My clock rings off at 6 AM again
and my brake light needs to be repaired
and there's always rent and bills to pay
like it's all figured, like it's a normal day
Can't you feel it's all a big mistake
Nothing really happens this way
and there's no one here to stop our pain
they look like throwing spare change and walk away
I wish I could have stopped the world
But I had to ask for permission to see you
and I had to make phone calls
to say goodbye to you
no one in this world seems to care about you
You can't feed me hugs and act like nothing's changed
I wonder why the hell they didn't close the schools
How didn't your life celebration made the headlines
it's all wrong if you think I can do this
that going on will ease our pain away
I wish I could have stopped the world
But I had to ask for permission to see you
and I had to make phone calls
to say goodbye to you
no one in this world seems to care about you
When the Pope died
they cried for a month
while this one never seemed to happen
or at least only in our chests
and it was more important than a million popes dying
I REALLY HOPE
I DID MY BEST
TO BE YOUR FRIEND
I'VE TRIED TO BE THERE
AS MUCH AS I COULD
IT WAS SO HARD TO SEE YOU THAT WAY
SAYING GOODBYE AND MEANING SO LONG.
about
One year ago, on August 25th 2019, my dear friend and loyal bandmate for 11 years Pably went to a better place.
The days after he left us made me realise how it's always so hard to say goodbye to one of your loved ones when you're an adult. Your world seems to stop at that point, but the outside world goes on, and you still have to go to work, pay bills, while you can't understand how everyone else can go on normally when the world has just lost such a special person. This happens to everyone when losing a dear friend, a parent or a relative. It's like asking everyone on the planet: "this person was so important, how can you go on like nothing happened?"
I had such a little time to realise what happened before I had to go on with my regular everyday life and still, it feels so unfair, but that's how life goes.
We miss you, buddy.
-enri
credits
released August 23, 2020
Recorded at Wally's place on August 22nd 2020.
Engineered by Wally.
Lyrics and music by Enri.
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