Sweetness Follows
Navigating Loss and Love: Sweetness Follows by William Fitzsimmons
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Readying to bury your father and your mother
Preparing for the burial of your father and mother
What did you think when you lost another?
Reflecting on your emotions when experiencing another loss
I used to wonder, why did you bother?
Questioning the motivation behind dealing with loss
Distanced from one, blind to the other
Being emotionally distant from one person while unaware of the feelings of another
Listen here my sister & my brother
Addressing both sister and brother, questioning their concern if one of them were lost
What would you care if you lost the other?
Asking about the significance of losing the other sibling
I always wonder why did we bother?
Continuing to ponder why relationships are pursued
Distanced from one blind to the other
Reiterating emotional distance from one person while being blind to the feelings of another
Oh, but sweetness follows
Introducing the idea that sweetness or solace comes after difficult experiences
It's these little things, they can pull you under
Emphasizing the impact of small things that can overwhelm and bring one down
Live your life filled with joy and wonder
Encouraging the pursuit of a life filled with joy and wonder
I always knew this altogether thunder
Acknowledging a sense of collective power or impact (thunder) in life
Was lost in our little lives
Expressing a realization that the thunder of life is lost in the small details of daily existence
Oh, but sweetness follows
Reiterating that sweetness or solace follows challenging experiences
Oh, but sweetness follows
Repeating the idea that sweetness follows difficulties
It's these little things, they can pull you under
Reemphasizing the impact of small things that can be overwhelming
Live your life filled with joy and thunder
Encouraging living a life filled with both joy and the powerful force of thunder
Yeah, yeah we were altogether
Reflecting on the collective experience of being lost in the trivialities of life
Lost in our little lives
Reiterating the notion of being lost in the small details of existence
Oh, but sweetness follows
Reiterating that sweetness or solace follows challenging experiences
Oh, but sweetness follows
Repeating the idea that sweetness follows difficulties
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