Photo Credit: Mariel McHugh
“The Sky Is Still Blue” is a song I wrote during one of the saddest moments of my life.
Somehow, I was still happy. I noticed the beautiful things. The sun shining. The birds singing.
The birds. They reminded me of me.
I’m a singer-songwriter.
At that time, I felt I wasn’t supposed to be the person I had been.
The person I learned to be. The person I was taught to be. The person I wanted to be. The person I worked hard to be.
Why was everything I had believed in falling apart?
But the essence of grief is questioning.
Your existence. Your identity.
“Songbird” is one of my nicknames. One of my favorites and one that describes me the best.
So on that pretty day as my avian friends cheered me up, I grabbed my journal and wrote this song.
If your heart is broken; if you are grieving, remember, “The Sky Is Still Blue”.
“THE SKY IS STILL BLUE”
Songwriter: © Fatima Morken, 2017 BMI
VERSE 1:
Here it comes now
I wait for you
Here it comes now
I stay for you
Here it comes now
I write for you
Here it comes now
I wait for you
PRE-CHORUS:
I’ll keep on rising
To wondrous expectations
I will keep on floating
To better destinations
CHORUS:
The sky is still blue
Even though my heart is sinking
The sky is still blue
Even though my ground is shaking
The sky is still blue
Even though my hands are trembling
The sky is still blue
The sky is still blue…
VERSE 2:
Here it comes now
I sing for you
Here it comes now
I go for you
Here it comes now
I dance for you
Here it comes now
I sing for you
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS & CHORUS
BRIDGE:
I won’t keep on holding
To your misconceptions
I won’t keep on offering
Myself in consolation
I can’t keep on living, like this
I can’t keep on breathing, like this
I can’t keep on moving, like this
I can’t keep on feeling, like this
REPEAT CHORUS