Written by Esteban Hernandez
Twenty years since you’ve been gone
Same today after so long
You still remain in my brain
Your tiny voice, your precious face
Only hours on this earth
Today your death, and your birth
How can hours last for years
Minutes stretched, drenched in tears
Still tonight just like that day
Nothing changed since you went away
Then my seed now seed am I
Gone so soon, we can’t ask why.
Decisions made, a life of pain.
But still too early, gone again.
A day or two, maybe more.
But gone you are, here no more.
We have regret, I know I do.
Could never say, I forgive you.
You did your best, all you knew.
No one knows, what you went through.
Now regret, resides right here.
The thing that I, always feared.
I should have said, what was right.
But I fought, what was inside.
Now here I am, so far away.
I forgive, no chance to say.
So for all time, when we speak.
In my dreams, I will repeat.
That I forgive you, everything.
Far from perfect, human being.
No matter what, in my heart.
You will live, while we’re apart.
Always my mother, gave me life.
I’ll always love you, no more fight.
So on this night, a night of pain.
I need a drink, to erase the blame.
It isn’t God, it isn’t fate.
There’s no one left, for me to hate.
A glass of bourbon, probably two.
I raise my glass, cheers to you.
Text © Esteban Hernandez
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