Song Description

So many old people. Where did they come from? Who are they?

Lyrics

Languages
English
Vocalist gender
Female
[Verse 1]
Who is this woman...
Do you see her?
Do you see her arms--

Like leather, cracked and weathered,
A thousand lines of time,
Brown and red spots like scattered memories
No one thought to write.

And her hands--so thin, so fragile,
Veins rising toward the sky...

[Verse 2]
That face--
So many creases,
Laugh lines falling low,
Eyes that once must have been dancing
Now barely seem to glow.

Her steps are slow, uncertain,
Each turn a quiet fear...
You pass her in a moment--
But do you see her here?

[Chorus - simple, repeatable hook]
Who is this woman standing here?
Worn by the weight of every year...
Fading softly, disappearing--
Tell me... do you see her?

[Verse 3 - life in one sweep]
Can you see where she has been?

The child playing hopscotch lines,
Laughing like the world was kind,
Do you see the hopeful woman,
Carrying a child inside--
Holding life and holding promise,
With both fear and quiet pride?
The mother giving all her time,
The wife who stayed through shifting years


[Bridge - emotional core]
Do you see the tears she swallowed?
Do you see the love she gave?
Every loss she carried quietly,
Every heart she tried to save...

Every moment, every scar--
Made her who she is...

[Final Chorus - realization]
Who is this woman? Look again--
She's every place that you have been...
Every joy and every breaking,
Every chance you've ever taken...

[Outro - soft, powerful]
Do you see her now...

This woman... is me.