Everything Happens

She goes dark in June

I know not to call

Gallons of gas station vodka fuel her free fall

But memories never drown, no matter how she tries

Fightin’ that old fire with all those tears she cries

Why, oh why?

They say everything happens for a reason

But they’ve never walked in her shoes

They haven’t lost two lifetimes more than any mother ever should lose

Who says everything happens for a reason?

I say everything happens.

It was far too late by the time my sisters woke

Trapped upstairs in the playroom breathin’ all that smoke

We don’t know how it sparked or how mom escaped

But I know she’d give anything to take her babies’ place

Why, oh why?

They say everything happens for a reason

But they’ve never walked in her shoes

They haven’t lost two lifetimes more than any mother ever should lose

Who says everything happens for a reason?

I say everything happens.

Sometimes you don’t get to choose

Sometimes it’s just lose or lose

They say everything happens for a reason

But they’ve never walked in her shoes

They haven’t lost two lifetimes more than any mother ever should lose

Who says everything happens for a reason?

I say everything happens.

Yeah I say everything happens.

Written by Ali Handal & Denise Powers, ©2018

Released August 28th, 2020