Layne Staley has been dead for 7 years...

Last night on my way home from a gig shooting food at Market, I was admiring the massive amount of umbrellas that were carrying legs beneath them. And then it made me think about Seattle. I wondered if everyone there had an umbrella attached at their belt like a lightsaber. And then I was working away today and "Nutshell" came on by Alice in Chains. What a downer of a brilliant song. And then it hit me. Layne Staley died this week 7 years ago. April 5th, 2002.

We chase misprinted lies
We face the path of time
And yet I fight
And yet I fight
This battle all alone
No one to cry to
No place to call home

Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...

My gift of self is raped
My privacy is raked
And yet I find
And yet I find
Repeating in my head
If I can't be my own
I'd feel better dead

Oooh...Oooh...
Oooh...Oooh...

Couldn't have seen that coming. Layne, you are missed.