Loss

Have you ever seen a loved one dead before you?
Have you ever seen their skin, lifeless and pale?
Have you ever seen them laid within their coffin?
Have you ever seen the wounds that tell the tale?

So look at me for I have seen...

Loss, loss - It rips your heart in two
Loss, loss - It drains your soul from you
Loss, loss - It grips and drags you under
Loss, loss - All you know is torn asunder

Have you ever felt a kiss from breathless lips?
Have you ever felt the touch of a frozen hand?
Have you ever felt all-encompassing misery?
Have you ever felt emotions you can’t understand?

So look at me for I have felt...

My eyes have seen the darkness and destruction
My hands have felt the stillness and the cold
My eyes have seen the end of it all
My hands have felt a body stripped of soul

Have you ever known everything to crash around you?
Have you ever known the real weight of death?
Have you ever known that there’s nothing you can do?
Have you ever known the true meaning of useless?

So look at me for I have known...

I have lost
Still I live