Wrote these lyrics in February 1986, when a friend lost his fiancee' in an automobile accident. He was hospitalized for weeks, and I was imagining his thoughts at the time.
I created the music and put the whole together in 1992.
lyrics
A struggle to stare with glassy eyes
my mind is numb from pain
The rain pounds fiercely upon my glass
A smile I try to feign
Deep down inside it starts again
That feeling so new, yet trite
The pit of my stomach is tied in knots
The tears to blue my sight
A wave of shock, a realization
of what has happened to me
My aching heart, though torn apart
is the only thing that sees
Memories surface of better days,
yet, only of those with her
Yes, once again the pain is back
and I wonder just what we were
credits
from Totem Pole (1995),
track released September 21, 1995
Phil Thompson
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