on in us all forever ❤️

  2. K.... ....

    I'm sorry our friendship faded away near the very end, I'm sorry that I was so stubborn to forgiving you, I'm sorry I wasn't the greatest friend, and I'm sorry I couldn't have said goodbye. You're still like a brother to me, and I'll never forget all the fun times we had...

  3. L.... D....

    For Steve. I'm sorry. I miss you so much.

  4. x.... ....

    reminds me of my best friend, he’s like a brother. i’ve thought he was gone so many times, he’s attempted too many times. every time i think this has happened i listen and cry, but at least i know someone else feels how i do. he is doing okay now, and me and other friends are trying so hard to let him know how loved and cared for he is. he’s told me so many times i’ve saved his life, and he has thought of me before making huge mistakes and it’s stopped him. i’m very happy that he relies on me, but it also worries me i’m all he has.

  5. L.... W....

    I used to have a very good friend whose name is Josh... but now he suddenly seems to hate me :(

  6. N.... B....

    We just lost our friend Nandi last night and his close friend Loco posted this song. Thank you Loco..... So heartbreaking and yet so beautiful.

    N.... B....

    Nancy Burns sorry for your loss

    N.... B....

    @bethany chamberlain thank you so much. I am sure Nandi would have been so touched by this song as we are all.

  7. b.... c....

    I've listened to this a lot in the past few days

  8. T.... S....

    My best friend Josh killed himself in December. I suggested this song and it was played at his funeral, and everybody felt it and thought it was written for my Josh. Thank you for singing through the pain. Thank you for the memories. Thank you for the love. You were glorious, you.

  9. �.... B....

    I'm glad and mad that Frank never made a studio version of this song. I know it would maybe remove some of the emotion but the background noise of people cheering and camera shots annoys the hell out of me.

  10. E.... H....

    Josh is my brothers name. This hits me right in the feels.

  11. P.... L....

    I’m really urged to say this is the best song ever written. The “simple” music perfectly goes hand in hand with the lyrics. That’s art at its best if you ask me!

  12. R.... H....

    So moving. FT is a superb poet.

  13. T.... R....

    Someone had the gall to say this song is hypocritical to Glory Hallelujah on another video, and while I don't usually make attacks on random strangers on the web I'd like to say a big fuck you to that jaw dropping leap in logic. This is a soul crushing song about a terrible moment that has occurred in too many lives, and if I go to a Frank Turned gig and it gets played I will be singing it at the top of my lungs with the rest of you.

  14. K.... ....

    My cousin named Josh just took his own life. I found this song today and it describes exactly the way I feel. Thank you for this.

  15. S.... N....

    This song really gets me everytime

  16. A.... P....

    I listen to this for my brother who committed suicide last year. We went on a suvival trip 3 days before He took his life, and I wish he had said something to me. He was a giant kid and I always break when Frank songa, "And I'll remember you making a hole through the kids in the crowd," because I could always see his big ass clearing a path and I miss him so much sometimes. He would have been 21 now.

  17. M.... A....

    Not for one, but for all those lost. For every single one that didn't make it through the rough seas of life. For everyone who felt so alone, that they took themselves to an endless sleep. For everyone that never called.

    For the lost, and the fallen.

  18. v.... i....

    I listened this the first time he played it live in Philadelphia on 2013, broke my heart instantly. Listening this on a record brings me to tears.

  19. C.... N....

    just lost a friend and i miss him so bad

    C.... N....

    thanks for being a good friend gage

  20. j.... ....

    my name is Josh and I have attempted suicide many times and have been hospitalized... the previous time I went (and last) when I got out, my best friend showed me this song and changed my life... each time I think of ending my life I listen to this song and it convinces me otherwise... thank you for this masterpiece. you've saved my life many times.

    j.... ....

    I started this group if you are interested. it's good group of people and strictly confidential https://www.facebook.com/groups/915371971868582/

  21. B.... P....

    I hope and pray that no one else has to have the burden of being able to relate to this song...

    -for Henry

  22. K.... F....

    My cousin is currently on life support in the ICU, due to an overdose. they are likely removing life support today. I can't stop crying and listening to this song.

    K.... F....

    I am so sorry, sending my thoughts and love, if you ever need to talk to someone then I am here for you!

  23. C.... ....

    He played this last night at the Mansion in Kingston Ontario, made me tear up. RIP Josh

  24. M.... M....

    Thanks man i miss josh too

  25. E.... W....

    to David I will always love you... sorry I wasn't there.

  26. D.... ....

    Raise awareness!

    D.... ....

    +Dan Rogers I have a FB page called Not Dead Yet just for this reason and many others

    D.... ....

    Thanks Man!

    D.... ....

    robert eldred

  27. J.... S....

    Bawled my eyes out to this in Southampton last night, and I wasn't the only one <3

  28. R.... R....

    RIP Josh, The 9:30 has never been the same brother.

  29. R.... S....

    For Chad.

  30. A.... ....

    "It kills me to think that for a second you felt alone." I know exactly how Frank feels when he sings this. Such an amazing heart Frank Turner has. This song makes me cry every time.

  31. B.... ....

    Ugh. Every time I listen to this song, I break down just a little. "I too have stood up on that ledge, but I know you'd have pulled me back down from the edge." Gets me every fucking time.

  32. d.... ....

    Just seen this at Leeds 2015 and nearly broke down. Frank is love. Frank is life.

    d.... ....

    +djksmile I was there too, was a bit too embarrassed to cry until I looked around saw that every other person was haha

  33. A.... ....

    ...I'm not crying...

  34. S.... 2....

    Such a hauntingly beautiful song, deserves more views that it will ever get!

  35. b.... ....

    i cried the first time I heard this song. It just hit me at the right time and you can just feel the raw emotiom that Frank Turner put into this song to make it amazingly beautiful

    b.... ....

    +banquetofsouls Currently sat here crying :'(