A reflection on how death brings loved ones together.

This song reflects upon the sad reality of death and yet the somehow comforting thought (while we are alive) that at our death those who loved us will be there to farewell us.

This song was inspired by a sad experience at Castlepoint lagoon on Friday afternoon, December 29, 2006. My family and I were playing together in the sand some metres away from the scene at waterÂ’s edge where a man named Rob had apparently suffered a hear

I saw a man who died today
We were playing in the sand
A shadow fell across the bay
There was something wrong at hand
The way the people gathered round
A figure lying prone
Told me this man was not about
To be left to die alone

When nighttime falls and sleep has come
Even though youÂ’re not aware
The ones who loved you in your life will come
They will be there

Two years ago we lost someone
A mother and a friend
She wasnÂ’t well but no one was
Prepared for her lifeÂ’s end
We rallied to the hospital
And gathered round her bed
I was too late to say goodbye
And other things unsaid

When nighttime falls and sleep has come
Even though youÂ’re not aware
The ones who loved you in your life will come
They will be there

When tragedy takes loved ones
From beyond our tender grasp
So many have their questions
And the things they want to ask
One day in earthÂ’s new morning
A different sound will touch the air
WeÂ’ll hear the voice of our loved ones
And, yes, they will be there

Though nighttime falls and sleep has come
Even though theyÂ’re not aware
The ones we loved throughout their life will come
They will be there

Though nighttime falls and sleep has come
Even though theyÂ’re not aware
The ones we loved throughout their life will come
They will be there