Story Behind The Song

Two teenaged sisters died in a car crash in my town. I could not bring myself to talk about it -- there was nothing I could say -- but I found myself wondering how the parents could survive. This became a general case regarding the initial stages of grief.

Song Description

How do people deal with the loss of a child, spouse or parent. Feelings close to the event.

Lyrics

I am lying in bed on the ceiling. Yeah, my world is turned around.
And my thoughts are in the sky with you.
You are running across the horizon with the wind the only sound
Just a shadow made of black and blue.

I can see it out my window.
I can feel it in my stare.
No way I was ready to let you go.
Now I'm a stranger in a place I used to know.

I am crying aloud on the rooftop
I know everybody cares.
It's a feeling that is bound to fade.
You were out on a limb in the morning
And evaporated there, vanished into the thin air of day

No, I never saw it coming
Now I'm blinded by the tears.
Well on your way to another life
There was no angel, just a messenger in white.

I am haunted in daylight
I can hear every word
Every angry note, every mournful cry
Settles down on a quiet, peaceful world.

I can hear it in the ocean
And the clouds go whipping by
There's no warning when it's time to go.
So much stranger than I ever thought I'd know.

I am out on a limb in the morning
I know everybody cares
There's a sadness that is here to stay.
We can scatter the ashes forever and the memory remains
In the bloody sun of another day.

I can see it in the mirror
I can feel it in my blood
I don't know how to let you go
I'm just a stranger in a place I used to know.

I am haunted in daylight
I can hear every word
Every angry note, every mournful cry
Settles down on a quiet, peaceful world.