Story Behind The Song
My Grandfather said this to my mother; " Don't bring me flowers when I'm gone, love each other now." My mother passed this on to her 9 children as a way to cope with death and to appreciate and show our love for each other while we are alive.
They did no
Song Description
Describes the reality of not being able to see, hear and touch a loved one after the finality of death and how we should not bring flowers to a gravestone to grieve and long for what could have been after one's death but to love each other now, in life.
| Song Length |
3:40 |
Genre |
Pop - General |
| Tempo |
Medium (111 - 130) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Similar Artists |
Seal |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Cold Familiar Stone
Verse:
Should I desire to see your face
To seek and find no earthly trace
Suddenly to realize for this it is too late
Would I seek refuge from disgrace
Should I desire to hear your voice
And then recall, I have no choice
No sweeter melody would fall upon my ear
How I would long to have you near
Chorus:
You said, don't bring me flowers when I'm gone
Don't kneel and tear up at a cold familiar stone
Don't bow your head for me
and long, alas,
Love each other now
Verse:
Should I desire to touch your hand
Only to realize you're gone
Wrap my mind around the sheer finality
No earthly thing can speed you back to me
Chorus:
You said, don't bring me flowers when I'm gone
Don't you kneel down and tear up at a cold familiar stone
Don't long for things unsaid
or undone, alas,
Love each other now
Coda:
(Before a cold familiar stone
We'll never know what comes to pass)
Love each other now
Love each other now
You said, don't bring me flowers when I'm gone
Don't kneel and tear up at a cold familiar stone
Don't bring me flowers when I'm gone
Lyrics & Music by:
Nakia Berglund
Lee Espinole
P.O. Box 38
Selma, Oregon 97538
(541) 597-4422
nicksie@frontiernet.net
Copyright 2006 - Nakia Berglund,Lee Espinole and Perry Berglund
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