Bye Bye

i cant help but marvel at mariah carey's songs... every album is good, if not good, then passable. her newest album, E=MC2 has some good songs, i think the most prominent one is :: Touch My Body. and, no, i'm not blogging about that song. i'm talking about :: Bye Bye. i guess this song is directed mainly to her grandparents,(could be deceased already, i'm not sure) lyrics are as follows::


This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man, or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye (no, no, no)
Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky 'cause we will never say bye

As a child there were them times
I didn't get it but you kept me in line
I didn't know why you didn't show up sometimes
It's something more than saying "I miss you"
But when we talked too
All them grown folk things
Separation brings
You never let me know it
You never let it show because
You loved me and obviously
There's so much more left to say
If you were with me today face to face

[Chorus:] I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on like
"I wish I could talk to you for awhile"
"I wish I could find a way try not to cry"
As time goes by
And soon as you reach a better place
Still I'll give the whole world to see your face
And I'm right here next to you
It feels like you gone too soon
The hardest thing to do is say bye bye
(Bye Bye [3x])
Bye bye

And you never got the chance to see how good I've done
And you never got to see me back at number one
I wish that you were here to celebrate together
I wish that we could spend the holidays together
I remember when you used to tuck me in at night
With the Teddy Bear you gave to me that I held so tight
I thought you were so strong
That you can make it through whatever
It's so hard to accept the fact you're gone forever

[Chorus]

This is for my peoples who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby, your man, or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye (no, no, no)
Mamas, daddies, sisters, brothers, friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandfather
Lift your head to the sky 'cause we will never say bye


my maternal grandparents took care of me for about 3 years, from age 5 to 8. although it's a short time, but my bro and i was the apple of their eye. my brother used to follow my grandpa to "padang" to eat the laksa there. and my grandma? well, i remember being spoonfed at age 8. normally after lunch, grandpa will be sitting in his chair, enjoying an apple, cut by my 3-kim. and i will always be offered a piece of it. and while enjoying that piece of apple, i will relate my day at school to him, and he'll keep encouraging me. i was spoilt by them, i noe. but in the meantime, i learnt a lot from them too. i love my grandparents. i cried heaps when my grandpa died of colon cancer when i was 8. i still remember that emotion up til now. and i still have blurry vision as a result of tears building up when i talk about my grandpa.

i know that sooner or later my grandma will be gone too. and when the time comes, i hope this song will help me pull through that hard time. and i hope, when that time comes, i have the courage to say "bye bye"