Benjamin Lyrics

Lyric discussion by itzadoodzy 

Cover art for Benjamin lyrics by Sanctus Real

I saw them in concert last night. I believe it was the dummer. either the drummer or the guitarist. He was at the hospital and his wife was having their first child. He was so excited yet in the same moment, his father (the baby's grandfather) was in the floor and was terminally ill with cancer. Originally, the song did not have a bride, but the it was written by the grandfather after he was able to hold the baby. Beautiful song. It's a lot of mixed emotion, but it conveys something we must eventually deal with. The lord gives and the lord takes away