One More Day
Yearning for One More Day: Reflections on Life's Fragility
Lyrics
I stare at the T.V.
I am observing the television.
And I can't believe my eyes
I am incredulous about what I see.
there's no place to run
There is no escape.
And no place to go there's no place left to hide
There's nowhere to go, and no place left to find refuge.
I can see their faces
I can perceive the expressions on their faces.
I can feel their pain
I can sense their suffering.
Our lives will never be the same
Our lives are permanently altered.
So forgive me if I laugh
Excuse my laughter; it's a mask for hiding tears.
It is just to hide the tears
At times, I question if I wasted precious years.
Sometimes I wonder if I've wasted all those years
Reflecting on emotions experienced but not expressed.
For all the things I felt
For the feelings I had but failed to articulate.
But forgot to say
Please grant me an additional day.
won't you give me one more day
I sit here and wonder
I contemplate my existence.
Now, what if that were me
Imagining the scenario if it were me.
If I had lost my life, left behind my wife and
If I lost my life, abandoning my wife and unborn child.
The child I?d never see
Leaving behind a child I would never witness.
If I could only look down on her
If only I could observe from above.
How would she explain
How would she explain my departure?
That daddy had to go away
Explaining that daddy had to depart.
Forgive me if I smile it?s just to hide my fears
Pardon my smile; it conceals my fears.
And in a time of dying our life becomes so clear
In the face of death, life's purpose becomes evident.
They say the good Lord works
They say the divine works in mysterious ways.
In such mysterious ways
I hope for an additional day.
I just hope he gives me one more day
One more day to look into her eyes
Grant me one more day to gaze into her eyes.
One more moment to say goodbye, goodbye
A moment to bid farewell.
One more night to feel her touch
One more night to feel her touch.
Just one more chance so I could tell her
Just one more chance to express my love.
How much I miss her, tell her I love her
To convey how much I miss her.
Someone to love me and someone to hold me before
Someone to love and hold me before my downfall.
I fall from grace
Before I lose grace.
Someone to need me, someone to believe me
Someone to need and believe in me.
Before I lose my faith
Before I lose faith.
For all the things I meant but forgot to say?
For the sentiments I intended but left unspoken.
I hope you give me one more day
I hope for another day.
So forgive me if I laugh
Excuse my laughter; it's a shield for tears.
It is just to hide the tears
At times, I question if I wasted precious years.
Sometimes I wonder if I've wasted all those years
Reflecting on emotions experienced but not expressed.
For all the things I felt
For the feelings I had but failed to articulate.
But forgot to say
Please grant me one more day.
I hope he gives me one more day
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