"We Will Carry You."

This is a song about grief, dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos bus accident on the weekend - 15 people, most of them hockey players between 16 and 20. I wanted to share it here as well, both to honour them and our province in this time, and because it is a universal message of grief many people often need to hear.

Lyrics below.
xx,
Kay

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This is the text I wrote accompanying another post the other day for more a background of the song:

Last night, the collision of a semi and a bus in rural Saskatchewan resulted in the loss of 15 lives, most of them members of a Canadian Junior League hockey team based in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada. As far as we know now, the remaining survivors (14) are all injured, with two still in critical condition.

There is so little to be said in the face of this kind of tragedy; nothing seems right.

I’m a singer-songwriter, and that’s what I have to give. I wrote this song today in honour of the victims and their families who have just received the news of a their worst possible living nightmare—the sudden, heart-splitting tragic loss of one of those they hold most dear. It also goes out to those injured, and especially those seriously injured.

The only message I have to offer, that I believe I share with the hearts and minds of all of those in our province and beyond, is that while we can never fully understand what you are suffering right now, what burden has been laid on your shoulders, we are WITH YOU in your grief, in your pain, and your disbelief, and we are determined to help you carry this unbelievable load in whatever way we can, even if that is just through uniting with you in your grief and standing by. You are not alone. That’s what I tried to say in the song. I hope it can be some small comfort.

To everyone suffering in the wake of this horrible event: we love you. May you feel the warmth, love, and prayers of all of us.

“We Will Carry You”

Take courage
You who mourn
Take heart
You who cry
Keep them in your memory
And don’t let your hope die

There are no words
For your grief
Only silent
Screaming
But your love, it matters still
Even in this bitter deep

And we will carry you
We will help you stand
We will fight the dark, and keep you close to heart
And help you conquer it

You can’t
imagine life
Without
The one you lost
And the darkness seems too dark
In this April winter’s frost

But we will carry you
We will help you stand
We will fight the dark, and keep you close to heart
And help you conquer it

And we will carry you
We will hold you up
Though we can’t make it right, we will hold you tight
And help you conquer it
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