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Waiting for Stan

by @coolparadiso 

Feb 2019   singer songwriter

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So many people i know are dealing with alzheimer's disease or dementia and its really tough! here is me backk in my more normal angry disapointed or gloomy songwriting place but with a real story to tell.

Lyrics

She gets up every morning
She puts on her best dress
Shes waiting For Stan to come
She wants to look her best

She smiles everytime she hears the door
But its never for her
Its already afternoon
The day is just a blur

But of course Stan is never coming
He passed on years ago
All that is left now
Is just a faded photo

She fades in and out
Sometimes knows my name
But I remember yesterday
And I know itll never be the same

Some days the fog decends
Shes really not there
I wish someone could explain to me
How this can be fair

She still waits everyday for Stan to come
But He passed on years ago
All that she now has left
Is just a faded photo

Time is in slow motion
Everyday seems the same
The excitement then disappointment
Like some cruel game

All we have left now are memories
That is how we feel
Its hard to tell the difference
And workout what is real

But she'll get up tomorrow
put her lipstick on
Wait for Stan yet again
As though there is nothing wrong

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  • @driftwood1  Mar 6

    Heartbreaking image and lyric. There are some wonderful aching lines throughout. initially I thought the "reveal" came too soon, but it's clearly not about surprise or shock. This is an extremely powerful and well done piece. The violin adds a lovely mournful texture.

  • @oddaustin  Mar 3

    Every few songs reveals some new impressive instrument you can play. That violin is great here.

  • @sapient  Mar 3

    Oh man... Those lyrics... This is so evocative and so desperately sad. Was it hard to write this one?
    Love the music with it. The violin reals nails the mood.

  • @bootlegger Mar 2

    Yeah this one hits hard. You really feel for her in this. I she'd a tear or two listening to this one. Fantastic song.

  • @jorh Feb 14

    This was really sad but your writing was beautiful. As someone who has had a relative with Alzheimer’s you captured it so poigniantlu - how they often revert to a previous time frame and search for people who are sadly no longer with us. Thanks for sharing this - you did a sterling job

  • @bradbrubaker  Feb 14

    I like your voice on this a spacious instrumentation. Sad tune, obviously.

  • @acousticmaddie  Feb 13

    Oh so sad. I remember while I was in my late teens working on a place with people with dementia. We had one woman (May she rest in pease) That had become 15 in her mind . She was not capable of walking she laid in her bed talking about the love of her life that she met by that age. This remind me of her . Your delivery is one of the nbest Ive heard from you.

  • @ahasuerus Feb 13

    Dementia and Alzheimers sucks quite a bit.

    Time is in slow motion
    Everyday seems the same
    The excitement then disappointment
    Like some cruel game

    It's such a sad sickness to have to experience/observe. It really does seem cruel. I hope people find a way to cure it some day.

    Nicely sung, man!

  • @wobbiewobbit  Feb 2019

    beautiful sad song lovely violin, very sad thing to witness.

  • @ferry0123 Feb 2019

    The sadness is coming through hard and it sounds strong. I too, like that violin as it adds tragedy that suits the song really well.

  • @piney  Feb 2019

    You capture the emotion very well of witnessing a really tough disease of a loved one. That violin really ties it all together.

  • @theresaj  Feb 2019

    It’s a sad story but a well-told story, nonetheless. A really well-written song. The music brings out the emotions. Well done.

  • @alyxanderjames  Feb 2019

    Powerful depiction of a difficult (and familiar, for many of us) situation. Really nice job on this one!

  • @mmmmarcus Feb 2019

    Love the mood here, great job!

  • @billwhite51 Feb 2019

    you have done a masterful job of character portraiture here, and have told her story with power and concision, The music and your vocal brings it all to life with wisdom ad compassion-

  • @max  Feb 2019

    First song this year's FAWM that gives me goosebumps the whole song.
    Thank you for a wonderful picture painted.

  • @cts  Feb 2019

    I've had relatives who have succumbed to this disease. You've crafted a sad narrative, indeed, but there is compassion in your arrangement and in your vocals. That's what I appreciate the most.

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