Little Pieces of You (Original)

This is a song I wrote yesterday. It's for everyone in my extended family, but especially for my father in-law and his brother. Special thanks to Brynne for writing and playing the piano part (in her last weekend before going away to college).

The lyrics are as follows:
Ive been thinkin a lot about you lately
And what youre going through
Youve quite a bit to be thankful for
But I can see this has been pretty tough on you

Its like youre walking up to a mirror
And you cant see whats on the other side
The closer you get
The more its clear
The reflection is just of yourself
And what youre leaving behind

Well I could go on in this same vein
Dealing out more clumsy metaphor
We never seem to hit death head on
Even though for every one of us its in store

Maybe Im selfish and this just for me
But I want to share it too
You see the closer it gets
I cant ignore it
The more I see in me
Little pieces of you

Well I dont want to be trite
When I tell you that I love you
But I dont want these things to go unsaid

And I dont want to be crude
But Im tired of all the pretense
And Im gonna miss you when youre dead

Maybe this song is a gift to you
Sometimes its hard to know
Its up-tempo in a major key
Because I wanted my love for you to show

So when youre walking up to the mirror
I hope you see it too
yeah the closer you get
The more its clear
That you look in our eyes and see
Little pieces of you

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Little
• Pieces
• of
• You
• death
• dying
• Nothin
• to
• See
• nothintosee
• 02C

[rachelhoff]

Where's Carew?

[nothintosee]

Carew went to Spokane for the weekend with a friend :)

[SEJette]

thank you for the very beautiful and personal glimpse into you life, think Ill go call some family ;)

[nothintosee]

I'm glad you liked it. Go enjoy your family :)

[Oswlek]

Nice lyrics and tempo.

[nothintosee]

It's upbeat :p

[bikesnguitars]

It's cool that you share your love of music with your family.....It'll stay with them through their lives....loved the song, thanks......

Dave

[gareebee]

Truly precious! I envy you. I never had family. Now go write a sad song about me. LOL!

[nothintosee]

Thanks!

[CurtisMateer]

Good feline vocals happening, catchy song too.