She doesn't know the man
Who tries to push her wheelchair in the sand.
She just looks out to the sea.
He's talking endlessly.
Oh, why won't he shut up?
I take my medicine
I crush the paper cup
Oh, maybe he's my son
And he's come to set me free.
She knows that she forgot
That there's a story and she
Can't recall the plot.
Of course her family fought
Over the furniture.
Oh, I don't know why they
Have taken all my favorite things away.
But one thing that's for sure
I don't know what they were.
They say a stone is a marker
And that it has weight.
They say it's solid
But it can deteriorate.
The air is like a hand
Reminding her of all the things she's planned.
Like air that thought is gone
Never to come again.
We came out to the beach
To find the mind I've lost and cannot reach.
I used to keep it here.
It was much cleaner then.
They say a rose is a flower
And that it is red.
It blooms, it grows, it wilts
And then it is dead.
They say a stone is a marker
And that it has weight.
They say it is solid
But it can deteriorate.
They say a rose is a flower
And that it is red.
It blooms, it grows, it wilts
And then it is dead.
Oh, Rose Kennedy.
This song is a tribute to Rose Kennedy, obviously, and about the tragedy of the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
This song is a tribute to Rose Kennedy, obviously, and about the tragedy of the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
Yeah I thought it was depicting alzheimers of a similar thing that effects the mind and memory. Sad :(
Rose Kennedy was also lobotomized.
Supposedly Rose Kennedy had some sort of neurological disorder, which caused her to get out of hand at times. By neurological disorder I mean that she climbed out of windows to meet her boyfriend and whatnot, You know a teenager. However unfortunately for her I suppose, that just wasn't the, as they say, the Kennedy way, or whatever.
Supposedly Rose Kennedy had some sort of neurological disorder, which caused her to get out of hand at times. By neurological disorder I mean that she climbed out of windows to meet her boyfriend and whatnot, You know a teenager. However unfortunately for her I suppose, that just wasn't the, as they say, the Kennedy way, or whatever.
alright, hang on. I think you are confusing Rose Kennedy with Rosemary, her daughter. Rose was confined to a wheelchair after a stroke at the age of 94, which is presumably the timeframe that this song is based on. There's no record of alzheimers. Her daughter Rosemary underwent a botched lobotomy for a supposed mental illness.