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Yoshiki's Speech at hide's Funeral

(taken verbatim from this page)

I'm very shocked to hear about his death. I still can't believe what has happened. Right now, he's sleeping with a beautiful face.I tried to wake him up many times, but he's still sleeping. Between the five of us, hide was the one who kept his calm and thought out things. Even though I was the leader, he was the calm one who gave me good advice when I was being short tempered and emotional.Of course with all of that pressure, he too almost lost his identity. But during those hard times, he'd always give me a call. We would talk about X, music, friends, life, fans, almost anything. He was like an older to me and sometimes like a younger brother too. We'd drink togethher and sometimes fight. But the next day, he'd come to me and say, "Yoshiki, did I do something last night? I'm sorry, I don't remember a thing." But this time, he didn't say anything back to me, sleeping. Too all fans and friends, you must all be confused. I too can not express this sadness in words But we must understand that this is a reality.Everyone please watch over his eternal sleep warmly.

X-Japan Leader Yoshiki

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