Can you learn to appreciate a life after it’s gone?
Can you wake up early, just to see the dawn?
After all of this existence,
And all of the resistance,
Can you learn to love after I’m gone?
And dream a thousand dreams,
Before you awake at dawn?
Can you get up when you fall?
Can you learn to live at all?
After everything’s been done,
Ask if I’m the only one,
Will you stand if you fall?
Or will you bother,
If you miss me at all?
Can you get yourself out of bed?
Can you get out of your head?
Where all the memories play,
Over and over relay,
That you shouldn’t get out of bed,
No matter what may wait,
Cause you can't escape your head,
Will you hide when tears roll down your face?
Will you find memories to replace?
The thoughts that drift through your mind,
Singing sweetly, words so unkind,
You won’t hide the tears on your face,
They’re all you’ve got left,
Of memories you can't replace,
I love you dear,
I’m always near,
Lulling you to sleep on a cold night,
Whispering softly that “It’s alright,
I’m with you dear,
I’m always near.”
[Inspired by Emily Brontë’s “Remembrance”]
