I Want You to Live

When she got the news

The phone hit the floor

She fell to her knees

And cried his name

He had just kissed her lips

And both of the kids

Their lives will never be the same

The end of her hardest day

The only words she could say were

"I want you to live

I want you to love

I wanna go back to the way it was

To hear you say my name again

I wanna see your smile again

I want you to live"

It takes all of her strength

To go through his things

It feels like she's holding him again

The letters he wrote

Books that he'd read

And some of his shirts still had his scent

The picture in Florida

She holds to her heart and cries out loud

"I want you to live

I want you to love

I wanna go back to the way it was

To hear you say my name again

I wanna see your smile again"

Lying awake in the middle of the night

Trying not to let the kids hear her cry

She prays for an answer

Some little sign

Closes her eyes

And swears she hears him say

"I want you to live

I want you to love

I want you to go on and not give up

I want you to live

I want you to try

I want you to know that I'm alright

I want you to fall in love again

I want to see you smile again

And again

I want you to live"