[Verse 1] One hundred twenty-seven days, And still I cried again today. I carried all your dresses upstairs, Folded memories with tender care. Every blouse I held so tight, Whispered softly through the light. For just one moment you were there, As if you’d never left me here. [Pre-Chorus] My tears fell gently on the cloth, My heart stayed where your hands once were. Down below the silence waited, Your empty chair still spoke your name. I kept on going, because I had to, Until the last box found its place… Then I walked downstairs alone, To another empty day. [Chorus] I miss you, Arlette, I miss you, my love. In every step I take, In every room I cross. You’re gone beyond my reach, Yet closer than the air. In every little moment… I still find you there. [Verse 2] I miss you when the morning breaks Inside this far too empty home. I miss you sitting at the table, Eating bread and feeling so alone. I miss you after every conversation, You were the one I’d tell it all. I miss you walking through the fields, Thinking how you’d love it all. With Tamara, you’re always with us, Still her mother, still our thread. Cooking never feels the same now, Half the kitchen life has fled. Pulling herbs with only my hands, Where yours belonged for all those years. Watching Johnny’s pigeons soaring, I still search your face in the air. [Pre-Chorus] I miss your gentle voice at supper, “Would you like another drink?” No cross upon my forehead now, No kiss before we sleep. The house grows far too quiet, The evenings never end… And every night this lonely bed Is one heartbeat too wide. [Chorus] I miss you, Arlette, I miss you, my love. In every step I take, In every room I cross. You’re gone beyond my reach, Yet closer than the air. In every little moment… I still find you there. [Bridge] Damn it, love… I break again, Like that first unbearable dawn. Death has taken you from my arms, But not from where you belong. As long as I still speak your name, As long as my heart believes, Love will always find the road That death could never steal. [Final Chorus] I miss you, Arlette, Every single day. When I wake… when darkness falls… When I laugh… when I pray. I miss you in this empty house. I miss you at the table. I miss you in the fields. I miss you beside Tamara. I miss you while I cook. I miss you gathering herbs. I miss you watching pigeons rise into the sky. I miss you with my sisters, with Peter, with friends. Even in my happiest moments… Your absence walks beside me. [Outro] One hundred twenty-seven days… And still I whisper your name. Because death may have taken you from my arms… But never… Never from my love.
