Eulogy

This is a sad song I wrote in dedication to my deceased grandmother. Died when I was about 8 and it really took a toll on me and over the years I saw it destroy my grandfather. So when he passed I wrote this song from the point of view of my grandfather. She was his first and only girlfriend and they loved each other for 60+ years. THAT'S some REAL stuff right there. So please help me out with some more critique because I feel like it's not quite complete. ANY advice or changes or anything would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to play this for my family one day. I know it'd mean a lot to them. Especially my mother.

Eulogy

As the life in her eyes fade out
I know the pain finally leaves
But as I start to scream aloud
All the pain enters me

I can’t let go…can’t let go
Please tell me this is all a dream
That I’ll wake up to the life I know
And you’ll be smiling at me

But the pain’s too real to ignore
The reality strikes deep
You’ll breathe the breath of life no more
As your death takes its toll on me…

When the last words
To the prayers are said
And the eulogy
In your name ends

When I open my eyes again
I know I won’t see you…
Until my end…

As the light from the sun burns out
A lonely night awaits me
Although my world came crumbling down
I know you’d want me to live free

I stay alive with this thought in mind
That I will see you again
I’ll count the years, bide the time
Until your hands touch mine

When the last words
To the prayers are said
And the eulogy
In your name ends

When I open my eyes again
I know I won’t see you…
Until my end…

(Music fades out and song ends)

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That's all I have for right now...

What a really sad song but fit for what the relatives are feeling at those times.


coping with grief