Just days before Ozzy Osbourne’s death, Steven Tyler shared what would unknowingly become their final conversation — a private, soul‑baring exchange that the Aerosmith frontman now says will haunt him for the rest of his life.

According to sources close to the Osbourne family, Tyler had rushed to Ozzy’s estate after learning of his rapidly declining health. The two rock legends spent hours together in Ozzy’s favorite room, surrounded by gold records, family photographs, and mementos of a life lived on the edge. They reminisced about their wildest years on the road, the chaos and camaraderie that defined their friendship, and their long battles with addiction — two survivors reflecting on what it meant to still be standing after decades of defying the odds. “It wasn’t small talk,” one insider said. “It was two men looking back at the fire they’d walked through together.”

But it was Ozzy’s final words to Tyler that left him shattered. “He looked me straight in the eye,” Tyler reportedly told friends, “and said, ‘I don’t regret the madness, but promise me you’ll keep singing when I can’t.’” Those words, delivered with Ozzy’s trademark blunt honesty, have since replayed in Tyler’s mind every night. Witnesses said he left the mansion in tears, overwhelmed by the gravity of what he now recognizes as a goodbye Ozzy knew he was giving.

The revelation of their last conversation has left fans heartbroken, with social media flooded by messages calling it “a glimpse into a friendship that was more like a brotherhood.” Others described it as “the most Ozzy way to say goodbye — raw, unfiltered, and full of love.” For Tyler, those final words aren’t just haunting — they’re a charge to carry forward the music, the madness, and the spirit of a friend who lived life with no apologies.