[Intro with soft lullaby sounds]
[Verse 1]
Oh, how the dying light falls sadly through blood-stained glass
Onto the faded Fallen Angel in the casket, a life put in the past.
Eyes now closed, she's sleeping the eternal sleep,
Unable to see so many of them cry and weep.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, what good does it do
To have funeral flowers bloom
When the living, breathing soul
Was left so brutally alone,
Crying in an empty room?
You turned your back, you looked away,
You found nothing nice to say
Until her dying day!
[Chorus]
Oh, why don't we do it the other way?
Say everything there is to say
And do whatever we have to do
To make each other shine and bloom?
So, when we have to leave someone behind,
We can do so with a tender smile,
Heart tattooed with memories we'd never sell
And on our lips a sweet "Forget-Me-Not" Farewell.
[Verse 2]
Such simple words her lonely soul was longing for:
"I love you, see you, missed you and forgive you"
And yet, such brutal ones, that shook her to the core:
"Dead to me, shame to my name, never forgiving you"
[Verse 3]
Now you speak of Family in soft, hushed tones,
But left her shattered, painfully alone.
No picture in a frame can heal a heart unmet,
No grave adorned shall quiet your regret.
[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, what good does it do
To have funeral flowers bloom
When the living, breathing soul
Was left so brutally alone,
Crying in an empty room?
You turned your back, you looked away,
You found nothing nice to say
Until her dying day!
[Chorus]
Oh, why don't we do it the other way?
Say everything there is to say
And do whatever we have to do
To make each other shine and bloom?
So, when we have to leave someone behind,
We can do so with a tender smile,
Heart tattooed with memories we'd never sell
And on our lips a sweet "Forget-Me-Not" Farewell.
[Bridge]
For petals fall, and moments fade away,
Yet the ache remains from words we didn't say.
Now, you lay down flowers, and keep her in a picture square,
But did you ever stop and truly care?
Cause she’s gone beyond your sighs and empty vows,
Longing for your love which she never got somehow.
[Chorus]
Oh, why don't we do it the other way?
Say everything there is to say
And do whatever we have to do
To make each other shine and bloom?
So, when we have to leave someone behind,
We can do so with a tender smile,
Heart tattooed with memories we'd never sell
And on our lips a sweet "Forget-Me-Not" Farewell.
[Outro with soft lullaby sounds]