My great grandma Violet passed away at the beginning of this week and she had such an incredible and profound impact on my life from the ground up. In many ways she helped raise not only her kids, but their’s (my mom and aunt) and their’s (my sister and I). So to honor a truly beautiful life I wrote this song (not that it could ever measure up). But, the longer I worked on it the more it kinda took shape as a little more than just a one-dimensional remembrance song though as I started to pull from another situation involving another amazing person who changed my life. So this is to not just an incredible woman who I’ll always miss, but to a perfect someone whom I’m tired of missing because he should just be here…
Thanks and love :)
This is me, learning how to believe
In something other than me
And this is me, learning how to fight
When I wake up someplace different than I fell asleep last night
This is me, knowing you always kept your wings in hiding
This is me thanking you for everything
For all the bad I’ve done
And all the good I’ll become
I won’t stop until I am through
And my life’s a perfect tribute to you
This is now, getting hard to breathe
Tryin’ my best to stay bold
Just like you, the way you’d want me to
But sometimes it feels so good
There’s a burning cigarette
That’s not going out just yet
The ash takes shape of what we won’t forget
Like the love that was life’s second chance
The last first kiss, the perfect dance
In the perfect place, to the perfect song
That you’ll remember for your whole life long
Before we turn the lights out in this place
I will stare out at the night and see your face
Take a hit, raise my glass
Cuz God knows life moves too fast
So we better fly while we still have the grace
