If Only - Single

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IN LOVING MEMORY OF TARA JEANNE HILL

Vocals / Lyrics - Michael Morgan
Guitar / Bass / Composition / Recorded by Tommy Minogue of Suburbia Story - www.suburbiastory.com
Production / Mixed / Mastered by Sam Henderson of Always Be Genius Recording Studio www.recordingwithsam.com

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It's still hard to believe that you're gone.
The truth is you were too sick to go on.
Pictures and memories are all that we have left.
Close to our hearts, where they'll always be kept.

The only thing in life we are promised is death.
Your soul decided to leave long before you took your last breath.

The thought of your absence was our greatest fear.
Now we struggle with the fact that you're no longer here.

If only, if only things could have ended differently.
Then maybe, maybe you'd still be here today.

This isn't defeat, this is your relief from the hell you were forced to live in,
Struggles you were forced to deal with
But despite your condition, not once did you consider yourself sick or suffering.

The thought of your absence was our greatest fear.
Now we struggle with the fact that you're no longer here.

If only, if only things could have ended differently.
Then maybe, maybe you'd still be here today.

(If only, if only. If only, if only.
If only, if only. If only, if only.)

Not a word or a metaphor can express the pain of our broken hearts.
Cancer brought us closer together, but in the end it’s was what tore us apart.
But there's an overwhelming peace that you're no longer in pain.
You had everything to lose, but you had everything to gain.

The thought of your absence was always our greatest fear.
Now we struggle with the fact that you're no longer here.

If only, if only things could have ended differently.
Then maybe, you'd still be here today.

If only, if only things could have ended differently.

(If only, if only, if only, if only.
If only, if only, if only, if only.)

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released March 23, 2018

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Havens Oak Forest, Illinois

Born from tragedy, we are a hard-hitting, emotionally driven outfit based out of Oak Forest, IL.

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