To me, this song is all about my step son. He literally is someone else's boy, put through so much unnecessary pain. But he has that child-like resilience, and I hope to heaven he makes it out unscathed. (That is my hope for him. In reality, his pain is surfacing and it becoming clear. He understands what the situation with his mother really is, yet at the same time, he doesn't understand, because children want to idolize their mother. She can't have flaws in his eyes, because that would unravel his world.)
This song applies to him so literally, it gives me chills.
"Smile to yourself, lying on your nice new clean floor "
His mom recently got a new apartment, and he does have a nice, new clean floor...
Someone else’s boy, I have hope for you
That you will keep your love for the world
Even though it beats you down, every day
For the rest of your stay
The first time I heard this song, I was driving in my car on the interstate, listening to the Saddle Creek sampler. I was bawling my eyes out by the time it was over.
To me, this song is all about my step son. He literally is someone else's boy, put through so much unnecessary pain. But he has that child-like resilience, and I hope to heaven he makes it out unscathed. (That is my hope for him. In reality, his pain is surfacing and it becoming clear. He understands what the situation with his mother really is, yet at the same time, he doesn't understand, because children want to idolize their mother. She can't have flaws in his eyes, because that would unravel his world.)
This song applies to him so literally, it gives me chills. "Smile to yourself, lying on your nice new clean floor " His mom recently got a new apartment, and he does have a nice, new clean floor...
Someone else’s boy, I have hope for you That you will keep your love for the world Even though it beats you down, every day For the rest of your stay
The first time I heard this song, I was driving in my car on the interstate, listening to the Saddle Creek sampler. I was bawling my eyes out by the time it was over.