This is the first day
Of my life
Without you
Four sixteen
It’s the moment
I was scared for
All my life
Four sixteen
Today is the day
I had feared for all my life
Four sixteen
was the hour
I had dreaded
All this time
Four sixteen
Maybe tonight
When I am sleeping
You’ll come to me
In my dreams
To tell me
Everything’s all right
Yeah tell me
Everything’s all right
All right
About Four Sixteen
I wrote this song right after my mother died, aged 59, after a ten year long struggle against cancer. My whole life I have had a wonderful close relationship with my mother, and the years it became clear that her illness was not curable I struggled hard with the fact that one day she would no longer be with us.
My mother died a minute after quarter past four, April 7th 2003. The moment where for me my life changed.
We had talked openly about everything, including about what comes next, we were always fascinated by philosophy, life and death. We had agreed that if there was anything after this, that she would come and give me a sign, whatever it would take…
