More Than a Memory

This song is about the process of growing through a loss and how time and grief work can allow new perspective on a loved one’s death.

Words and Music By Tom Dalton
© 1999 Tom Dalton

Now that you’re not here
my life has changed in many ways
It’s been almost a year;
sometimes it seems like yesterday
I never thought I’d say that
I could make it on my own
Wasn’t always this way;
it hurt so bad when you were gone

Chorus
But now I’m looking back through different eyes
on all the times that I used to cry
I realize that you are in my mind,
internalized within my heart
And you have always been a special part,
a part of me that never dies
You’re like the sky inside of me;
you’ll always be a part of me
So much more than a memory

I see you through the trees
that sway outside our patio
You’re always here with me;
a broken heart can heal you know
And time just drifts away
from the life we knew so long ago
I’ll never be the same but
there’s a place where only we can go

(chorus)