Rodney Rodriguez 1971 - 2006

My friend Rodney passed away last week. He was the same age as me.......... It's weird knowing that I'll never run in to him or talk to him again. I haven't seen him in about ten years, so I'm sure he went through a lot changes in his life, just as I have.

Whenever I think about him, I remember going over to his house, getting high and hangin out in his backyard and in his bedroom, watching him draw and make darts for his blow gun, listening to his stories and listening to lots of Metal.

One of his favorite bands was Fate's Warning. He knew it inside and out. Every word and every musical part. After my Grandma called me up and told me he had died, I popped in a tape that he made for me. Oh man, It gave me cold chills through my whole body. It brought me back to walking through Legion Park with him and Trevor on our way to his sister and brother in-law's apartment. Rodney was singing "Guardian" and Trevor was chiming in here and there and I was just watching them. We were on our way to smoke some weed, drink some beers, listen to some tunes and kick it. Not a care in the world. He was always good for that....................... My heart goes out to everyone in his life. It's never easy losing someone.

Guardian

These walls are stained engraved with pain

You will find them under shadows casting shame

Some it's all they'll ever know,

Angels of the fortunate sons come and go ... You may not

Entities pass in the night Guardians and the Reaper fight the will to live shall win

Mares of hope ride through their dreams

blinding light awakens sleeping dawn it seems

It was all a dream endless dream

I will wish upon a star I believe in you

And if my will has strayed afar I rememebered you

Will you remember me I the one you sentenced Pennance unabsolved

Answer me save my will have you forgotten me

Pace the hallway blindman for a million miles of stars

His mind has seen, think you may he lives in darkness

We're the dark he's seen the light of dream

Karen's been asleep forever I know she hears me

She has so much to say, Machine shootssparks through face

Unto my hand, unto my heart

I'm a fire without a flame helpless child without a name

With broken wings catch me I'm falling

I'm a question with no answer who are you that takes my life away from me

unveil the bondaries of the black

I had a dream I was you strong as the fire

In your veins then when I called out your name

I would remain and witness the pain

I am beyond silent black I will be back as your guardian

Angels in white you have sacrificed witness and bury the pain

Walk hand and hand with the fear stricken child strengthen the weak and the lame

pillar of pennance and lore

Perpetual journey into the realm

the sovereign servitor

Fate's Warning - Guardian

Fate's Warning - Valley of the Dolls

Fate's Warning - Time Long Past

Rest well my friend