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The Last Time (Demo)

from Samhain​/​Halloween Compilation by Celia Farran

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Warning.....This song has the potential to be emotional.

This song was inspired by my singer songwriter group prompt of "The Last Time". Those were the lyrics that needed to be in the song. The prompt was inspired by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant. I am not a basketball fan (and I don't watch the news or tv) so I didn't really know who he was. But people's reactions to his death left a strong impression on me.

This song is for all of us who remember the last time we had contact with someone before they left the physical world. And it is about the things we would do differently if we were more present with the preciousness of life.

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“The Last Time”
By Celia Farran
© 2020 Red Granite Goddess Publishing / ASCAP


If I had known it was the last time I would look you in the eye.
If I had known it was the last time I would hold you while you cried.
If I had known it was the last time we would say goodbye.
If I had known. If I had known it was the last time.

I would have stayed a little longer.
I would have made better choices and been stronger.
I would have reached out for your hand.
Taken the time to understand.
If I had known. If I had known. It was the last time.

If I had known it was the last time you would grace this place.
If I had known it as the last time we would share a warm embrace.
If I had known it was the last time I would see your face.
If I had known. If I had known it was the last time.


I would have held you a little tighter.
I would have reminded you…that you’re a fighter.
I would have searched for the sublime.
In all the little ways that you shine.
If I had known. If I had known. It was the last time.

Life is so precious and love is so rare.
Wasting my time on things that don’t matter ….at all.
Life is so precious & your love is so rare.
If I had known if I had only known.

But it’s never really the last time
You are etched in my heart, my soul, my mind.
I surrender I forgive. What is remembered… breathes & lives.
For it is never. Never truly. The last time.

If I had known. If I had known. If I had known. If I had only known.
If I had known. If I had known. It was the last time.

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from Samhain​/​Halloween Compilation, released October 6, 2023
Written & Performed by Celia Farran

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Celia Farran Langley, Washington

Celia is a cross between an Earthy Enya, Joan Baez, &.... Tina Fey. Celia artfully reaches deep into the soul of the listener with her angelic voice and musical creations. "What Celia Offers is a Gift to the World", Brooke Medicine Eagle, Author of "The Last Ghost Dance. "Celia's Music Calls Women to their Glory & Men to Their Hearts". Marianne Williamson, Author of "Return to Love" ... more

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