snapshots

Album: Memento Mori

[verse]
Little brother, my best friend
I had so many things to say
I hope someday we'll meet again
I'd like to be with you, but I must stay.

This house has never been so void
since the days before you came
Now again, it's all destroyed
This home will never be the same

[pre-chorus]
You made me laugh, you brought me joy
You were a child, in body and soul
But now you're gone, my little boy
You were so young, but had to go

[chorus]
You were strong, you never wailed
You were great, so pure, so good
So your kidneys may have failed
But your heart, sure never would

I know that your final request
Was that I not cry for you
I swear, I always do my best
But can't always get it through

[verse]
You were so lovely, sweet and smart
Came from heaven to bring the light
To my home and to my hard heart
And dissipate the gloom of night

You were like a shooting star
Lit my whole world for a while
Chased away the shadows and the dark
with the brightness of your smile

[pre-chorus]
I still remember your small hand
Wiping the tears I could not withhold
Who knew that someone could withstand
What you endured, so brave, so bold

[chorus]
You were strong, you never wailed
You were great, so pure, so good
Now your kidneys may have failed
But your heart, sure never would

I know that your final request
Was that I not cry for you
I swear, I always do my best
But can't always get it through

[instrumental]

[verse]
Only time can bring relief
To all the sadness and the pain
It's sad how life must be so brief
But sorrow, for eons remain

Life is unfaithful and unfair
Leaves without reason or a rhyme
And the moments that we share
turn to snapshots lost in time

[pre-chorus]
Is there a book, a script, a plan?
Does it all have to be this way?
Is there purpose for every man?
Are we just toys for God to play?

[chorus]
You were strong, you never wailed
You were great, so pure, so good
Now your kidneys may have failed
But your heart, sure never would

I know that your final request
Was that I not cry for you
I swear, I always do my best
But can't always get it through

[outro]
You still didn't turn eleven
But the good always die young
Are you happy there in heaven?
Did you hear the song I've sung?