Blue Bottle - RIP Dan 1982-2023

Blue bottle, engine's hum Tell me where the good ones go Eighty-two, you came and gone Left a light the dark don't know You came down to my old man's door Tools in your hands and a little bit more Stranger turned to family slow Now there's a space where you used to go Us in the van and the laughter rolls Slow-motion memory that never goes Ink on my arm that you did half-blind Crooked little lines, but I don't mind 'Cause every time I catch it in the light I hear you laughing, feel you close tonight And you carried more than we could see Tried to numb it just to breathe Wish you'd known... wish you'd stayed... You were stronger than you ever let it show Hardest worker in the room, but you'd never know Four little reasons and a love so deep You'd have moved the whole world while they were asleep But the weight got heavy and it pulled you down December cold and a quiet town Twenty-third you slipped out of view Three days later and we lost you I'd give anything for one more day One more drink, one more thing to say You're so far from home now, far from home But you're never gone, you're never alone We carry you in everything we do Every step we take, we're taking you You're missing all the growing that we've done Every little win, every rising sun Wish that you could see it, wish that you were here Wish you'd felt how much we held you, all those years My old man wrote you words that broke the room Petals and a poem at your tomb So we keep your name alive in all of this 'Cause the world's still got a you-shaped miss You're so far from home now, far from home But you're never gone, you're never alone We carry you in everything we do Every step we take, we're taking you Blue bottle, engine's hum Rest easy now, the race is run You were loved more than you knew More than you ever knew (choir, sustained) Always you, always you Rest easy, rest easy