https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIB8EWqCPrQ
I took the supermarket flowers from the windowsill
I threw the day old tea from the cup
Packed up the photo album Matthew had made
Memories of a life that's been loved
Took the get well soon cards and stuffed animals
Poured the old ginger beer down the sink
Dad always told me, "don't you cry when you're down"
But mum, there's a tear every time that I blink
Oh I'm in pieces, it's tearing me up, but I know
A heart that's broke is a heart that's been loved
So I'll sing Hallelujah
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
When I fell down you'd be there holding me up
Spread your wings as you go
And when God takes you back we'll say Hallelujah
You're home
I fluffed the pillows, made the beds, stacked the chairs up
Folded your nightgowns neatly in a case
John says he'd drive then put his hand on my cheek
And wiped a tear from the side of my face
I hope that I see the world as you did cause I know
A life with love is a life that's been lived
So I'll sing Hallelujah
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
When I fell down you'd be there holding me up
Spread your wings as you go
And when God takes you back we'll say Hallelujah
You're home
Hallelujah
You were an angel in the shape of my mum
You got to see the person that I have become
Spread your wing
And I know that when God took you back he said Hallelujah
You're home
The reason I chose this song is for my Mum who died early one Saturday morning in the winter of 1990 from a brain haemorrhage. She was an amazing individual and philanthropist. With my Brother (also deceased), she raised a lot of money to bring impoverished people from around the world to Australia for life-saving medical treatment. She was truly an Earth angel that didn't completely die, she just went home. Every single day I miss her and the sad thing is I only have a few photos of her to remind me what she was like. I was only a child when she passed and 27 and a half years later, my memories aren't as good as they once were. Although this song is about someone who obviously had passed away after an illness, my Mum suffered much in life with mental health issues herself and was under constant extreme stress.
I loved my Mum and every single time I hear this song, I tear up. I even left handwritten lyrics of the song on her gravesite to express how much this song reminds me of her. That and Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond.... one of her favourite songs.
