This song seemingly tackles the methods of deception those who manipulate others use to get victims to follow their demands, as well as diverting attention away from important issues. They'll also use it as a means to convince people to hate or kill others by pretending acts of terrorism were committed by the enemy when the acts themselves were done by the masters of control to promote discrimination and hate. It also reinforces the idea that these manipulative forces operate in various locations, infiltrating everyday life without detection, and propagate any and everywhere.
In general, it highlights the danger of hidden agendas, manipulation, and distraction, serving as a critique of those who exploit chaos and confusion to control and gain power, depicting a cautionary tale against falling into their traps. It encourages us to question the narratives presented to us and remain vigilant against manipulation in various parts of society.
Hey Lucy, I remember your name
I left a dozen roses on your grave today
I'm in the grass on my knees, wipe the leaves away
I just came to talk for a while
I got some things I need to say
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Hey Lucy, I remembered your birthday
They said it'd bring some closure to say your name
I know I'd do it all different if I had the chance
But all I got are these roses to give
And they can't help me make amends
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Here we are
Now you're in my arms
I never wanted anything so bad
Here we are
For a brand new start
Living the life that we could've had
Me and Lucy walking hand in hand
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Just another moment in your eyes
I'll see you in another life
In heaven where we never say goodbye
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Here we are, now you're in my arms
Here we are for a brand new start
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today
Me and Lucy walking hand in hand (today)
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today
Hey Lucy, I remember your name
I left a dozen roses on your grave today
I'm in the grass on my knees, wipe the leaves away
I just came to talk for a while
I got some things I need to say
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Hey Lucy, I remembered your birthday
They said it'd bring some closure to say your name
I know I'd do it all different if I had the chance
But all I got are these roses to give
And they can't help me make amends
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Here we are
Now you're in my arms
I never wanted anything so bad
Here we are
For a brand new start
Living the life that we could've had
Me and Lucy walking hand in hand
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Just another moment in your eyes
I'll see you in another life
In heaven where we never say goodbye
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I'd give up all the world to see
That little piece of heaven looking back at me
Now that it's over
I just wanna hold her
I've gotta live with the choices I made
And I can't live with myself today
Here we are, now you're in my arms
Here we are for a brand new start
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today
Me and Lucy walking hand in hand (today)
Me and Lucy never wanna end
Got to live with the choices I've made
And I can't live with myself today
Hey Lucy, I remember your name
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Lucy Lyrics as written by John Landrum Cooper John Cooper
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At a recent concert Jhon Cooper said it was about a young couple that wasn't ready to have a child so they had an abortion done. They went through drepression after the abortion so they decided to get a counselor. He said that they should treat the abortion like it was a death in the family so the couple bought a casket, headstone and a cemetery plot to hold her funeral for Lucy(the name they decided on)That's the meaning of this song, hope it helped.
Yup, they recently came and did a show in the town I live in, and that's the same story he gave, made me look at the song in a whole new light.
Everyone keeps saying this is about abortion and such, but to me its different.
A few years ago I had a boyfriend who's dad had brain cancer, and he would always go stay and help him out, well he left his camera at his dads house and I wanted him to send me a picture so he went to get it from his dads house and he found his dad dead. After that he went home emailed me one last time and committed suicide cause his dad was all he had left.
It was basically my fault he died...it wouldnt have happened if I wouldnt have asked him to get that picture...and I regret it everyday of my life. (I've gotta live with the choices i made And I can't live with myself today)
The only thing that keeps me going is knowing ill see him again someday...(for those of you who believe people who kill themselves go to hell keep it to yourself I dont wanna hear it cause I dont believe they do.) and thats where the part of the song:
"Just another moment in your eyes I'll see you in another life In heaven where we never say goodbye"
helps me. But hey everyone has their own opinions,thats just how I take the song.
