ONLY AN EMOTION
Words and music by Sarah McQuaid
Recorded on I Won’t Go Home ’Til Morning (2008)
Cheer up, it might never happen
Said the stranger in the street
Well, it already did
But that’s life
And loss is nothing new to me
The doctor says I need a little something
To get me through this difficult time
But I’ve got a reason
For my state of mind
It’s only an emotion
There’s no problem here to solve
It’s natural
I’m feeling sad
That’s all
Since when did grief become
An illness to be cured
We don’t wear black any more
We don’t mourn
We don’t talk about it, that’s for sure
We smile like obedient children
And we swallow the pills prescribed
’Cause the power of our anguish
Has us terrified
It’s only an emotion
There’s no problem here to solve
It’s natural
I’m feeling sad
That’s all
And today I saw a funny thing
That made me crack a smile
The colours all seem brighter
And my soul is getting lighter
It just takes a little while
It’s only an emotion
There’s no problem here to solve
It’s natural
I’m feeling sad
That’s all
