[Verse 1]
I think I need another minute to breathe
Watching the leaves twisting in the shift of the breeze
And I freeze! The images bleed, the sounds fade, the unease
Your spirit is free, the clouds gray, as your pain ceases;
My brain reaches for answers but cancels under the same weakness
Breaching the world we knew, falling to fragments
Tried to hold on 'till dawn, calling you back in
But you left in a casket full of rose petals
So distressed, but basking your soul's level
Revel in the light because life's a sojourn
But losing you is a slow burn. The globe turns
Even after you've left, we try to keep collected
But the memories come back when I least expect it!
But since you've left, the family's reconnected
So I try to keep perspective, but can't let go
Holding on to these pictures, they're fading fast
But our bond's made to last as the ages pa**
[Hook – Wisdom Child]
I'm left here, stuck with all these tainted dreams
Can't you see you took all of me with you
[Verse 2]
As an infant, born oblivious in my innocence
To the storm spinning since before I was living it
Insidious faces, I write as I know it!
I was given the surface, I tried to go below it
And though her eyes show it, her voice will never tell
When she fell and lost grip, slipped into a cell
With walls closing in, she holds to keep steady
But a small opening explodes to breached levees
Let the rain fall, no shelter
A young mother of two subdued by her elders
Told to do whatever was asked of her
Feeling trapped under the mask to keep the past covered
Saw her son rise, but it couldn't prepare
For all the pain and each prayer she put in the air
Like Hail Marys
No time left, hoping the saints will receive her
And open the gates, she's growing faint/
Tried to bring her own closure
From an over dosage of her medication, show's over
Or so it seemed. Maybe I dreamt it
But I can still picture the medics trying to prevent it
Strengthened her faith and how she found God
But it's etched in her face, somehow it sounds odd
To tell this story, knowing that a part of me
Was nearly lost forever, it would have taken all of me!
[Hook]