Blue Marbled Elm Trees
Eternal Echoes: Embracing Life's Bittersweet Symphony
Lyrics
No I shan’t complain if on an April day
Acceptance without complaint even if faced with adversity, specifically the cold winds from Norway in April.
The ice gusts in from Norway
Describing the harshness of the icy winds and its impact on someone’s grieving.
Scours the sun off of your grieving skin
How the chilling wind removes any warmth or comfort from the grieving person's skin.
And as you lay me down to sleep
Preparing for death, being laid to rest.
Under earth two metres deep
Being buried about two meters underground.
Take the stones and the coals from the songs
Asking to take symbolic elements (stones, coals) from the songs to the grave.
You place them at my head you place them at my feet.
Placing the symbolic elements at the head and feet of the deceased.
No I shan’t complain if only a dozen or so
Resilience in not complaining even if only a few loved ones express grief.
Of the loves of my life cannot contain their grief
Recognizing the potential for some loved ones to not express grief.
And they weep real tears from all those wasted years
Implies regrets and wasted time in the lives of loved ones.
And as you lay me under ground take comfort in the knowing
Finding solace in knowing that those grieving have each other.
That they have in each a bitter soul to keep.
Each person grieving holds bitterness or regret within them.
No I shan’t complain
Reiteration of not complaining despite circumstances.
I had the best time laughing with my girls
Reflecting on joyful moments spent with close female friends.
I had the best life offered up
Expressing gratitude for the life lived, considering it the best.
By this blue marble or any alien world
Appreciating life on Earth, considering it the best despite other possible worlds.
No I shan’t complain if the lasting memory of me
Acceptance of potential legacies, especially new life growing from the elm trees.
Is of new life budding in the leaves of the elm trees.
Hopeful reflection on being remembered through new life in nature.
No I shan’t complain.
Final reiteration of the refusal to complain despite circumstances.
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