FAWM: "I Won't Cry"

I Won't Cry

5 days ago by @tcelliott

Liner Notes

#americana #acousticguitar

For the night my grandmother passed.

Lyrics

I take a step into the night I kiss your cheek and hold your hand real tight

A single tear is running down I don't wipe it As it falls onto the ground

I won't cry tears tonight I won't cry As I say goodbye

I leave the room And don't look back say I'm alright But they know it's just an act

Get in my car And drive away Feeling guilty but knowing I can't stay

I won't cry tears tonight I won't cry As I say goodbye

You once told me you were ready to leave Didn't think you'd be here this long Still your leaving feels wrong

I won't cry tears tonight I won't cry As I say goodbye

I won't cry No, I won't cry

Comments

@ndavies 3d

Lovely and cathartic. Good stuff!

@jeremykazoo 4d

This Melody brought up such a feeling of yearning nostalgia. Then I read your liner notes and understood where you were writing this song from. You captured it perfectly.

My condolences to you. You've done a wonderful honor to her with this song.

@wynia 5d

This one really hits me hard! It wasn’t exactly the night that my grandmother died, but the last time that I visited her and my grand grandfather in their retirement home, I could tell it was getting toward the end. I had gotten a ride from somebody so I couldn’t make my own decisions with respect to staying longer like I wanted to versus leaving, so I had to leave when everybody else left. But I wanted to stay so so bad and then I never saw her alive again. I wanted to cry but was urging myself the same as you do here in your refrain. Welp this song has me crying anyway, all these years later. It’s a good hard one to listen to.

@tcelliott 5d

HUGS I think sometimes not crying is the wrong answer but we do what we do to get by.

@coolparadisoMod 5d

Alex is right the tension between the sad and happy works real well. Not sure if its a compliment to you but it has an oasis feel to this. ! the emotion really comes through!