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Backstory:

The song is based on a conversation between my sister and myself as she faced the end of her life. While it is a sad song, I hope it also conveys the positive healing message that she wanted to say leaving this earth to me and those who loved her to go on and live well and in doing so they take her with them in their lives.  She was a very spiritual person  (if not in a  traditional sense) and opened up my spiritual growth, faith and learning. 
So it is a very personal song to me and has taken a long time to get to this point to send version of an almost completed version in for some feedback.  I hope that while about personal  loss it is also a song that brings some comfort to those who face such deep personal losses, as part of life as we all must do.
It was longer but I cut out the second verse as I felt it was getting too long.
I'm not a professional singer so I feel  it could be an amazing song if delivered by the right vocalist which would touch some hearts in need.

Lyrics:

                                                  
You Say 
Copyright © 2023  Jane Hasler, Paul Ross, Alan Middleton, Gemma Roberts

Verse1 
You say please don't stay
In 'the missing' every day
After all, let it go and live, go on live		

Pre chorus 
You say lift your sprit high
Leave 'the missing' where you cry
It's an amazing time to be alive, alive

Chorus 
And you say …
oooh, take each breath, each moment
Oh you say…
Ooh,  live life flying high, so high
Oh You know I'll be there, each moment 
So leave ‘the missing ‘ oh we fly fly fly

Verse 2
I say, I live each day 
I take my time oh to find my way 
Not in 'the missing ' yet I miss you every way

Prechorus 
I say, I'm here, alive
I got  to keep my spirit high
Not in 'the missing' tho’ quite often I. I cry

Bridge

Oh teacher, can you reach me, across the distance, will give a sign
Oh , seeker, will you find me  thro  the ether, your heart to mine, 

Chorus 
And you say …
oooh, take each breath, each moment
And you say…
Ooh,  live life flying high, so high
You know I'll be there, every moment 
So leave ‘the missing ‘ oh we’ll fly we fly 

Ending
You say ‘please don’t stay
In the missing where its grey 
And you say please don’t stay 	
In the missing, everyday