Almost all of us have lost a dear and close loved one in our lives. Many of us who are older have lost several. The heartache that accompanies that grief can at times dissipate…but in special cases it may never fade, but just linger right in the background of life.
Such is the song here sung by brother Fernando but written by Elaine Rubenstein who lost her brother Allen. When I first heard this song, I stopped and listened carefully as my father had recently died suddenly.
It’s a healthy thing to process and hopefully work through the grief in a loss like this. But the scar remains…forever in life.
Death is the final act of life. May we all live and breathe for the Lord and Savior…our blessed Creator.
Lyrics:
I knew this life was full of sorrow
but still I believed
that good times would follow,
that the evil would falter
and true hearts would rise,
true hearts would rise,
that simple dream ended
on the night that you died.
And even the sound of a whistle fading
brings back the longing
and stirs up the aching.
Peaceful companion that grounded my soul,
you grounded my soul,
the world spins without meaning
now that you’re gone.
Sometimes I still think
I will see you in New York,
and we will meet on the platform of the train,
and with your great leaning stride
you’ll cross back to my side
and my old life
will be my life again.
You were quiet as a winter sky
where planets turn
and the North Star rides.
My sweet brother, so reasoned, so calm,
my brother, my own,
the world spins without meaning
now that you’re gone.
Sometimes I still think
I will see you in New York,
and I will meet you on the platform of the train,
and with your great leaning stride
you’ll cross back to my side
and the sweet life
will be my life again.
I knew this life was full of sorrow
but still I believed
that good times would follow,
that the evil would falter
and true hearts would rise,
true hearts would rise,
that simple dream ended
on the night that you died.
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Marc
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Deborah Grider says
I am listening to “Now That You Are Gone” sung by Fernando Ortega. I lost my loving brother 45 years ago this year and my heart was hurting. The lyrics are so right because I loved him so much. We were closer and he was my hero. I’m making a necklace for a special friend out my brother’s Turquoise pendant. This song came on…the world still spins around me! Losing him changed my life. Sing and play your flute, Richard for Jesus…until we meet again with our Lord Jesus??
jesusislord says
Amen, dear sister. Amen…one day closer to Home and Him!
Marc
Jennifer H says
All of us are born into some affliction or have it thrust upon us in life. But the hardest thing is when you decide to cling to our Lord and a loved one doesn’t, resulting in prolonged misery or death—especially suicide. I cannot process infinity or eternity. I know it could have been me but for that decision, maybe many times, of choosing life. The loved one chose death once and is gone. It’s so hard. When I think of two lost, I have to give it to Him over and over again. Only He is in charge of what I cannot comprehend. And only He can comfort me. Some day I will be able to let go entirely, I think it has to do with trust. Trusting Him.