You Live in Me (In Loving Memory of My Mother)

Mm, mm
It's strange to call your name in silence
And hear no reply
But I still feel you

You're not at the gate, not in the room
But I still hear your steps through the afternoon
Your way lives on in the things I do
Like you left a map, inside the hug too

On heavy days, I hear you in stillness
In the wind, in the trees, in golden distance
You didn't leave you turned into root
And where longing aches, you plant love in truth

And if time has taken your voice
It only took the sound
The meaning still lives around

You live in me (live in me)
Deep within my skin (uuh)
In the warmth of a memory
When I don't know where to begin

You live in me (live in me)
In the courage I pretend to hold
In the voice that says
Go on, be bold

Your advice turned into prayer
Your laughter still echoes in the air
When I close my eyes, I almost see
A soft dream of you, protecting me

You taught me life is letting go
But leaving light on the path we know
And if I keep moving on Today
It's 'cause you showed me how to stay

You don't need to return to be
I feel you here inside of me
And no one can erase

You live in me (live in me)
In the hope I still believe (uuh)
In the tight hug I save
For the nights I quietly grieve

You live in me (forever in me)
In the purest part I know
You left this world
But you never let me go

And when I fall, I'll know who lifts me
Your memory is ground, it shelters me
If one day I lose my way to me
I'll find you where the sky touches the trees

You live in me (in me, in me)
Beyond time, beyond the end
Like a star that still shines
(Even when I can't comprehend)

In the tenderness of my stride
You left this world behind
But never left my side
(Left my smile)

You live in me
(In me, in me)
Beyond time, beyond the end
Like a star that still shines
(That guides me again and again)
Even when I don't see

You live in me
In the gentleness of every mile
You left this world behind
But never left my smile
(Never left my smile)

I'm not alone