dedicated specifically to my brother, jacob… i love u man
and to my entire family… i love you all
and to all my friends that have ever been there for me… thanks
Have you ever hung your head to cry
without even really knowing why?
Have you ever watched the sun go down
and feel your heart sink to the ground?
Have you ever witnessed your best friend
suffer so much and wish life would end?
Have you ever tried to comfort someone
but words were gone before you’d begun?
Because the simple truth of each new day
Is that you can’t take their pain away
You’re sick of how life is so unfair
So you bow your head and say a prayer
Sitting in silence in an emergency room
Fearing that soon it’ll be his tomb
And next to me there sits his wife
Knowing this wreck just changed her life
I try to speak, but nothings there
So I hang my head and simply stair
Because the simple truth of each new day
Is that I can’t take your pain away
I’m sick of how your life is so unfair
And all I can do is raise a prayer
The eerie silence and awful smell
The fear that soon they’ll bid farewell
The doc returns, he brings the news
This battle against cancer, your sure to lose
His wife and 3 kids must watch their daddy die at thirty-two
I dunno how they’ll make it through
Because the simple truth of each new day
Is that you can’t take their pain away
You’re sick of how life is so unfair
So you bow your head and say a prayer
And there are times when I just scream
Hoping I’ll wake up from this awful dream
But down inside I know this is reality
This is how life is always gonna be
And my reaction to the pain and sorrow
Is what decides who I’ll be tomorrow
Because the simple truth of each new day
Is that I can’t take my pain away
I’m sick of how my life is so unfair
And all I can do is raise a prayer
Cuz I watched you suffer and I watched you cry
I listened as you asked me why
And I sat there like a fool and cried with you
My tears fell onto your shoulder
As you buried your head into my chest
I promise to be here for you as we get older
And I realized the only hope that I possess
is…
To sit with you and cry
And never even say a word
To hold your hand as you say goodbye
And to know that you are reassured
That the simple truth of each new day
Is that no one can take your pain away
And I’m sick of how your life is so unfair
But all I can do is raise a prayer
And remind you that I will always be there for you
© Travis Logan 03/17/2008
