Taylor Swift performed her heart-wrenching song, “Ronan” at the 2012 Stand Up to Cancer telethon. The beautiful young boy behind the song is 3 year Ronan Thompson, who courageously fought neuroblastoma and earned his angel wings in 2011. Ronan’s mom, Maya has continued to write to Ronan on her blog, www.rockstarronan.com. A foundation has been created in his name–the Ronan Thompson Foundation, dedicated to finding a cure for neuroblastoma.
Here are the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s song Ronan–many of which are Maya Thompson’s own words.The song Ronan can be downloaded from itunes
I remember your bare feet down the hallway
I remember your little laugh
Race cars on the kitchen floor, plastic dinosaurs
I love you to the moon and back
I remember your blue eyes looking into mine
Like we had our own secret club
I remember you dancing before bed time
Then jumping on me, waking me up
I can still feel you hold my hand, little man
And even the moment I knew
You fought it hard like an army guy
Remember I leaned in and whispered to you
Come on baby with me we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years
I remember the drive home
When the blind hope turned to crying and screaming “Why?”
Flowers pile up in the worst way, no one knows what to say
About a beautiful boy who died
And it’s about to be Halloween
You could be anything you wanted if you were still here
I remember the last day when I kissed your face
I whispered in your ear
Come on baby with me we’re gonna fly away from here
Out of this curtain room and this hospital grey, we’ll just disappear
Come on baby with me we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years
What if I’m standing in your closet trying to talk to you?
What if I kept the hand-me-downs you won’t grow into?
And what if I really thought some miracle would see us through?
What if the miracle was even getting one moment with you?
Come on baby with me we’re gonna fly away from here
Come on baby with me we’re gonna fly away from here
You were my best four years
I remember your bare feet down the hallway
I love you to the moon and back