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Unconditional I (Lookout Kid) Lyrics
Lookout kid, trust your heart
You don't have to play the part they wrote for you
Just be true
There are things that you could do
That no one else on earth could ever do
But I can't teach you, I can't teach it to you
Lookout kid, trust your mind
But you can't trust it every time
You know it plays tricks on you
And it don't give a damn if you are happy or you're sad
But if you've lost it, don't feel bad
'Cause it's alright to be sad
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do
Lookout kid, trust your body
You can dance, and you can shake
Things will break, you make mistakes
You lose your friends, again and again
'Cause nothing is ever perfect
No one's perfect
Let me say it again: no one's perfect
Right
A lifetime of skinned knees
And heartbreak comes so easy
But a life without pain would be boring
And if you feel it, it's fine
I give you everything that's mine
I give you my heart and my precious time
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Lookout kid, trust your soul
It ain't hard to rock n' roll
You know how to move your hips
And you know God is cool with it
Some people want the rock without the roll
But we all know, there’s no God without soul
Right
A lifetime of skinned knees
And heartbreak comes so easily
But a life without you
Would be boring for someone like me
And if you feel it, it's fine
I give you everything that's mine
I give you my heart and my precious time
Precious time, I'll give you everything
I give you my heart and my precious time
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do
Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do-do
Unconditional
It's unconditional
It's unconditional(no matter what you do)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
Unconditional (no matter what you do)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
You don't have to play the part they wrote for you
Just be true
There are things that you could do
That no one else on earth could ever do
But I can't teach you, I can't teach it to you
But you can't trust it every time
You know it plays tricks on you
And it don't give a damn if you are happy or you're sad
But if you've lost it, don't feel bad
'Cause it's alright to be sad
Do do do do, do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do, do do do do
Do do do do
You can dance, and you can shake
Things will break, you make mistakes
You lose your friends, again and again
'Cause nothing is ever perfect
No one's perfect
Let me say it again: no one's perfect
Right
And heartbreak comes so easy
But a life without pain would be boring
I give you everything that's mine
I give you my heart and my precious time
Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do-do
It ain't hard to rock n' roll
You know how to move your hips
And you know God is cool with it
Some people want the rock without the roll
But we all know, there’s no God without soul
Right
And heartbreak comes so easily
But a life without you
Would be boring for someone like me
I give you everything that's mine
I give you my heart and my precious time
Precious time, I'll give you everything
I give you my heart and my precious time
Do-do, do-do, do-do-do-do-do
It's unconditional
It's unconditional(no matter what you do)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
Unconditional (no matter what you do)
It's unconditional (unconditional)
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To me the song is essentially a the opposite of a lullaby, instead of lulling an infant to sleep this instead calls a child to wake up and face life. While acknowledging the inevitability of pain, mistakes, and heartbreak the voice in the song assures the child to trust body, mind, and soul to move through all.
While not overtly heavy handed the song does have a brief summary of a theodicy (a justification of there being a loving God despite life sucking). “Some people want the rock but not the roll, but we all know there’s no God without the soul”
This reminds me of the so called soul-making theodicy attributed to Ireaneus an early Christian theologian who believed that the trials of life are meant to shape our souls towards a more robust and holy state.
While the voice singing the song could be thought of as the child’s parent, I like to think it’s the voice of Christ who could just as well be an uncle, an aunt, a friend, social worker taking the child into foster care, anyone who delivers Unconditional Love.
The two final verses of the song, first describe the essence of what it means to love, to give what you have to give your time to give your own heart and then repeats the word unconditional repeatedly. To me this is brilliant way to show but not tell what big L love means. It’s the essential element that carried us through life.