through everything that we've been through.... i know strong...but need you now.../ these memories of mother mother/ (stutter 'th-th-these') Know Still miss you love wish were still here.../ (verse): the 23rd June day my mother-died/ hope see her soon on other-side/ will stand as biggest-obstacle/ vivid pictures mother near death sick-in-hospital/ all I heard lights-that-buzzed/ walls white-as-doves/ and here lays lady taught me life-is-love/ The room divided by a white-curtain/ learned/ being nice doesn't mean your life's-certain/ She murmured words health further worsened/ My passionate was now like completely different person/ Family friends arrived reading islamic scriptures/ Looking in aunties eyes seeing their older sister/ Dabilitating pain so doctors gave mor-phine/ all-things never thought i'd be this at four-teen/ dad angry losing love-of-his-life/ He sat there bed-side holding hugging-her-tight/ no response because cancer had muzzled-his-wife/ (my mother...) said he loved her she couldn't-respond/ it cut-like-a-knife/ wouldn't-have-gone/ it's Hard to describe what-it-was-like/ 2 sons deprived forever mother's-advice/ 'cause we knew kept pushing-us-on/ are hurt.../ even though we're looking--all-strong/ looked left-and-right saw family/ Death-and-life treaded our sanity/ fiended for humanity/ (hook): brother age-12/ tried cope-with-this/ closed-our-lids caught state hopelessness/ Cancer invaded blood breasts-and-lungs/ 2:31pm best left-her-sons/ It reminded treatments/ Her lying dead-there with head-bare/ is weakness/ And last time I've truly shed-tears/ tears flowed angry bodies water/ Only comfort knowing she'd reunite father/ hurts-inside think first-to-die/ nurse-beside covered face up clouds cursed-the-sky/ while/ stared out window sun wasn't-as-bright/ father longer husband-and-wife/ have another chance kiss or cuddle-at-night/ remember helping beautiful curls fell head bath-room/ that's why i'm keeping scarves hats used wear/ when lost hair scared/ she's gone here/ mom didn't die-old/ leaving pride-cold/ Time-stopped doves-cried eyes-closed/ I'm mirror faces resembles-my-own/ emptier-home caller don't remember-she's-gone/ In life there's true end-to-this-song/ advice make sure mother's presence-is-known/