Endings Lyrics

My mother called to say her cat had died

Or she had been put down

So quick and easy now, she says

And as I put the phone receiver down

I think how life goes on

This life goes on so many ways

A nightingale sang in Barclay Square

I sang as my grandma took her last breaths of air

And no one makes a fuss

These endings all around us

I'd shout it if I could

Not sure it would do much good

My friend just called to say she missed her mum

More than she has the words for

The pain just doesn't go away

At night she draws her feelings on the page

It is the only way through

To keep the demon fear at bay

A nightingale sang in Barclay Square

I sang as my grandma took her last breaths of air

And no one makes a fuss

These endings all around us

I'd shout it if I could

Not sure it would do much good

And as I try to write this all out now

I think that nothing means much

But holding hands across the line

By email, on the phone, or through touch

Down through the generations

We pass our feelings down through time

A nightingale sang in Barclay Square

My grandmother sang as she was breathing the air

And no one makes a fuss

These endings all around us

I'd shout it if I could

Not sure it would do much good.