Saturday, 8 September 2007

The Last Time Is Now


The song 'Tears in Heaven' was written by Eric Clapton about the pain he felt following the 1991 death of his four-year-old son, Connor, who fell from a 53rd-story window at their New York appartment. His mother was looking after him and the cleaner had just cleaned the 6ft by 4ft window and left it open to air out the room when Connor ran past him and fell out the open window.
Eric was staying at a nearby hotel at the time.

here are the lyrics :

Would you know my name

If I saw you in heaven

Will it be the same

If I saw you in heaven

I must be strong,

and carry on Cause I know

I don't belong Here in heaven


Would you hold my hand

If I saw you in heaven

Would you help me stand

If I saw you in heaven

I'll find my way, through night and day

Cause I know I just can't stay Here in heaven


Time can bring you down

Time can bend your knee

Time can break your heart

Have you begging please

Begging please


(instrumental)


Beyond the door There's peace I'm sure.

And I know there'll be no more... Tears in heaven

Would you know my name

If I saw you in heaven

Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven

I must be strong, and carry on Cause I know

I don't belong Here in heaven

Cause I know I don't belong Here in heaven


I was listening to the words and thinking about the grief he must have been feeling then I thought what if there is no after life and when you die that's it ? the last time he saw Connor was the night before at a circus, he didn't know he'd never see his boy alive again or ever again, how many times has he wished to have gone back to that happy time and given his boy one more big final hug?

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