Wish You Didn't Go

(Tempo: Slow, 65 BPM)(Instrumentation: A soft, echoing piano and a lonely acoustic guitar, with cinematic strings slowly swelling in the second half)

(Verse 1)
The shadows fell across the room, the last night I had with you.
But you slipped away so softly, shortly after morning light.
And left me stranded here alone, to battle with the night.
If I had known that quiet dawn would be my very last.
To see your smile or hear your voice before it joined the past.
I would have held you closer, Mom, and told you everything.
But now I'm standing in the wreck of what tomorrow brings

(Chorus)
I carry all this heavy guilt, and wish the fault was mine.
We never saw it coming, now my world has tumbled down.
There is a hole inside my heart where you should be around.
You're flying high in heaven now, looking down on us below.
Oh, Mama, how my heart still aches, I wish you didn't go

(Verse 2)
I try to face the fading day, The only reason I am here is for my son.
I'm losing all my courage, and the strength to love myself.
Just trying to get through twenty-four hours, crying out for help.
I wish that I could change my place, and take away the pain'
Cause everyone would be better off if I didn't remain.
They needed you much more, and that cuts me deep.
Now I stand alone in silence, praying you'd come back to me

(Chorus)
I carry all this heavy guilt, and wish the fault was mine.
We never saw it coming, now my world has tumbled down.
There is a hole inside my heart where you should be around.
You're flying high in heaven now, looking down on us below.
Oh, Mama, how my heart still aches, I wish you didn't go

(Bridge)
Yet when I close my eyes, your face is all I see.
I hear your voice echo in the wind, speaking back to me.
You whisper soft, you tell me 'child, please just carry on'.
But it's so hard to find the steps when all my light is gone.
I love you from the bottom of my broken, soul.
I feel I failed you when you needed me the most

(Chorus)
I carry all this heavy guilt, and wish the fault was mine
We never saw it coming, now my world has tumbled down.
There is a hole inside my heart where you should be around.
You're flying high in heaven now, looking down on us below.
Oh, Mama, how my heart still aches, I wish you didn't go.

(Outro)
One day at a time... for my son, I'll try to stand.
I hear your voice... I'll try to find the land.
I miss you, Mom, through all my soul.
Yeah, I miss you through my soul.
(The piano trails off into a soft, fading echo)