Story Behind The Song
Written after a funeral
Song Description
We are gathered here at the end of their life
To mourn their passing and the end of their strife
We all want to know why it ended this way
But none of us are going to grasp it today
It seems like the way, the way of this world
That the innocents suffer and the children hurt
If drugs don't get 'em then the sadness will
Some'll die of hunger and some?ll be killed
| Song Length |
2:39 |
Genre |
Pop - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Mixed Vocals |
| Mood |
Moving |
Subject |
Suicide, Sadness |
| Language |
English |
| |
Lyrics
Innocents Suffer
C 1990 Laury Dahners
We are gathered here at the end of their life
to mourn their passing and the end of their strife
our hearts are torn apart by the means of their release
our souls cry with hope that they are now at peace
we all want to know why it ended this way
but none of us are going to grasp it today
Yes they were good such good people
they'd lived their lives by the book they knew
They'd never tried to hurt, to hurt a soul
but lord you know they'd hurt a few
you might even say they'd hurt themselves
but they never never ever deserved this end
Livin' in the world today
its a lotta work and a little play
seems like the good they're dyin' young CHORUS
and the bad they just a keep a goin' on
who is gonna tell me where the sense of it is
livin' on the edge of this great abyss
Well it seems like its the way of this world
that the innocents suffer and the children hurt
If drugs don't kill 'em then the sadness will
some'll die of hunger and some of disease
but one thing will never never ever change
Yeah the innocents will suffer the bad man's rage
CHORUS
Come on please explain it to me
Explain it to their children, explain it to the sea
I want to know the answer, explain it to me
why are the bad ones still left
why have the good ones died and gone
why are the bad ones still hurtin' the good
INSTRUMENTAL
CHORUS
We go now my frends, in each our own way
we'll still mourn their passing, our spirits still gray
they'll live on in our hearts, but we too shall succumb
We hope that a place of wonder, after this life shall come
But for now please take solace, in the joys we have shared
Yes, turn your hearts to the joyful times, that we and they have shared