McKenna, Lori - Leaving This Life Lyrics
I am six years old in the back of my mother's car
And I will be seven in December
She will be gone by the beginning of next spring
And I will be left to remember
To remember
I ask my little questions and she laughs a little laugh
But she won't tell me where we're going
She looks in my eyes with her eyes in the mirror
And says, "Some things you're better off not knowing"
Not knowing
But I don't know what her voice sounds like
I don't know what her skin feels like
I only know what it might feel like
When a mother holds her daughter
Leaving this life
She's left with that reflection of me at six years old
And I have her eyes in the mirror
Well, she and I, we are defined by what we have lost
Don't you wonder whose loss is dearer?
Dearer
She doesn't know what my voice sounds like
She doesn't know what my skin feels like
And I only know what it might feel like
When a mother holds her daughter
When that mother knows she's leaving this life
Leaving this life
And I don't know what her voice sounds like
And I don't know what her skin feels like
I only know what it might feel like
When a mother holds her daughter
When that mother knows she's leaving this life
Leaving this life
Leaving this life
Leaving this life
Leaving this life
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McKenna, Lori Leaving This Life Comments
Few writers write a really great song. Even fewer write more than one great song about a subject. Here Lori writes about early in her life losing her mother. And only the greatest writers can write more than one great song on the same subject, listen to 'Lorraine' from the album of the same name as well as 'Still Down Here.' Of course, it still resonates with those of us who have been fortunate to have had more time with our own mothers, because it's a really great song.
Amazing talent here!
So heartbreaking.....
I have loved this song since the first time I listened to it, but I appreciate it, even more, having encountered recently so many daughters who have lost their moms so early in their lives. I really miss my mom and I will never feel like I would have had enough time with her, but I am so grateful for all the time we did have <3