Song Description
Dealing with death and the loss of a loved one,
and questioning how well we've lived our own
life and how we'll be remembered.
| Song Length |
3:33 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary, Country - Traditional |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Spirituality |
Similar Artists |
Garth Brooks, Travis Tritt |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
The Dash c, 2008 Robert Jude Romero
One day I went with grandpa to visit grandma's grave
just a few years after she had passed away.
I was just a kid back then and I wanted to know,
about the words and the numbers chiseled on her stone.
He said, "the numbers are the dates your grandma was born & died
and the words are what I meant to say while she was still alive.
But the thing that matters most," he said, as he blinked away a tear,
is the love we shared together in the dash between those years."
chorus:
"There's a lifetime of memories in the dash between those years.
One short line for all that time doesn't seem fair.
In this garden of stone we leave flowers and our prayers
and sometimes we just need to touch, the dash between those years.
I still remember grandpa's words, he loved her ' til the day he died
I bring them flowers and a prayer as I look back on my life.
When my time on earth is over and my family gathers here,
will they see how much I loved them in the dash between those years?
(repeat chorus)
(tag) Yeah, sometimes we just need to touch
the dash between those years.