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When Will the Sun Rise

December 30, 2014
By upsidaisies SILVER, Westford, Massachusetts
upsidaisies SILVER, Westford, Massachusetts
6 articles 12 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Anyone who thinks sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain"
"You only regret the chances you never take"


Verse 1
I'm caught in the darkness
Wandering blindly through space
Fear flashes through my mind
I can't remember your face

It used to be the light in the tunnel
But that tunnel's turned to a cave
My world crashed down around me
Trapped me inside this cold dark place

Chorus
When that bullet shattered your chest
It shattered my life
Replaced by a purple heart
When you made that sacrifice

Is it tears or is it rain
When I stumble across your name
In the black of night, on a stone of white
When will the sun rise? When will the sun rise?

Verse 2
Wind screaming through my ears
I think that I hear your voice
I'm hearing the echos of dreams and memories
Mindless noise

Everybody's lending a shoulder
But I only cry when I'm alone
How can they think they can fix anything
Sympathy won't bring him home

Chorus

Although my heart's stopped
The hurt keeps hurting on
Both love and sadness have no end

It hits me like a brick
Each time I see it
Date of birth to date of death
He was to young to come to an end

He was my best friend

Chorus

Alt. Chorus
What that bullet broke your heart
It broke mine too
Replaced by a purple one
But I'd rather have you

Through my tears I see your name
Next to a cross it lays engraved
In the black of night, on a stone of white
When will the sun rise? When will the sun rise?


The author's comments:

Music has the power to heal, which is why this song is so powerful. It's about a woman who loses her husband in the war and how she deals with it. Some people think that you should know your husband could die at anytime because he volunteered to be a soldier, but you can't ever be prepared for the loss of your best friend. Also if you don't already know, the purple heart is given to those who show great heroism in the field, most often when that soldier loses his life.


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on Jan. 1 2015 at 10:29 am
upsidaisies SILVER, Westford, Massachusetts
6 articles 12 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
"Anyone who thinks sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain"
"You only regret the chances you never take"

Wow thank you so much!

on Jan. 1 2015 at 9:14 am
Sarelle PLATINUM, Winslow, Maine
21 articles 3 photos 24 comments

Favorite Quote:
Dream like you will live forever,
Live like you will die tomorrow.

I thought that this was one of the best deep, emotional, heartbreaking poem/song lyric I have read in a long time... Even better than my own. I seriously almost cried...