In Absentia
In Absentia
(reflections on an absent family member)
Where is Home? - Bloc Party
After the funeral breaking cola nuts
we sit and reminisce about the past
And in her voice only sadness
her only son taken from her
In every headline we are reminded
this is not the home for us
Mother - Vitas
(English translation)
It's you, mum, I recall again and again
My dear, my sweet one, please forgive me
For I've always been so stubborn
Have been searching for hard ways
Forgive me, my dear, for parting with you
For my occasional letters
In my thoughts I kiss your hand
And your tightly pressed lips
Gone Daddy Gone - Violent Femmes
Beautiful girl lovely dress
Where she is now I can only guess
Cause it's gone daddy gone
Your love is gone
Gone daddy gone
Carry You Home - James Blunt
As strong as you were, tender you go.
I'm watching you breathing for the last time.
A song for your heart, but when it is quiet,
I know what it means and I'll carry you home.
I'll carry you home.
Room of Angel - Akira Yamaoka
You lie silent there before me
Your tears may mean nothing to me now
The wind howling at the window
the love you never gave
I give to you
Really don't deserve it
But now there's nothing you can do
So sleep in your only memory of me
My dearest mother
Somewhere Out There - An American Tale
Somewhere out there someone’s saying a prayer
that we’ll fine one another in the big somewhere out there
Frontier Psychiatrist - The Avalanches
(when they’re here only in body)
That boy needs therapy, psychosomatic,
That boy needs therapy, purely psychosomatic
That boy needs therapy
Lying down on the couch, what does that mean?
You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
What does that mean? That boy needs therapy
I'm gonna kill you, that boy needs therapy
Grab a kazoo, let's have a tune
Now when I count three
That, that, that, that, that boy.. boy needs therapy
He was white as a sheet
And he also laid false teeth
Amen Omen - Ben Haper
I listen to a whisper,
Slowly drift away.
Silence is a loudest,
Parting word you never say.
I put I put your world
Into my veins
Now a voiceless sympathy
Is all that remains.
Amen omen, will I see your face again?
Amen omen, can I find the place within
To live my life without you?
Confessions of a Broken Heart (Daughter to Father) - Lindsay Lohan
Daughter to father, daughter to father
I am broken but I am hoping
Daughter to father, daughter to father
I am crying, a part of me is dying but,
These are, these are
The confessions of a broken heart
And I wear all your old clothes, your polo sweater
I dream of another you the one who would never, never
Leave me alone to pick up the pieces
Daddy to hold me, that’s what I needed
So why’d you have to go
Homecoming - Vienna Teng
I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
Well the night eats up my body heat
And there's no sign of another
And I find myself slipping down into that black
But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days
And I'm preaching from the pulpit
To cries of "Amen brother"
Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back
And I've come home
Even though I swear I've never been so alone
The Worry List - Blue October
I know that God exists.
I held her in my arms.
I never knew I was able to ever feel this strong.
Take me off your worry list.
It'll be better that way.
And I'm doin' fine and I've got plenty of friends around.
Take me off your worry list.
Just throw it away.
Well, it's time to stand up on my own for her.
'Cause I'm packing it up, and I'm comin' today.
I couldn't wait to finally pick my family up.
.ZIP