Missy Higgins - Cooling Of The Embers Lyrics

2018... Still listening to it <3
What a sad song though :(

I cry every time I hear this. It's so beautiful and heartfelt.

hermosa cancion, ya tenia un año escuchandola, es tan hermosa saludos desde Mexico.

I'm revising for my psychology exam on older adults and this came on my Pandora! As I was listening I was literally reviewing the things shes singing of "never wanting help" dementia etc.. beautiful song. 

Last year on the 25th of August, the only person in this world that I love, died. My granny was honestly everything to me. The first time I heard this song, I couldn't function. It describes everything that I feel. At her funeral, I sang this song in front of all of Granny's friends and family. I can never keep the tears in when I listen to this song. It brings goosebumps to my skin every single time. I miss her more than anything and I love her, even though she's gone now. 

How Julie started crying on Packed to the rafters after she realised death was actually descending on her dad, Ted. Makes me cry, I'm such a fan of Missy Higgins already :') All the people who have to go through this phase are really brave, I must say. How Ted refused to recognise the daughter he loved unconditionally. Seriously, so emotional.

Erin,
I feel so badly for you... my nan has dementia too and started showing signs in her mid-late 60's. This song PERFECTLY describes the situation for people with this dreadful disease, and their families. In the TV series "Packed to the Rafters", one of the characters "Ted" has dementia, this song was used for a scene wiht him and his daughter "Julie"... it's how I discovered it. I can't stop playing it, even though it makes me cry.

This song just gets to me.

My grandmother passed about a year ago and this song has really reminded me a lot of her and im glad to see that im not alone

Hauntingly beautiful. We lost our dad from Leukemia and this song says it all. Missy Higgins is so talented and so under-rated. Ive just discovered The Ol' Razzle Dazzle and all of the tracks are just brilliant!

My great grandma has dementia. She is losing her memory, and it hurts. my mom and her got in a fight 8 years ago, and they stopped talking, which means we stopped talking. I moved in with my dad's mom, and got back in touch with my mom's side of the family. I have seen her 2 times in the past 8 years. She tried to jump off of a balcony on Thursday. Said she was trying to "escape." I'll never get to say one last goodbye or I love you because she doesn't know who I am anymore. She's already gone.

This goes right to the heart. It must also come from the heart. It certainly touched mine.

A year ago my father had two strokes, they completely changed him. His speech is limited and his right side took forever to come back.

When I first heard this song I could handle it because it hit home too much. Half way through it I started bawling at work and never finished it. Today I came back to finish it and yeah I cried again, but I feel that I've grown because of it.

What a beautiful song.

On September 11th of last year, my Grandfather passed away. my whole family sat by his side all day in the hospital. my family and I were there for hours so we decided to go home & rest and come back to see him that night. I kissed his forehead and said "i'll see you soon" On the way home, I was listening to my ipod on shuffle and this song came on. I started crying and I knew straight away that he wasn't going to make it. He didn't. I miss him so much.

Probably my favourite on the album.

listening to this song made me cry! my grandmother has Alzheimer's disease and i think that you have so accurately communicated what i couldn't in words.. spot on missy! you are beautiful!

The piano parts sounds like "Payphone ". Anyway great song

wow just looked up the lyrics to understand it better and listened to the song as i read them. ive listened to this song a few times now and i just thought it was a painful sweet song. reading the lyrics made me burst into tears. wow. what a great song - so sad, so beautiful, excellent capture of emotions missy.

This is an absolutely beautiful capture of what anyone who has a relative with Alzheimers goes through - beautiful, poignant and true - Missy captures not only the heartbreak of losing a loved one but the sadness of what that involves - a masterpiece!!

best wishes goes out to you

I am seven years into my fight with cancer, on constant chemo, and have a daughter who I imagine feels this way. I am very frail but still fighting. Funny, a possible cure has just been announced in Oz.

RigelPrime I hope you have won your battle friend. Strength and love to you and your daughter ❤️

thank you Missy. My Mum had Alzheimers, so really touched me. Lots of tears. J x

Aww Missy, this is such a lovely song, and so far, this album is as lovely as your first two. Please keep it up!

Exactly the same thing here! :)

i love how this turned out. Much more experimental than the live version I saw before the album came out.

this song is amazing, i've been through the whole experience with my family, when i heard this song live it was like putting all my thoughts into perfect words.

Saw it live last night, made me cry I love it Missy you never cease to amaze me..also your brother performing it with you was a really nice touch <3

I feel like I understand this song perfectly and I don't mean it in a creepy way haha, my mama had a stroke as well and like you say in your song she really is only half here and I see her struggle everyday just to walk and talk and I see how it hurts her not to be able to do everything she use to do. I also she the love she has for my grandad but she says some things that she does man but half the time she does not even realize what she is saying, she is a completely different person compared

Sweet Missy...well done.
West

absolutely loving the new album <3

Oh my god. This reminds me of my grandmother so much. She was so strong and never needed anyone's help until she got sick.