Here's the thing they never told me
you never get your life back
not really
oh you can watch TV or take a walk downtown
and you might even laugh sometimes.
You'll notice the way the sunlight hits your daughter's golden locks
and it will be enough to make you want to cry.
Your best friend will grab your hand most Saturday nights
so you won't feel alone
but that old life dissapated
as the earth was dug up around his coffin.
Every step is courage defined
and hanging on is hope itself.
No one ever "got better" from death,
not those who left us
or we who stayed behind.
