Death Cab for Cutie - What Sarah Said
And it came to me then that every plan
Is a tiny prayer to father time
As I stared at my shoes in the ICU
That reeked of piss and 409
And I rationed my breaths as I said to myself
That I’ve already taken too much today
As each descending peak on the LCD
Took you a little farther away from me
Away from me
Amongst the vending machines and year-old magazines
In a place where we only say goodbye
It stung like a violent wind that our memories depend
On a faulty camera in our minds
And I knew that you were a truth I would rather lose
Than to have never lain beside at all
And I looked around at all the eyes on the ground
As the TV entertained itself
‘Cause there’s no comfort in the waiting room
Just nervous faces bracing for bad news
And then the nurse comes ‘round and everyone lift their heads
But I’m thinking of what Sarah said
That love, is watching someone die
So who’s gonna watch you die? So who’s gonna watch you die?
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Please, please pray for my baby nephew, Joseph Michael G. Racoma, who passed away this morning. He was a month and thirteen days old.
October 3rd, 2007 at 6:11 pm
Condolence to you and your family. Loosing a loved one was never easy. Just imagine Joseph Micheal beside as an angel guiding you. I will include him in my prayers.
October 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Thanks, Mica
October 4th, 2007 at 7:04 am
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October 4th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
You wrote this poem, BA? The sweetest are those that tell of the saddest. I don’t cry easy but this put rock in my chest and water in my eyes.
We are praying for Joseph Michael but more so for Angelo, Caren, Dine, Allan and all of YOU — that you will see through God’s wisdom and accept without rancor. Maybe not yet now. But later .. soon enough.
Take care all of you.
October 4th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
Tita, it’s a song po. :) The music video is up there, yung embedded video. I cried yesterday morning, when I heard this song.
Thanks po, Tita. :)
October 4th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Condolence to you and your family. Your baby nephew is an angel now and he’s in this happy place. I will pray for him :)
October 4th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
BA, condolence to you and your family. (sorry wala akong ibang masabi) isipin mo na lang, angel na sya ngayon at binabantayan nya kayong lahat. :)
October 5th, 2007 at 4:24 am
i was very shocked by the news. my wife also felt the sadness when I told her what just happened. we also have a baby, just a week younger than Michael.
October 5th, 2007 at 6:47 am
that’s sad. prayers from this side bro…
October 5th, 2007 at 11:40 am
It must be a beautiful song but the video wouldn’t load for me. All I see is a big blank space.
Thinking of all of you.
October 5th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Condolence, BA.
October 5th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
BA I’m sorry to know this at a later date but my sincere condolences to your family. I’ll be praying for your baby nephew
October 19th, 2007 at 2:34 am
Sorry for the late, late, late reply. Thanks, to everyone. :)
June 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 am
[...] This morning I was greeted with the news that a fellow Atenean and a brother through Kuya Jess passed away over the weekend. A week ago I read about a Theresian’s passing in a friend’s blog. Exactly two months ago, I was woken up with the news that Michael was gone. [...]