Eulogy for You and Me

A reflection of the time when we're not quite ready to accept that the moments of a relationship are now just memories. A visual treatment of the poem with the same name by performer Tanya Davis.

Director: Andrea Dorfman
Writer/Composer: Tanya Davis
Animator/Editor: Andrea Dorfman
Narrator: Tanya Davis
Musicians: Tanya Davis, Jim Bryson
Producer: Jayn Ritchie
Funder: bravoFACT

[music...]

the clock is going to turn back soon the season is already changing

we said goodbye for the final time my room needs rearranging

the sidewalk is full of people and leaves and we're all turning colours

i want more radiance and less green this season is my perfect lover

long nights for more dreaming short days to fill real and fast

sweaters for my heart's safe-keeping

for my soul's heating

through the cold of winter to last

the clock is going to turn back soon i've an eye upon its fixtures

the wall waits patiently for the sun's first rays and the day no one's there to witness

we gave it a good go, no i guess we can't exist in this

so i'm going to celebrate this new year with all the good witches

little chocolate bars are for little kids i want a cauldron and the nourishment that comes with it

this broke me down no i'm not fixed yet

i broke myself open for this

made a space that you could fit in

the clocks and hearts and time keep going but we didn't

the clock tick tocks and i walk alone like i am used to

i wanted to call your bones home but i didn't get to

your shoulder a stop over and i guess i had to

i was lonely for no love and you showed me what it could do

you showed me what i would do when i had some but it is not to be with you

and i've been sad enough and i've been mad some but what good does that do

the leaves are not upset that they're leaving their branches

things change, time passes, death happens

and what happened surely changed me

and the hereafter is full of sadness that is raw and also so sweet

'cause every time a cold heart thaws it sends a river of tears to nourish the ground on the way to the sea

i bow my head to praise and remember this

look up again to greet my day

this is a eulogy for you and me i won't forget

still i'll let go just the same

i bow my head to praise and remember this

look up again to greet my day

this is a eulogy for you and me i won't forget

still i'll let go just the same

i bow my head to praise and remember this

look up again to greet my day

this is a eulogy for you and me i won't forget

still i'll let go just the same

i bow my head to praise and remember this

look up again to greet my day

this is a eulogy for you and me i won't forget

still i'll let go just the same