Son Song (from the heart...)
Obvious infuences: Bob Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel and Dan Bern.
The Objecks dabble in a wide variety of musical styles, from garage/psychedelia to acoustic folk to New Age to classically influenced pieces.
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Story behind the song
Reflection upon life after my son got his driver's license.
Lyrics
intro
I remember not so long ago
I felt you in your mother's womb
My heart was filled with love
To think of you in our home
I knew, in my heart, life would never be the same
But I did not yet understand
How you would change my entire view of life
With your deep blue eyes and your tiny hands
That first time you opened your eyes
To take in the new world around you
I felt in my heart the wonder of creation
How life comes from love and love comes from life
As I held your tiny new life
Barely larger than my two hands cupped together
I caught a glimpse of our Father's great love
So I turned my face upward to His Light
Lord, hold my son in your loving hands
Always keep him strong
See him through the awkwardness of innocence
See him through the hours of studying
See him through the crushes and the heartbreaks
See him through the winning and the losing
And most of all…
Help him to grow in body, mind, and spirit
Help him to grow in faith, hope, and love
instrumental break
First years of life I felt so close to you
Reading before bed, donuts before school
Hiking in the woods, the spray of a waterfall
Memories so precious to me
Amazing how each new day brought growth
Each battle fought, each lesson learned
And in the natural cycle of life
You pulled away a little at a time
Keys in hand you stand before me
Not quite sure what to do with your life
No longer a child, but not yet on your own
Yearning for the freedom to explore
As you pull out of the driveway headed who knows where
I ponder lives apart and lives together
And with a jumbled up conglomeration of love, pride, and heartache
I turn my face upward to the Light
Lord, hold my son in your loving hands
Always keep him strong
See him through the temptations he will face
See him through the hours of labor
See him through the loves and rejections
See him through the goals that he pursues
And most of all…
Help him to grow in body, mind, and spirit
Help him to grow in faith, hope, and love
Lord, hold my son in your loving hands
Always keep him strong
Help him to grow in body, mind, and spirit
Help him to grow in faith, hope, and love
outro
© 2004 Crystalyte Music
