Good-Bye
Christine Denté Lyrics
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Too few came following
Your spirit flew this earthy place
And so with heavy hearts, yet a certain sense of joy
We say good-bye
And we are left to question
What do we do with this?
How beautiful the hope of those who know
Where they will go
He set us free
So we need not be afraid
We need not stay longer than the number of our days
Let us love
Mourn and suffer for His sake
Until the day it dawns on us when we must say
Good-bye
See, we're the ones who wonder
We the ones who live
To read and write and ponder 'til our eyes begin to dim
How glorious the joy of those who go
They already know
He set us free
So we need not be afraid
We need not stay longer than the number of our days
Let us love
Mourn and suffer for His sake
Until the day it dawns on us when we must say
Good-bye
On a day like today my heart is bound a little less
To the tight and tiring vanities of life
Like a butterfly emerging, struggling to be free
I feel the lift, I sense the give it takes
To send me flying from this earthy place
He set us free
So we need not be afraid
We need not stay longer than the number of our days
Let us love
Mourn and suffer for His sake
Until the day it dawns when we must say
Good-bye
Tears in our eyes, we say good-bye, too soon to fly,
We wonder why, we say good-bye
The song "Good-Bye" by Christine Denté is a powerful tribute to those who have passed on from this life. The lyrics describe the heartbreak of losing someone we love, and the struggle to understand what comes next. The first verse depicts a scene where the singer is running on a field, but their loved ones are not there to follow. They then come to the realization that the person they are mourning has departed from this world. The chorus reminds us that the deceased has "set us free" and that we need not be afraid of death. It also encourages us to love and suffer for the sake of our faith until the day when we must say goodbye.
The second verse speaks to the human experience of questioning our own mortality. The reference to reading, writing, and pondering suggests that we often try to understand death intellectually, but ultimately it is a mystery. The joy that those who have passed on experience is described as "glorious" and something that they already know. The final verse speaks to the transformative power of grief. The singer feels a release from the burdens of life and a sense that they too will one day be freed from this earth.
Overall, the song is a deeply personal reflection on death and grief, but also a message of hope and faith that there is something beyond this life. It reminds us that death is not to be feared, but rather something that frees us from the struggles of this world.
Line by Line Meaning
One day went running on a grassy field
We were happy and carefree, enjoying the simple pleasures that life had to offer
Too few came following
But not everyone was able to keep up with us or share in our happiness
Your spirit flew this earthy place
Someone we loved and cared about passed away, leaving us behind to mourn their loss
And so with heavy hearts, yet a certain sense of joy
Even though we feel sad and heavy-hearted, we are also happy that our loved one is now at peace
We say good-bye
We acknowledge that we must let go of our loved one and say goodbye for now
What do we do with this?
We are left to grapple with the difficult emotions that come with loss and try to make sense of our feelings
A day we all expect, yet unexpected always is
Even though we know that death is a part of life, it is always difficult and unexpected when it happens to someone we know and love
How beautiful the hope of those who know Where they will go
We take comfort in the fact that our loved one had faith and believed in an afterlife, giving us hope that they are now at peace
He set us free So we need not be afraid We need not stay longer than the number of our days Let us love Mourn and suffer for His sake Until the day it dawns on us when we must say Good-bye
Through our faith, we can find freedom from fear, and we should spend our time loving and living, even in the face of grief, until the day we must say goodbye ourselves
See, we're the ones who wonder We the ones who live To read and write and ponder 'til our eyes begin to dim
As humans, we are the ones who contemplate our mortality, living and learning until the end of our own lives
How glorious the joy of those who go They already know
Our loved ones who have passed on have already found joy and peace, leaving us to find our own path towards the same destination
On a day like today my heart is bound a little less To the tight and tiring vanities of life Like a butterfly emerging, struggling to be free I feel the lift, I sense the give it takes To send me flying from this earthy place
In the aftermath of loss, we are more aware of the ways in which we hold ourselves captive, but also feel the potential for growth and freedom as we move forward from grief
Tears in our eyes, we say good-bye, too soon to fly, We wonder why, we say good-bye
Even as we say goodbye and struggle to understand the loss we've experienced, we feel that it has come too soon and wonder why this had to happen to us
Contributed by Kylie V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.