This song is about a teen Ryan knew named Mindy Llewellyn. She ran away from home in Cheatham County in 2012 and later hung herself while she was in custody of the police in a holding cell. She died at a nearby hospital on May 14, 2012.
[Chorus]
Too soon, you sailed across the sky
Too soon to see with clearer eyes
Too soon to live and too soon to die (Too soon to die)
Mindy Llewellyn
Mindy Llewellyn
[Verse 1]
I remember the bucket list you had
Sittin' in my Ford one hand folded back
We was at a party and you had to go home
So, I drop you off down the road
You said you were sick of this old town
Would do anything to get out
But I never expected it
To be that way
[Chorus]
Too soon, you sailed across the sky
Too soon to see with clearer eyes
Too soon to live and too soon to die (Too soon to die)
Mindy Llewellyn
Mindy Llewellyn
[Verse 2]
I didn't go to your funeral
Samantha J. tried to get me to go
But I couldn't bear to walk up and see you that way
I'd rather know the smiling girl last week
The one with that Sharpie on her jeans
With colors as bright as what she had planned
[Chorus]
Too soon, you sailed across the sky
Too soon to see with clearer eyes
Too soon to live and too soon to die (Too soon to die)
Mindy Llewellyn
Mindy Llewellyn
[Outro]
Mindy Llewellyn
Mindy Llewellyn
Llewellyn was written by Upchurch.
Llewellyn was produced by Thomas Toner.
From Instagram:
it’s is a song about a girl I went to school with named Mindy Llewellen, I wasn’t her best friend or anything I knew her enough to know she was witty & funny & down to earth and I helped her sneak out a couple of times to go to her girlfriends house. She was a really positiv...