Lyrics
I hope you know, wherever you are
I express a desire for you to know that, regardless of your location,
I'm always going to call you home
I will always consider you my home
The years go by and I'm getting on
As time passes, and I age,
But I'm never gonna let you go
I am determined never to release my emotional connection to you
I'm sorry that I couldn't find
I apologize for my inability to articulate my feelings
The words to put you into song
Turning emotions into a song proved challenging for me
Somehow it just didn't feel right
It didn't feel authentic, but I understand you'd want me to continue
But I know you'd have me carry on
I acknowledge your wish for me to carry on
You'd say
You would say
It's alright if you're too tired
You have permission to rest if you're weary
We don't have to talk about it
We don't have to discuss it right now
We can just pick it up some other time
We can revisit the conversation at a later time
Don't cry just keep me in mind
Don't cry; just keep me in your thoughts
And if you think about it
If you contemplate it
I am sure that you'll find that I am
You'll realize that I am
Never really gone
Permanently present and not truly absent
I guess I was always afraid
I confess a fear that by immortalizing you in a song,
If I put you in song I would give you away
I might inadvertently lose you
Like you'd slip through my fingers
As if you might slip away from me
From the pen to the page
From the creation of lyrics to the written page
To become just one more tragedy
Turning into just another sad story told on stage
Sung from the stage
(No specific meaning provided in the lyrics)
But you'd say
You would say
It's alright, you know I'd like
It's acceptable; I would prefer
To be more than some memory you keep inside
To be more than a mere memory you hold inside
So if you just write what comes to my mind
If you write what naturally comes to your mind
Think about it, I'm sure that you'll find that I am
Upon reflection, you'll realize that I am
Never really gone
Perpetually present and not truly gone
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