Six AM day after Christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb
Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
They call her name at seven-thirty
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for?
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me "Son it's time to tell the truth"
And she broke down and I broke down
'Cause I was tired of lying
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment, we're alone
Yeah, she's alone and I'm alone
And now I know it
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold
Car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb
Up the stairs to her apartment
She is balled up on the couch
Her mom and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out
And we drive
Now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
Than I ever have before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
They call her name at seven-thirty
I pace around the parking lot
Then I walk down to buy her flowers
And sell some gifts that I got
Can't you see
It's not me you're dying for?
Now she's feeling more alone
Than she ever has before
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
As weeks went by
It showed that she was not fine
They told me "Son it's time to tell the truth"
And she broke down and I broke down
'Cause I was tired of lying
Driving back to her apartment
For the moment, we're alone
Yeah, she's alone and I'm alone
And now I know it
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
Off the coast and I'm headed nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly
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i heard the same.
quite a saddd song aye?
every time i get upset,
i listen to it/:
it somehow soothe's me,
wellll,
the accoustic version anyways.
i saw it on the World's Saddest Song list,
and i've been addicted to listening to it,
ever since then,
when im sad that is):
absolutely beautiful.
couldn't have been anymore beautiful,
Many people I love have gone through the same thing and it was so much harder than people expect. I love you and your wife for going on through a trial like that, instead of becoming angry and bitter. Call me crazy I know your child's spirit lives on and you will get to be with him or her again. I could feel that as I read your comment. Thank you again for sharing your story.
Anyone else who has ever or will ever lost a child in the womb, infancy, or later in life, I know you can find the strength to get through it just like this great man and his wife did. And I believe you can be with your family again. "Everything always works out in the end. If it's not working out, it's not the end."
I found the peace to endure the death of loved ones through my Savior, Jesus Christ. Follow these links to learn more about being with your family after death and finding peace to endure trials in this life.
lds.org/topics/…
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