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i hear you walking in the rain |
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i feel your presence in the morning |
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you're there to help me in my pain |
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you're sitting in my corner |
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in my corner |
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you're in my corner |
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- taiyo - |
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i'm thinking about generations and what's gonn' last |
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preservation past photographs |
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dedications from our ancestors |
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and how they've blessed us even though they've left us |
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like my grandmother for years ate potatoes |
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that's all they could finagle to put on the table |
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sacrifice but she still saw paradise |
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with my grandpa and real love they passed the nights |
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an ocean away never knew 'em too much |
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but still they must live through us |
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i thank them for this body mind and life |
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are they with me in the morning in the ambient light |
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build from the fails and wins of men |
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i sift through the soil of all that's been |
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to live is to give never regretfully |
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i know i'm not alone when i face what's ahead of me |
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- derek - |
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it's your number 3 youngest of the fam tree |
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the lone son who left home to hunt fantasies |
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lonesome at times but then mother phones me |
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are you eating well son don't forget your flaxseed |
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heh that's mom for ya always worrying |
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if it's not about that it's did you find a girlfriend |
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not yet ma none stand in comparison |
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no woman as amazing as who dad end up marrying |
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and that's for real my father did good |
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immigrant in this country but a king in my book |
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you have my respect as a dad you never fail |
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i regret every word i said to spat or rebel |
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i know it's all for my future and my health |
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i'm a rockstar but you're a rocket scientist hell |
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it suits you well in numerous ways |
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cuz you and mom uplift me to this beautiful space |
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- theresa - |
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when i was lost you grounded me stopped me from doubting me |
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watched out for me taught me empowered me |
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got out of me what i forgot how to see |
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i stopped by i brought by these flowers see |
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this time i'm feeling much better |
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funny how your mood is so connected to the weather |
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i finally get your letter |
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that whatever severs us we'll always be together cuz |
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you're in my corner when the fear manifests |
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in the sky when the sun disappears in the west |
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in the shape of my eyes in mirrors you reflect |
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the only thing you're not in is here in the flesh |
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but you're near i hear your steps |
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so i never question life after death |
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only hold close the lessons that you blessed |
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and stay hopeful cuz we both know you never left |