Today has been one of those days where I've been feeling a little more sorrowful than usual. It's funny how grief can do that to you, isn't it? Even after all this time, you're still dealing with it, and you always will, in some form.
I recently heard this song by Chris Pureka and Andrea Gibson. Andrea wrote the lyrics while she was fighting cancer, while Chris put Andrea's lyrics to music. Chris recalls playing the song for Andrea while she was in hospice, right before she died. You can read more of their incredible story here. And even though the song is deeply personal, there is also something universal to the lyrics -- that while we miss our loved ones, their loss and being gone is only temporary. Lyrics follow after the video link.
Hold Down the Fort
“Hold down the fort, ‘cause I gotta go.
Light on the water will carry me somehow.
Don’t say goodbye, forever is not too far.
The other side’s just a stone’s throw
from love and you’ve got a great arm.
You’ve got a great arm.
You held the pen to my chest each hour you were writing.
You said, ‘Every good poem is hell and heaven fighting.’
But there’s no gates where I’m going—
I think that’s a good thing.
I want nothing kept out
if I’m losing my everything ‘cause
I had it
I had it
I had it all, I had you.
Prints on the window
Where you watched me come home.
I hear your footsteps on every winter’s first snow.
But this too shall future.
I’ll circle back honey.
When they lay me down,
I’ll hit the ground running
back to you.
I had it,
I had it,
I had it all, I had you.
I had it all, I had you.
I had it all, I had you."
