"… send me away with the words of a love song... make me a rainbow I'll shine down on my mother... she'll know I'm safe with you and she stands under my colors... oh and life ain't always what you think it ought to be... no ain't even gray but she buries her baby... the sharp knife of a short life... well I've had just enough time…"
We miss him very much… there are times when I still can’t believe he’s not here with me physically anymore… the parents are slowly coming to terms with his absence too but its still painful to talk about him in the past tense…
In my mind’s eye, I can still see him so clearly on the day of his funeral… it feels so surreal… like it’s a movie I am watching… I felt so detached that I wonder if its normal to feel the way I do… I feel guilty some days thinking maybe I could have done or said something that could have resulted in a different scenario from now… I asked myself if I had done enough to protect my baby brother… there are so many questions which I have no answer to… at times, I don’t know how to comfort my mum when she asks the same questions I asked myself…
If I Die Young
if i die young bury me in satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
ooh ooh ooh ooh
lord make me a rainbow I'll shine down on my mother
she'll know I'm safe with you and she stands under my colors
oh and life ain't always what you think it ought to be
no ain't even gray but she buries her baby
the sharp knife of a short life
well I've had just enough time
if i die young bury me in satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
the sharp knife of a short life
well, i have just enough time
and I'll be wearing white
when i come into your kingdom
I'm as green as the ring on my little cold finger
I've never known the lovin' of man
but it sure felt nice when he was holdin' my hand
there's a boy here in town
who says he'll love me forever
who would have thought forever could be severed
by the sharp knife of a short life
well I've had just enough time
so put on your best boys, and I'll wear my pearls
what i never did is done
a penny for my thoughts oh no I'll sell 'em for a dollar
they're worth so much more after I'm a goner
and maybe then you'll hear the words that I've been singin'
its funny when your dead how people start listenin'
if i die young bury me in satin
lay me down on a bed of roses
sink me in the river at dawn
send me away with the words of a love song
ooh ooh the ballad of a dove
go with peace and love
gather up your tears and keep them in your pocket
save em for a time when your really gonna need em.
oh the sharp knife of a short life
well I've had just enough time
so put on your best boys, and I'll wear my pearls
so put on your best boys, and I'll wear my pearls
