Biography
Unanswered Letters and Vanished Friends: Loma Prieta's Poignant Reflections
Lyrics
Children's letters
Children expressing their thoughts through letters
To God
Addressing these letters to God
Obviously
Clearly
Went unanswered
God's silence or lack of response to the children's letters
Kidnapped kids
Children who have been abducted
Don't come home
Those kidnapped children do not return home
Alive
They do not come back alive
My friend vanished
The speaker's friend disappeared
When we were
At a time when the speaker and the friend were twelve years old
We were twelve
Reiteration of the age of the speaker and the friend when the disappearance occurred
My friend
The friend of the speaker
Find her
An appeal or plea to find the missing friend
I still miss her
The speaker still misses the friend
It's with me everyday
The pain and longing for the friend persist every day
I'll always be a child who can't
The speaker will always remain emotionally immature, unable to forgive or let go
Who can't sign the pardon
Unable to grant forgiveness
Pardon
Repetition of the word "Pardon" emphasizing the inability to forgive
It's with me
The pain and inability to forgive persist
Everyday
Every day, the burden of the past remains
It's with me
The burden and pain are a constant companion
I promise
A promise from the speaker to remain close to the memories of the past
To stay close
To stay connected emotionally
To the memory
To cherish and remember the memories
Life offers no answer
Life does not provide answers to the speaker's pain and questions
Answers for once
No solutions or resolutions are available
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