A beautiful song about Alzheimer's.

All The Way Down

My cousin, Gary Brown, wrote a beautiful, haunting song about his experience watching as his mother, Valda Brown, declined with Alzheimer's and ultimately passed away. As I my mother lives with Alzheimer's, the song comes to my mind often.

It can be found on youtube.com at this link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03GsRK156yQ

 These are the lyrics: 

 All the way down

All the way down

I knew

It would be as hard

As anything can be

But I didn't know

There'd be so many things

I'd have to decide for you

I didn't know

I'd have to fight so hard

Just so you could be ok

Till the end

But I promised

All the way down

All the way down

I knew

How much I'd miss you

When it was over

But I didn't know

I wouldn't have the strength

At the end

I didn't know

I'd forget how you used to be

How full of life you were

All those years

But I promised

Songwriter: Gary Brown

All The Way Down lyrics © DistroKid

AmdCaregiver

Thank you so much for sharing this song. You described it perfectly : HAUNTING!

In crying now

David J

How can I feel so bad and at the same time enjoy the song so much?  Is this published as sheet music and available for purchase?