Disclaimer: Stravaganza belongs to Mary Hoffman and the lyrics belong to the Band Perry and Republic Nashville Records.
If I die young…
If I die young,
As a sleepwalker he had gone to the funeral, still in shock. This couldn't have happened.
Of course he had known that the disease could kill Lucien, but he never seen it as a real possibility. After all Lucien had been the same age as him and people just didn't die this young. They shouldn't anyway.
When his name was called he walked up to the front and there Tom said his last goodbyes to the boy he had known since kindergarten.
Bury me in satin
The coffin was still half open, so that the last of the grieving relatives and friends could say goodbye. David had turned his back to it, he couldn't look at it any longer and he didn't have to. All the details were burned in his memory anyway. His son's expressionless face and emaciated body and the white skin against the soft satin that lined the coffin.
Lay me down on a bed of roses
Beautiful white roses surrounded the coffin, Vicky herself had made sure of this. She was the one who had ordered the roses and had after a long search found the right ones. The ones with a natural smell and sweetness instead of the cheap roses, that smelt and looked so artificial. Only the best would do.
Beautiful flowers for her beautiful child.
Sink me in the river at dawn
Arrangements had been made to scatter the ash in the Grand Canal in Venice, the place he had so loved and where the last good memories of the three of them
together were.
Later when Luciano heard this, he felt strangely relieved to have the last remaining parts of his old body so close to him. Somehow it felt right.
Send me away with the words of a love song
At the back of the church stood Georgia, white as a sheet and barely able to hold back her tears. Through the church echoed a blend of traditional and modern music and Georgia couldn't help but mouth some of the words.
Songs filled with grief and songs filled with hope succeeded each other and all she could think was: if only I had told you before.
If I die young…