Their's an old man that I know who is now a widow and at one point after his wife had passed he was going through some health issues and had to have an operation. I heard him say to his son that if he passed during surgery that he didn't want to be resuscitated. That comment shocked me as he had a whole family still living but clearly felt that his time on this earth had passed and longed to be back with his wife. He was never really a religious man or at least he never showed it, he only hinted in his belief in the afterlife after his wife had died. Quickly after this story touched my life I rewrote the first verse and it wasn't until two years later that I wrote the rest of the song, once I had found the chorus I managed to write the second verse and middle 8 in a week or so.
Verse
She died several years ago the grave still says her name,
Still everybody looks at me and says he's not the same.
My body's so warn and old while hers is peacefully sleeping,
Whilst God is on her shoulders I'm still battling with my demons.
Once a week I take myself down to that place
And put her favorite flowers in a vase beside the grave.
Nobody even notices it's just part of the scenery
To them it is an old grey stone to me she is a memory.
Chorus
I know the coal mines like the back of my hand,
I know when the tide is out or lapping the sand,
Oh, oh, oh all this I know
But I don't know when I'll see her again.
Verse
Life is like a rose and with it comes the thorns,
I've wished on all the petals now the stem wilts to the floor.
I'm counting down the days 'till the boat I'm in has drifted.
Does she ever think of me or tell the angels "How I've missed him"
Chorus 2
I know the hour of every sunrise,
I can name each star in the southern sky.
Oh, oh, oh all this I know
But I don't know when I'll see her again.
Mid 8
I'm half crazy, I'm half out of place here,
In your way here, I can't stay here.
Chorus
I know the coal mines like the back of my hand,
I know when the tide is out or lapping the sand,
Oh, oh, oh all this I know
But I don't know when I'll see her again.
Karl Smitherman © 2013
If you're a One Direction fan here is a cover I did of there song written by Ed Sheeran 'Little Things' let me know what you think?
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