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Here Before (Vashti Bunyan cover) Lyrics
Once I had a child,
he was wilder than moonlight.
He could do it all,
like he'd been here before.
Once I had a child,
she was smiling like sunshine.
She could see it all,
like she'd been here before.
Then I had a child.
Took his while like northern summer
and he knows it all
like he's been here before.
he was wilder than moonlight.
He could do it all,
like he'd been here before.
she was smiling like sunshine.
She could see it all,
like she'd been here before.
Took his while like northern summer
and he knows it all
like he's been here before.
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One way you could interpret this is as a song of reincarnation.
However, I don't think that's the case. I believe the lyrics are about a parent's bewilderment towards their child's intelligence and personal identity from such a young age. Even if a child's a mere week old, he or she develops his or her own personality. By alluding towards reincarnation, I believe the lyrics are more set on comparing a young life to something as mystical and captivating as reincarnation, or any other religious/supernatural phenomenon itself.