If I Could Lyrics

Lyric discussion by aisha_08 

Cover art for If I Could lyrics by Jack Johnson

i think its about the ugliness of reality. an innocent baby will die in 2 weeks, even though he wants to give him longer to live.

its not the baby thats going to die. when he says papa cried baby cried he means the father is crying with joy and the baby is jus crying because thats what they do at their birth. its one of jack's friends who's going to die, but he's ok with it because "new life makes losing life easier to understand"... basically he sees the need for death because the baby was born. he just wishes there WASN'T a need for death.