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I can say this much. I had a father who killed himself, and it rings true. When a parent ends his/her life you question your worth. I was left with so many questions. I can honestly say he didn't make this song for others, but more for himself.

As a mother, this song has literally saved my life. Every time I feel suicidal I listen to it and remember that there are consequences.

Though you are gone...I am still your sister....and though your pain is over ..mine has just begun.......This song is for my brother! 12-5-77 to 5-2-17...I love you and miss you brother!!!

This song is for one of my best friends, Jimmy. Rest in Peace my brother. Gone but never forgotten. I fucking love you so much.

It wasn't intentional. My father destroyed himself over years of self-neglect. Could I have stopped it?

Everyone is fighting a battle you know nothing about.

Numan has openly discussed these difficulties and in an interview with The Evening Standard, May 7th 2002 he stated:

“Although Gemma really wants children, and it is important to me too, she is a thousand times more important to me. Through all this, my only concern was not about whether it has worked but how it would affect Gemma.” He says the first time they went through the process, only to lose the baby after 12 weeks, was the most difficult. “That was the worst because we actually had a baby on the way. It was absolutely terrible and we were devastated. There were a lot of tears. And when the most recent attempt failed, in February, that was pretty grim, too, because we had two weeks when our hopes were raised, but then they were dashed again.”

The song “A Prayer for the Unborn” takes its title from a Catholic prayer and is a deeply personal song reflecting on the troubles of failed fertility treatments and two of these tragically ending in miscarriages.