This is a beautiful song that Ben wrote for his daughter, and has a happy feeling about it, but I don't listen to it much at all because whenever I hear it, all I do is cry.
When the album came out back in '05, I had just found out that my father was dying of cancer and only had a few months left. Not just the fact that it's a song about a father's connection to his daughter, but the relationship expressed in it reminds me very much of my dad and I.
"you nodded off in my arms watching tv
i won’t move you an inch
even though my arm’s asleep"
When I was a baby, the only way my parents could get me to sleep sometimes was by having me watch MTV with them, or my dad would take me on long car rides in the middle of the night.
This line hits me the most:
"one day you’re gonna want to go
I hope we taught you everything
you need to know"
I had just moved away on my own far away from my parents, and I wondered if I was making some big mistakes, but my dad kept telling me while he was going through chemo how proud he was of the woman I had become.
I wish I could listen to this song again but after 3 years, it's still just as painful to hear now as the first time I heard it.
This is a beautiful song that Ben wrote for his daughter, and has a happy feeling about it, but I don't listen to it much at all because whenever I hear it, all I do is cry. When the album came out back in '05, I had just found out that my father was dying of cancer and only had a few months left. Not just the fact that it's a song about a father's connection to his daughter, but the relationship expressed in it reminds me very much of my dad and I.
"you nodded off in my arms watching tv i won’t move you an inch even though my arm’s asleep"
When I was a baby, the only way my parents could get me to sleep sometimes was by having me watch MTV with them, or my dad would take me on long car rides in the middle of the night.
This line hits me the most: "one day you’re gonna want to go I hope we taught you everything you need to know"
I had just moved away on my own far away from my parents, and I wondered if I was making some big mistakes, but my dad kept telling me while he was going through chemo how proud he was of the woman I had become.
I wish I could listen to this song again but after 3 years, it's still just as painful to hear now as the first time I heard it.
@NauticalNuns I hope the time that's passed since this comment has been easier on you :)
@NauticalNuns I hope the time that's passed since this comment has been easier on you :)