@mountaineer
Thanks,I didn't pick up on that,but even then it's still a stupid self-centered song that is him basically getting in his wife's face and saying she no longer matters.
No. Not the point of the song at all; with Alzheimer 'victim's' they don't remember people whom they are close to ... she mattered to him and he loved her deeply; the disease caused him to forget her; her face being the last face he remembered and because he doesn't remember, he'll never know what his wife is going through as she loses him to Alzheimer's.
Very sad. Watch the video of his last days of touring. I've watched it twice and I cried through the whole thing. It will make you appreciate how tremendously, incredibly talented Campbell was and even though the disease had taken hold, his music was one part of the brain that was amazingly still functioning. From my understanding, music utilizes a different part of the brain. For Glen Campbell, that part of the brain was so developed because of his tremendous musical talent, that it was the very last part of the brain that was consumed by Alzheimer's.
Lyrics - I'm Not Gonna Miss You
I'm still here, but yet I'm gone
I don't play guitar or sing my songs
They never defined who I am
The man that loves you 'til the end
You're the last person I will love
You're the last face I will recall
And best of all, I'm not gonna miss you
Not gonna miss you
I'm never gonna hold you like I did
Or say I love you to the kids
You're never gonna see it in my eyes
It's not gonna hurt me when you cry
I'm never gonna know what you go through
All the things I say or do
All the hurt and all the pain
One thing selfishly remains
I'm not gonna miss you
I'm not gonna miss you
www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-6Vjzq8dAk