Mother, tell me,

I long to hear the stories

Just like long ago

All these memories

Start to fade before me

I cannot let them go.

No, I can't let them go.

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone?

Father, stay here,

Don't leave me like the other

Know, I need you so

All you gave me

Father, how you loved me

Treated like your own.

Don't ever let me go.

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone?

There's no way to deny

The brevity of life.

As time keeps marching on

All we have is lost.

As time keeps marching on

All we have is lost.

Nothing lasts forever

Nothing stays the same.

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone?

From the cradle to the grave

It's a fear I can't escape

Who will be my hiding place

When you're gone?

How am I to carry on?

How am I to carry on?

As time keeps marching on

How am I to carry on?

All we have is lost.

Nothing lasts forever

Nothing ever stays the same.