song about the family house
Home's Echo: Jonah Yano's Poetic Ode to Family Legacy
Lyrics
Watching the floor shake under me quickly
Feeling the instability or insecurity beneath me
I'm brittle as they come
I'm fragile and easily breakable
My roof is getting old
The structure that shelters me is aging
It can hardly hold the decades I have seen
Struggling to contain the weight of the years I've experienced
Even in the sun
Even when things seem calm or positive
And how do I keep the living room intact
How can I maintain the essence of my living space
Exactly as it was
Preserve it exactly as it has been
If I have to commit it
If I must store it in memory
And rebuild it in my memory
Remember and reconstruct it mentally
There's nothing cruel as the route
No pain compares to the harshness of truth spoken honestly
Of the truth from your mouth
The direct truth shared can be difficult to accept
That I hold close to sentiment
That truth holds emotional significance to me
When a moment is undone
When a significant moment or memory is erased
But my home is a house
My residence is just a physical structure, not an emotional place
And not any city I've talked about
It's not any particular city that holds meaning for me
So bury me on Jefferson street
Let me be laid to rest on Jefferson Street
Replace me with concrete
Replace me with solid material
And all of the stories I'll keep
The memories and narratives will remain
Between family
Within the bonds of family
It's just me
Alone and isolated
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