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 "I watched my mother die when I was young. Too young. She was sick for so long, and I never really understood what was happening until the very end, and by then, it was too late. There's no way to tell the woman you've looked up to all your life everything you feel in a few hours you have left with her, and I don't even think I had the ability to articulate everything I was thinking at age eight. I hardly do now. I wrote this song for my mother, and I hope that she can hear it from Heaven, and know that I love her, and that I'm sorry for not being able to tell her just how much she meant to me when she was alive."My Mother SaidThe song has a very smooth, slow jazz feeling to it as Keli O'Day sings, all her emotion that she never got to express boiling out of her.It was an early summer day
But it seems like just yesterday
When my mother looked right in my face
And told me she was going awayKeli's passionate voice raises as the song begins it's rising action until it hits the chorus.If I could count all the tears that I cried
I’d be empty and lost inside
So I’ll try to find a smile
And hold my head up highKeli's voice hits its full range as she sings loudly and gracefully:My mother said, “Don’t cry,
I’m going away up high
Don’t be afraid, be strong
Just keep on holding on.”
My mother said, “Don’t cry,
Dry all the tears from your eyes
Don’t be afraid, be strong
Just keep on holding on.”The song goes back to the slow, jazz-like melody that it was before.So young, but yet so wise
So much beauty was in her eyes
No one could quite explain
Just why she had to face the painHer voice begins the rising action style once more...But when the day comes and hits your time
Only God knows the reason why
She was my angel, my light, and my friend
But one day we’ll be together againHer voice slows down before she hits the chorus, going into her bridge, where the music gets much much slower, and Keli sounds like she's about to sing her soul out of her heart.But now I know, she has gone away
Gone away, gone away
There were days when I wish that I could run away
Run away, run away
And if I could, there would be another summer day
Summer day, summer day
When I could see my mother’s face againShe goes back into the chorus, but her voice is still on a soulful high as she sings.Because my mother said, “Don’t cry,
I’m going away, way up high
Don’t be afraid, be strong
Just keep on holding on.”
Because my mother said, “Don’t cry,
Just dry all the tears from your eyes
Don’t be afraid, be strong
Just keep on holding on.”The music starts to calm as the song begins to end.And on, and on, and on, and on, and on
Gone away, gone away, gone away
Run away, run away, run away
Summer day, summer day, summer day
Will see my mother’s face againHer voice fades off, the song ends.SOUNDS LIKE:
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