Irene

You’re the fire in the sun You’re the water in sky You’re the perfume in the flowers You’re the roots in the earth So deep you stand through thunder So strong that we can climb To your bed for the world instead Of you who needed rest You lived unseen Thought you didn’t mean a thing Though your breath was like the breeze from the ocean Invisible yet invincible you lived through the impossible you carried me, the family Without even knowing You gave me tears to cry, Irene you gave me life You’re the cloud that’s tops the mountain You’re the wings on every bird You’re the sound of the river flowing You’re the colour in the people’s eyes Now we see the world so bright Now we think not black and white Like we did when we thought we could fly All along there was wind in the sky You lived unseen Thought you didn’t mean a thing Though your breath was like the breeze from the ocean Invisible yet invincible you lived through the impossible you carried me, the family Without even knowing You gave me tears to cry, Irene you gave me life