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Written : August 2010
A very poignant song and one very close to me. It is the story about my mother’s battle with cancer. It came about during August 2010 when I went to visit her in Spain. She had been taken to hospital with fluid on the lung (after having been diagnosed with cancer one month earlier and started chemo and gone through 2 courses by then).
When I got to the hospital, I went into the room where she was – there were two beds and I honestly thought I had the wrong room, I just didn’t recognise her. Then I saw her eyes (behind the mask she was forced to wear) and barely recognised my own mother whom I had seen not 3 weeks prior. I was shocked to say the least – the first line sums it up – “I saw you lying there – it was such a shock, it was plain to see how much your world was rocked”
After I got home that week, I was playing around with a downward chord progression from D, D7 all the way back to D. This was something that kept sticking in my head. Eventually I decided it needed some words to it that summed up my mums experience in fighting the cancer (which I am glad to say she did very successfully). The result is the song as you now hear it.
When I had written it, I called my mum in Spain (who apparently was walking down the paseo in Oliva) and played it to her with guitar in hand. After I finished I could feel the emotion in her voice – she was crying her eyes out. She still does to this day when she hears it especially if she comes to see it played live.
lyrics
Lyrics
Verse 1
I saw you lying there, it was such a shock,
It was plain to see how much your world was rocked
You still had your inner strength, Your resolve could not be broke
Though we laughed a lot I could see the fright
Of the battle ahead, still you stand and fight
I know you will conquer this, BUT YOURE NEVER ON YOUR OWN
Pre Chorus
The long road has started, And you must be clear
Whenever youre feeling down, We’ll all be here
Verse 2
When someone so dear, suffers pain so clear,
The hurt goes --- right to the heart
You inspire hope with your attitude, I know you’ll see it through
When youre feeling down and nowhere to turn
The pains so bad it starts to burn
Remember we’re there for you, We’ll carry what we can
Pre Chorus
The long road has started, And you must be clear
Whenever youre feeling down, We’ll all be here
Chorus
Take the long road to recovery
Take it one step at a time
Know that we’re there right by your side
And the long road to recovery
Is painful and its slow
You’ll never have to walk it all alone
Verse 3
We’re there beside you, You fall, we’ll catch
And put yo---u right back on track
Your spi --- rit will see you through, The end is now in sight
Take the long road - you’ll be released, You’ll live your life like a bird released
Do all the things you’ve dreamed about, You do no not have the fear
Pre Chorus
The long road has started, And you must be clear
Whenever youre feeling down, We’ll all be here
Chorus x 2
Take the long road to recovery
Take it one step at a time
Know that we’re there right by your side
And the long road to recovery
Is painful and its slow
You’ll never have to walk it all alone
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