16..Story — The Room No One Wanted and Everyone Needed
Verse 1
We learned to fly, we learned to drive,
We put bright machines up in the sky,
We clone a sheep, make babies too,
Throw parties for a life brand new.
But when it comes to leaving here,
We lower voices, change the gear,
Like silence ever saved a day,
Like not speaking keeps death away.
Chorus
Let’s talk about it, bring it in the room,
Not just in the hospital, not just in the gloom.
Let’s talk about it while the kettle sings,
While we buy our shoes, while the church bell rings.
Why make the one sure thing so hard to say?
Let’s talk about it now, not wait till the final day.
Verse 2
A mother knows what she might want,
A father too, but children won’t.
The will stays blank, the fear stays dressed,
The truth sits heavy in the chest.
And all the while the body knows
There comes a time to turn and go.
Why not meet it like a friend,
A mystery we all will enter in?
Chorus
Let’s talk about it, let the stories thin,
Let the fear come out and lose a little skin.
Let’s talk about it, not to make it small,
But to stop pretending it won’t come for all.
Why make the one sure thing so hard to say?
Let’s talk about it now, not wait till the final day.
