“…. And just before I lay me down to never wake
I look up and I see you
So with everything I am
Thank you…. ” ~ ‘Thank You‘ by Céline Dion (written by S. Smith)
So many of my friends and colleagues got together for a little video collaboration in celebration of Céline Dion, their idol’s birthday, which was the 30th of March.
People who collaborated in the video also wish her husband well since he’s dealing with cancer yet again and the news came out around the time everyone was making their part of the video.
It was very thoughtful and I am sure very sincere for many of the people who participated in the activity.
I guess it goes to show that there are some truly devoted fans of certain music idols.
There’s nothing wrong with this video. And there’s nothing wrong with what the people said and done on the video as it was basically get well wishes either in spoken word or on hand made signs. And of course wishing Dion a happy birthday. I mean I know a few of the people on the video. So good for them for doing that. People who are fans from one side of the world to the other and back getting together as a collective group.
But there’s a really BAD problem with the song choice. A deep dark desperate problem with the song “Thank You.”
And that is the lines in the song right before the chorus:
And just before I lay me down to never wake
I look up and I see you
So with everything I am
Thank you
Umm… huh? Really? Nobody caught on to this while making the video. Nobody caught on to this when this album was released. Nobody caught on that the lyrics are talking about DEATH………… and possibly a suicide.
Shaffer Smith wrote the song. I’d love to know what Shaffer Smith was thinking.
“Just before I lay me down TO NEVER WAKE I look up and I see you”
She is never going to open her eyes again… she is going to die! And these poor unsuspecting die-hard fans are saying “Thank You” to Dion while using the song “Thank You” to say thank you.
Really bad juju, people. Probably unintended bad juju. But bad juju is bad juju. 
But take a look at the video. Its more than just that. There are a lot of kind hearted people with very very sincere messages that they wanted to get out to their idol by way of collaborating on this video. Its just the wrong song that they used. If they left all of the video content the same and chose a different song, it would be just as excellent.
OOPS.
Great message. Horrible song choice.
Still proud of my friends and colleagues though.
Dambreaker 