Album: Break The Spell (2011)

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• Today could've been the day
  That you blow out your candles
  Make a wish as you close your eyes
  Today could've been the day
  Everybody was laughin'
  Instead I just sit here and cry
  Who would you be?
  What would you look like
  When you looked at me for the very first time?
  Today could've been the next day of the rest of your life
  
  Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
  I'm always asking why this crazy world had to lose
  Such a ray of light we never knew
  Gone too soon, yeah
  
  Would you have been president?
  Or a painter, an author or sing like your mother
  One thing is evident
  Would've given all I had
  
  Would've loved ya like no other
  Who would you be?
  What would you look like?
  Would you have my smile and her eyes?
  Today could've been the next day of the rest of your life
  
  Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
  I'm always asking why this crazy world had to lose
  Such a ray of light we never knew
  Gone too soon, yeah
  
  Not a day goes by, oh
  I'm always asking why, oh
  
  Not a day goes by that I don't think of you
  I'm always asking why this crazy world had to lose
  Such a beautiful life we never knew
  Gone too soon
  You were gone too soon, yeah
  
  And not a day goes by
  That I don't think of you Writer/s: CHRIS DAUGHTRY, MICHAEL BUSBEE
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Katie from ConnecticutMy son was stillborn 12/6/23 at 27 weeks gestational. People in a group I joined on Facebook mentioned this song. I miss you so much, Silas. Forever my firstborn and son. Forever loved.
• Leann Bennett from ArkansasI lost my only child (daughter) at 17, just 3 months shy of 18. I know this song is about the unborn, but this song allows me to get my anger out. Her life was just beginning (going into adulthood). She had SO much going for her, but she was trying to decide which avenue she wanted to take before starting her college years. I can’t help but ask myself, who would you be? Now, 15 years later, what would you look like? This song is so very well written. It reaches a so many different people on different stages of grief of losing a child. (Or possibly someone else). THANK YOU Chris Daughtery for your amazing talent. Huge “atta boys” to you!
• Pam KreutzbergMy daughter passed away at 9 months old and this song hits home for me. I found it on her 1st birthday when I was going to visit her, and I play it every time I come see her. She's definitely Gone Too Soon.
  Summer Lilly
• Geeta Fletcher from Colchester EssexMy daughter chose this song to play at her son Leo’s (3yrs) funeral and memorial service. So fitting for the loss of a child.
• Flamingbattlesword from Bonney Lake, WashingtonMy wife and I lost our one month old daughter last Wednesday. This song will be playing at her memorial. This precious angel cannot be forgotten.
• Alisha from Boise, IdMy kiddo passed away 24 minutes after birth due to unforeseen circumstances. He's since helped bring 2 brothers into the world. I hear Lincoln in this song.
• Dimple from PhilippinesI had a miscarriage last sunday, and i was listening to this song.. Made me cry much harder.
  I was such a painful lost but i know that God has a purpose for this. Thy will be done.
• Krista from Vancouver BcThis song makes me think of my don Nicholad who died when I was 5 months pregnant. I think of him and miss him all the time

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