Lyrics

I got a sudden call about your sudden fall
Too low on oxygen cancer you’ll win again
Bravely you fought it off until this mysterious cough
No one could pin it down, now you are breaking down

Being there at the end of your life
Now a memory for me to hold
Scared but not ready to die
Still determined to live all the way to your soul

Here at the hospital, caught up with my uncle
Quickly spoke with the nurse, hinted it may get worse
Saw your face in a mask, talking was such a task
Yet I had no choice but communicate the do-not-resuscitate

Being there at the end of your life
Now a memory for me to hold
Scared but not ready to die
Still determined to live all the way to your soul
You still had that fight in your eyes
Not ready to give in
But your lungs were failing inside
And hopes of turning the tide were increasingly slim
Were increasingly slim

Your last word was to me….worried
Nothing that I could do except to be there for you
Father my love was strained due to decades of pain
But you gave me a gift, a chance to heal a rift

Being there at the end of your life
Now a memory for me to hold
Scared but not ready to die
Still determined to live all the way to your soul
You still had that light in your eyes
It was there ‘till your last breath
Then I wept, uncontrollably cried
And bid you goodbye as you passed to your death
As you passed to your death

I got a sudden call about your sudden fall