So goes the voice of The Moody Blues. John Lodge has passed from this life at age 82, suddenly and unexpectedly according to his family. Never assume you still have more time on this good earth, no matter what the doctors tell you.

I’ve no idea if The Moody Blues ever intended it or not but some of their songs really spoke to the gay youngling I once was, and to the love lost adult I became, and I still listen to them longingly.

Beauty I’d always missed
With these eyes before
Just what the truth is
I can’t say anymore
And I love you…

Knock on my door and even the score with your eyes…

I wonder if you care
I wonder if you still remember
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams…

…and now that voice is gone. But no…it will always be there to sing those songs to us, and the one in my heart. Nobody spoke to it like they did…like he did.