We always sat in sweet contentment
I laid with head upon your knee
Now you are gone and I'm alone forever
Fate will decide what's best for me
The glittering stars blinked out when teardrops started
No hopes like rainbows in the sky
I'm tired but yet I must go forward
Some people say that it's not time to die
How can I take the years and years of crying
Of piteous moons and gloomy burned out suns
Have I the strength it takes to go the distance
Watch all my dreams die slowly one by one
My mind screams what's the sense in trying
There is no peace when weary days are done
No splendor neath the grass where he is lying
My heart went with you, my beloved son
Why look for shiny new tomorrows
Uprooted from this place I dearly love
Is it not better that I face the future
From that great land that's somewhere up above
I need your arms, your heart to urge me forward
I want to look ahead not glance forever back
You took my soul with you when you went flying
There is no way that you can bring it back
Please sleep in peace and know that I am coming
That I can't leave you lying all alone
Still I must wait and strive to keep on going
Until the Lord of heaven calls me home
