A Song for the Living (Dead Love) (Dead Love)

I need to know why,

- There are so many things no one has the answers for,

What does that mean?

- Why we lose the people we love,

Death,

Pain,

Change,

Sadly, it's all a part of life,

You're trying to figure out

if there's something you could've done to stop this,

We'll never know why people elect

to take away the blessing of life,

There's nothing you could have done,

We all have our time,

Unfortunately, she decided to make that decision on her own,

She left me,

- Try to remember her as she was:

a loving mother,

a human being,

I will pray for her soul, young man,

- I'll take it from here, Fiona,

Something sad?

It's the saddest,

I am so sorry, honey,

No,

It's beautiful,

I think I may have found somebody,

Is this the cheapest one?

- I'm sorry, but this is the least expensive casket

that we have,

- I think we're gonna have to go to

the cremation services down the mountain,

A casket and burial is out of our price range,

- So, you mother grew up around here, right?

Excuse me,

Why don't I speak with my associate and see what we can do,

That's him, isn't it?

- That's the one whose mother,,,?

Yes,

Then that's him,

He's cute,

I'll see what I can do

about having him come over for dinner,

That is, if you're sure,

Excuse me,

Why don't we go with this one?

I'm sorry,

What?

- Providing for a loved one's death can be very hard,

especially when it comes up so suddenly

and you're all alone,

so why don't we just write off the whole thing

to a small local discount,

- Thank you, but that's too much,

Nonsense,

- You imagine that you lived around here,

I mean, well, you're just practically family,

I couldn't,

You can,

What I meant to say

was that I couldn't accept such a generous offer

without giving you something in return,

Dinner then,

Why don't you come and have dinner

with myself and my family,

Thank you, but--

Oh, no-no-no, no buts,

You shouldn't be alone,

Thank you,

You're very welcome,

His mother dying and practically dropping on our doorstep

is just too perfect,

It's a tragedy,

Of course,

But even tragedy has its happy coincidences,

Yeah, I guess so,

What are you doing?

Trying to help,

You know your mother would've looked pretty

in a burlap sack,

I found some jewelry your mother borrowed from me

before you were born,

Aunt Jenny, please,

- I didn't come here to take it, Brandon,

Why did you come here?

Because we're family,

That's what family does,

Your mother chose to push us away,

That doesn't mean you have to,

- You're the only one who came to the funeral,

The only one who cared to,

Who would choose a family like that?

- Did anyone ever tell you you look just like your father?

No,

Well, you do,

The rest is pure Eleanor,

You're looking fair,

Did you ever love Lassiter?

Maybe,

Sometimes I think we loved the song or the gift

more than we ever did each other,

I never noticed,

Or I guess I chose not to,

Not like you and John,

- And still John threw the song away,

He has, but not you,

Didn't he?

- True love, even with time on our side,

is always an uphill battle,

Some of us are born to love, and some of us maybe not,

Why did you do it, Kat?

Sing the song with Lassiter?

For you,

I never would've asked--

- No, I'm happiest watching you in love,

first with John and now,

Really, I'm happiest being a spectator,

Hey,

I was never meant to be with a man,

They're way too fragile,

Fiona, really, I'm happy being here for you,

Oh, Fiona!

Hold on, let me look at you,

Oh,

Something, something, we need something,

Oh,

This will work,

Okay, last touch,

Hi, I'm Fiona,

Brandon,

- It's nice to meet you, Brandon,

And you brought wine, how sweet,

Yeah, you know, I just figured

I should bring something to the table,

- Oh, thank you, but you've already brought plenty,

And I should let you in my house,

Where are my manners?

I'm so sorry,

Please, come in,

It's fine,

It's totally fine,

Katarina's my sister,

She's the one who sold you the coffin,

- I don't know if sold is the right word,

- You you know what I mean,

She showed it to you,

I know, that was a joke,

Oh,

We just, we try to help out when we can,

The funeral business is kinda more of a family tradition

than a trade, if that makes any sense,

- My mom and I used to go out every Tuesday with the church

to hand out sandwiches to the homeless,

You could call that family tradition of sorts,

Oh, so you go to church?

- No, no, not me, but my mom did,

Weird thing about tradition,

Yeah,

We should probably get going,

Yeah, lead the way,

Holy shit, okay,

Lead the way,

How about some more?

Oh no, I had better not,

Should probably get something in my stomach

before I go embarrassing myself,

- Oh, a man of moderation, how quaint,

A man of caution at best,

- Then we better get the main course out here posthaste,

Lassiter!

The groundsman?

And my husband,

Not known for the spring in his step,

Ah, not a moment too soon, dear,

- Don't let the state of the grounds fool you,

Lassiter is actually a very good cook,

- If looks are anything to go by,

I'm sure you're right about that,

- Oh, you've outdone yourself, dear,

Thank you,

Thank you,

Of course,

Good?

Delicious, thank you,

- We usually like to say grace before we eat,

Stop it, Lassiter!

Brandon is our guest,

No, it's my fault,

I shoulda waited,

Sorry,

No, it's okay,

Honestly, I never wait either,

I love furniture like this,

Hand-carved,

Cared for,

Meant to stand on its own

against the fine china it's holding,

Furniture today is so painfully pragmatic

and built to sell, to get by,