Eurovision hopeful Guy Sebastian arrived back in Australia from London to see the news of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran’s fate in Bali and was struck by the tragedy.
Despite having had fewer than two hours sleep in two days, Guy Sebastian felt moved to create a slideshow of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, their families, Sukumaaran’s art, and tributes to the pair after their deaths.
He set it to a self-composed chorus.
The lyrics are: “When you fire your bullet look me in the eye and take aim, when you fire your bullet as it takes my life, my light will remain so take aim.”
“I just have had such a weight after seeing coverage of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran’s families and their desperation and anguish,” he wrote.
“As I began to read about the courage they had just before facing death it made me think of how much their light shone in this last chapter, & that it will continue to shine long after, especially for their families.”
“I just wrote this chorus and did a slideshow tribute. I hope it works, I’ve never done one before. I know people are divided about certain specifics of all this, but please don’t comment about that, this is purely to honour 2 people who have tragically had their life cut short.”
Facebook users ignored this last request, demanding, nonsensically, to know why Sebastian was moved to write a song about the two executed Australians but not about the thousands of people who died in Nepal.
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Guy Sebastian what a thoughtful compassionate man you are.
Turned off Guy Sebastian for life now!
"What is right" you say?
Administering the punishment they were sentenced to after committing a crime - That's right.