This song is dedicated to my aunt, who is also my godmother, who has been battling cancer for 3 years. She is now in hospice, and it is unbearable to see her as just this seemingly empty shell. Her family lives overseas and we have these video calls every morning and I know I have so much to tell her and so much to thank her for, but I cannot bring myself to speak to her while she lies in bed with a blank expression on her face. I cannot imagine the pain her family is going through. I hate cancer. Nobody deserves to go through it.
Don’t be mad
If I ever have to leave this shell
I know it’s sad
And a little earlier than we’d have wished
Don’t look like that
I don’t want you to remember me this frail
Listen to me
I promise you there’ll be better days than this
I promise you there’ll be better days than this
When my flesh and bone fail
My love for you won’t decay
When my hands let go
My heart will hold on to you
Do not be afraid
Don’t look like that
I don’t want you to remember me this frail
Listen to me
I promise you there’ll be better days than this
I promise you there’ll be better days than this
When my flesh and bone fail
My love for you won’t decay
When my voice is nowhere to be heard
Remember what I used to say
When the world just seems like it stopped turning
You will feel my warm embrace
And when my hands let go
My heart will hold on to you
Do not be afraid
@nadine Feb 2022
Oufz what a topic! This song is so heartfelt and sad. The last part is so fragile. Speechless.