DEARLY DEPARTED

DEARLY DEPART MY TEARS FALL FOR YOU

YOU LEFT ME HEAR IN THE DARK

WITHOUT A HAND TO HOLD

WITH ALL THE THINGS I NEVER TOLD

DEARLY DEPARTED YOU LEFT SO SOON

YET YOUR FACE STILL LOOMS

THE THINGS I THOUGHT WE’D SEE EACH OTHER THOUGH

THE PAIN YOU LEFT IN YOUR AWOKE

WILL NEVER COMPARE TO THE PAIN I’LL FEEL WHEN I WAKE

I CAN ONLY WISH YOU’D BE HERE

TO SEE WHAT I WILL BECOME, HOW I WOULD MAKE YOU SO PROUD

THOU GONE FROM SIGHT ONLY TOGO INTO THE LIGHT

THE MEMORY WE SHARE SOME GOOD OTHERS BAD

FROM THE FEELINGS WE HEAR BY THE WARM EMBRACE

SO TO MY TEARS I HOPE YOU HERE

I WISH THAT FOR ONE TIME WOULD HAVE STOOD STILL

IF ONLY TO SAY GOODBYE,

TO KNOW THAT DAY WOULD BE LAST I WOULD LAY EYE.

I’D TELL YOU I LOVE AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I’D ONCE AGAIN BE BESIDE

SO THOUGH THE PAIN AND DARK YOUR MEMEORY WILL STAY ALIVE

I WILL FIGHT FOR IT TO SURIVE.

AND FOREVER IT WILL STAY INSIDE.

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