RIP Derrick "Now that it's over I just wanna hold him I'd give up all the world to see that little piece of heaven looking back at me"
To me this song feels like a knife tearing at my heart. I see it as a guy who lost the love of his life. I see myself and the mistakes i've made. I see the love of my life who got away. This song makes me realize how much i truely love her and it conveys my emotions exactly as they would be if anything ever happened to her. "I gotta live with the choices i make and i can't live with myself today." The choices i've made leave me unable to protect her but if anything ever happened to her i could never live with myself. She has no idea how i feel and i don't think i'll ever be able to tell her.
hey, that's awesome that you can keep going. I was suicidal and there are only two people that can say they saved my life. they wouldn't have known it if I hadn't told them. <br /> <br /> that's why we don't need to know why someone wrote a song. it changes lives if you don't know.
what a terrible and unbelievably sad story! im like in tears beyond! i wanted to let you know that i have 37 ppl on the first fw email praying for your heart to heal! Jesus loves you so much and i do too! it sounds like you had a very close relationship with your boyfriend and im so grateful to skillet for writing songs like this so that hurting people like you and i can relate and feel some form of comfort! its good to cry! and you cry whenever you feel like it okay? it will get better! i cant imagine your pain! as for your father, if you kill him with kindness and try to work on your end of the relationship things will come around! ITS NOT YOUR FAULT! none of it! not your bf, not anything your father blames you for! God has a plan for everything! and he wants you to run to him and fall in his arms! i know im a complete stranger but i felt moved to write you! i also am aware that this is so soppy and you posted months ago, but Jesus told me to so im being obedient! we all love you! ~ Heather
Soaring falcon: i will be praying for u every day. i lost my daddy when my step mom broke his heart one too many times.... you will see your friend again.... my god takes the sick into his arms and holds them when they come to the pearly gates.... certainly anyone who feels their only way to heal is suicide is sick and sick in a way that many of us will never understand
@soaringfalcon2010, I just wanna reach thru my phone and give u a hug. sorry for ur loss<br />
From what I have heard from many websites and people is that this song is about a couple who got pregnant decided they weren't ready then had an abortion and regretted it later so they called their baby lucy and had a funeral and whatnot for her. I'm not sure if this is entirely correct, this is just what I have seen on a lot of websites and been told by many people.
I agree<br />
It is about abortion. He tells it here youtube.com/watch Awesome story.
youtube.com/watch
^ watch that. He explains it. It's a true story about a young couple.
I have a feeling this one's about abortion, maybe an abortion that had to happen because the baby had problems or something. That would explain his regret for it, and why the baby had a gravestone.
"Hey Lucy, I remembered your birthday" = The baby's due date "Me and Lucy walking hand in hand Me and Lucy never wanna end" = Imagining the life he could have had with the aborted baby
And I know that this is a Christian band, but this song isn't necessarily about any of them. But it is very well done, and really sad.
You are right. It is abortion. They got a gravestone and picked a name and had a funeral for closure.
it is about these girl go pregant in high school and she had an abortion and then they got saved and felt bad and the story got to John Cooper i herd ir on Air1
This was said by John Cooper in an interview with stereotruth.net
"Lucy"- Typically I don't write in a way where a song can have an open ended interpretation, but this is a song about loss and can be applied to a whole range of situations. It has a gist of regret where you wish you had done things differently and it could be about mourning the loss of someone who died or a relationship. It seems sad, but it's strangely hopeful because it gives off the idea that you can change your life right here and now - you have been given a second chance so you can remember to live and love with no regrets.
I'm not sure...Before I read these comments I thought it meant the girlfriend that was sung about in all of this album and Comatose and that she had died and he was so sad about it because he wasn't able to make things right with her, but it could just as well be about a baby that they had together. Hmmm..You'd almost have to ask the writer of the song the true meaning of this one.
I don't think this is about a child. I think it's about a lover. He caused the death of someone he cared about very much. "Me and Lucy walking hand in hand, me and Lucy never wanna end. Just another moment in your eyes..." That sound more like a lover to me.
i get tears in my eyes every time i hear this song. He took his wife for granted for a while, and when she died, he realized how much he lost, but then "just another moment in your eyes, ill see you in another life, in heaven, where we'll never say good bye." he has hope that someday he'll be in heaven with her and he'll never have to go through this again. I love this song to infinity