We’ve lost another super talented artist in Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous, who committed suicide this weekend. It’s a tragedy, but not an unforeseen tragedy, unfortunately. Linkous was quite a troubled soul who overdosed on pills and alcohol in 1996 while on tour with Radiohead. The situation left him wheelchair bound for six months.

Watch Sparklehorse – “Saturday”

It’s actually hauntingly poignant as Linkous took his life on a Saturday…

You are a car
You are a hospital
I’d walk to hell and back
To see you smile
On Saturday

You are a star
You are a sea of air
I play great keyboards
Of horses’ teeth
On Saturday
On Saturday

I’d like to tell you
How I feel
I’ll probably keep it
’til Saturday
Oh Saturday, Saturday

(via Pitchfork / Rolling Stone)