We Only Link At Funerals

I used to be we couldn't wait for the summer cookouts cousins card games and laughter every holiday felt like a reunion
and now it's silence and i don't know what happened grandma's house used to be the spot now the porch light off and the front door locked ain't no more hey baby fix you a plate now the only time we gather is when somebody fade
the funerals only hug when someone's gone ain't no more group texts no more how you've been just black clothes and sad songs we used to dance
i used to face now we just say goodbye and i miss the days when love was usual now we only link at funerals
for the first time in years didn't recognize her face till i wipe my tears she said we gotta do better and i'm not it slow but deep down i knew we always say that though
you're gone auntymm sick nobody passing down recipes or pics the roots got cut the tree don't grow and family feel more like folks i used to know
the funeral only show up when it's too late ain't no more laughter around the table just silence sorrow and fate we used to be a village
now we just drift all that history and still we missed it i'd trade it all for one more usual cause we only link it
funerals what happened to sunday calls to front yards filled with chairs and now it suits programs folded hands and pain hanging in the air
blood is thicker than water but the bond don't feel the same cause if love ain't nurtured daily it disappears in shame
i think of funerals say we gotta do better but don't i miss birthdays game nights family jokes now it's just grief and a lump in my throat so if you hear this just know it's true i still got love for all of you
but i'm tired of only seeing us in pews we only linking funerals