Calling All Angels

My mom was a serious angel-o-holic. Anything that had to do with angels was irresistable to her. It was so extreme that her children could not resist making fun of her for it.

When I visited her in the weeks before she died, my mom was always sitting in a blue lazy boy in grandma's living room, listening to the same CD. It was called "Calling all Angels", and I watched it bring her much joy and peace. She especially loved the title song, which I think was sung by KD Lang. I cannot find the CD on the internet anywhere, but I know my mom's copy is at my grandma's house and I hope to get it at some point. If a were a savvier blogger I would post a link to the song, but I'm sure my savvy readers will find a way to hear it if they want to.

Because I knew this music was important to my mom and brought her so much comfort, I took the CD to play for her when she was in the hospital and when she finallly went to Hospice House. This song, her favorite, was playing in her room as she was taking her last breathes. It was also used in one of the final episodes of "Six Feet Under", which of course got me weeping like a baby. It is a really beautiful song, and I hope you all get to hear it some time, especially if you knew my mom.

Calling All Angels lyrics

Santa Maria, Santa Teresa, Santa Anna, Santa Susannah
Santa Cecilia, Santa Copelia, Santa Domenica, Mary Angelica
Frater Achad, Frater Pietro, Julianus, Petronilla
Santa, Santos, Miroslaw, Vladimir
and all the rest
oh, a man is placed upon the steps, a baby cries
high above you can hear the church bells start to ring
and as the heaviness, oh the heaviness
the body settles in
somewhere you can hear a mother sing
then it´s one foot then the other
as you step out onto the road, step out on the road
how much weight? how much?
then it´s how long? and how far?
and how many times, oh, before it´s too late?
calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don´t leave me alone
calling all angels
calling all angels
we´re tryin´ and we´re hopin´ but we´re not sure how…
and every day you gaze upon the sunset
with such love and intensity
why it´s …it´s almost as if
if you could only crack the code
then you´d finally understand what this all means
ah, but if you could…do you think you would
trade in all, all the pain and suffering?
ah, but then you´d miss
the beauty of the light upon this earth
and the, the sweetness of the leaving
calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don´t leave me alone
calling all angels
calling all angels
we´re tryin´ and we´re hopin´
but we´re not sure how…
calling all angels
calling all angels
walk me through this one
don´t leave me alone
callin´ all angels
callin´ all angels
we´re tryin´
we´re hopin´
we´re hurtin´
we´re lovin´
we´re cryin´
we´re callin´
´cause we´re not sure how this goes