Monday, January 7, 2013

Sing Together


"Sing Together"

If I go before I say to everyone in my ballet
Let me take this chance to thank you for the dance
If I run out of songs to sing to take your mind off everything
Just smile, sit a while with the

Sun on your face and remember the place we met
Take a breath and soon I bet you'll see
Without you I would never be me
You are the leaves of my family tree

Sing together
If you knew me from the very start,
Or we met last week at the grocery mart
Just sing together
It's the least that I can do
My final gift to you

When I'm past the pearly gate, I will find some real estate
Where we can settle down and watch the world go round
We'll send down all the love we got and let them know we got a spot
For them to be and it's all free,

The sun on your face and remember the place we met
Take a breath and soon I bet you'll see
Without you I would never be me
You are the leaves of my family tree

Sing together
If you knew me from the very start,
Or not at all you're still a part, just
Sing together
It's the least that I can do
My final gift to you

I fell in love with this song the first time I ever heard it. I have a lot of thoughts that rush through my head when hearing it, but this I know for sure: I want it played at my funeral. Which, God willing, is a really long time away.

Pat Monahan was tuned into my heart when he wrote it. If I never get the chance to tell everyone I love that I love them, to tell them how much they have contributed to my life, to say that even what they may consider to be the tiniest role in my existence made a bigger impact on my life than they ever imagined, I hope this song would let them know it.

I try to do my best to let people know I love them, but sometimes it's hard to because people don't always understand how I love and how much I love. Chances are that some people wouldn't think that I love them, but I do and I have. I'd want people to know how much I would want them to be happy, and to know that they mean so much more than they ever could have thought, and I would want them to sing together.


"If you knew me from the very start, or we met last week at the grocery mart." 

"...or not all all you're still a part."

"Without you I would never be me. You are the leaves of my family tree."

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