Story Behind The Song
After my mother died gruesomely, many people had things to say that weren't helpful, but they were trying. This is a song of mourning.
The interlude is from the opening of Maurice Ravel's "Pavane pour une infante défunte."
| Song Length |
4:45 |
Genre |
Unique - General, Classical - Romantic |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Subject |
Sadness, Mother |
Similar Artists |
Conor Oberst |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
It feels like everything I love has gone away
And nothing but the loss of you is here to stay
They say what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
But it's calamity to have lived longer
Than the one you tried to save
They say it's better to have loved in vain
A broken heart can mend, no hurt, no gain
They say one swallow doesn't make a summer
And though your situation's a bummer,
She wasn't the first mother to die
Oh, those condolences
The things they say to take the hurt away
But oh, what can you do, when there's no one else to turn to?
When nothing meaningful stays
They say that this too shall pass
As if love and longing were only sands in the hourglass
Lifted roots can be replanted
I took you too much for granted, looking back at the past
It feels like everyone I know can feel it too
Another death, another breath to say goodbye to
They say everything happens for a reason
Like ebbing tides and changing seasons,
But every season now is without you--
Oh, this impermanence
The waking and the breaking of hearts and silence
With words, fragile words, that die as soon as they're heard
And life that too quickly slips away ----
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