hooboy, this song is beautiful and I had to look up the lyrics to get the full tear-jerk reaction.
hooboy, this song is beautiful and I had to look up the lyrics to get the full tear-jerk reaction.
I'm not sure whether the speaker is talking to the parent of the child, or the child, but I feel like unfortunately it captured the feeling i keep sensing from my generation. I keep thinking it's saying 'God bless the child who survives irresponsible or abusive parents and somehow manages to come out better than their parents'. The whole 'God bless the child who can find their way home' suggests a kind of spiritual journey children have to go through. The...
I'm not sure whether the speaker is talking to the parent of the child, or the child, but I feel like unfortunately it captured the feeling i keep sensing from my generation. I keep thinking it's saying 'God bless the child who survives irresponsible or abusive parents and somehow manages to come out better than their parents'. The whole 'God bless the child who can find their way home' suggests a kind of spiritual journey children have to go through. The 'weary in soul' makes me think of children whose parents never could get their own life in order, so the children feel lost without having any kind of real guidance into adulthood. The second stanza suggests a more abusive kind of childhood, especially the line about the child that 'just wants to be good'.
I felt at first like the warning to 'take care of yourself' was a warning to parents who have difficult circumstances and let their anxieties out on their children, but I also feel like the child is being warned not to take their own frustration out on others. I think it is aimed at both, since abuse and anger issues are cycles that keep getting transferred to others. And I think that's where the song comes full circle back to the first words: 'God bless the child', meaning 'God bless the child who is able to find the strength their parents should have had'.
I would say this song is about being able to stay strong through and after rough times...definitely my favorite right now.
Unlike everyone else though, I heard it on How I Met Your Mother...perhaps one of the best shows ever.
hooboy, this song is beautiful and I had to look up the lyrics to get the full tear-jerk reaction.
hooboy, this song is beautiful and I had to look up the lyrics to get the full tear-jerk reaction.
I'm not sure whether the speaker is talking to the parent of the child, or the child, but I feel like unfortunately it captured the feeling i keep sensing from my generation. I keep thinking it's saying 'God bless the child who survives irresponsible or abusive parents and somehow manages to come out better than their parents'. The whole 'God bless the child who can find their way home' suggests a kind of spiritual journey children have to go through. The...
I'm not sure whether the speaker is talking to the parent of the child, or the child, but I feel like unfortunately it captured the feeling i keep sensing from my generation. I keep thinking it's saying 'God bless the child who survives irresponsible or abusive parents and somehow manages to come out better than their parents'. The whole 'God bless the child who can find their way home' suggests a kind of spiritual journey children have to go through. The 'weary in soul' makes me think of children whose parents never could get their own life in order, so the children feel lost without having any kind of real guidance into adulthood. The second stanza suggests a more abusive kind of childhood, especially the line about the child that 'just wants to be good'.
I felt at first like the warning to 'take care of yourself' was a warning to parents who have difficult circumstances and let their anxieties out on their children, but I also feel like the child is being warned not to take their own frustration out on others. I think it is aimed at both, since abuse and anger issues are cycles that keep getting transferred to others. And I think that's where the song comes full circle back to the first words: 'God bless the child', meaning 'God bless the child who is able to find the strength their parents should have had'.