The first time my mom and I heard this song, we started crying.
I can totally see, in the first part, a true feeling of helplessness. Mom and dad praying to God, please, please PLEASE don't let our son die.
Mom agreed with me, and the fact that the baby boy couldn't live his life. 7 days old, not even able to see the world yet. That has to make the parents feel really helpless and very... distraught.
The chorus is just to remind us that He's always there, even when it seems like He's not, He is - He knows us. Better than anyone we know who say they know us.
The second part is a little bit more positive, the man got to at least live his life before he crashed. Whether it was a stroke, heart attack or an actual car crash. The wife doesn't want to let him go, but I think she knows, deep down, that God is saying to her husband "It's your time. Come with me to escape the trauma of the world."
The bridge is still more positivity - it doesn't matter where you are, whether you're the face in the crowd that no one sees, or the one alone in a house, or the one sitting alone in a cafeteria. He sees you, He knows you, and He's sitting there with you.
The first time my mom and I heard this song, we started crying.
I can totally see, in the first part, a true feeling of helplessness. Mom and dad praying to God, please, please PLEASE don't let our son die.
Mom agreed with me, and the fact that the baby boy couldn't live his life. 7 days old, not even able to see the world yet. That has to make the parents feel really helpless and very... distraught.
The chorus is just to remind us that He's always there, even when it seems like He's not, He is - He knows us. Better than anyone we know who say they know us.
The second part is a little bit more positive, the man got to at least live his life before he crashed. Whether it was a stroke, heart attack or an actual car crash. The wife doesn't want to let him go, but I think she knows, deep down, that God is saying to her husband "It's your time. Come with me to escape the trauma of the world."
The bridge is still more positivity - it doesn't matter where you are, whether you're the face in the crowd that no one sees, or the one alone in a house, or the one sitting alone in a cafeteria. He sees you, He knows you, and He's sitting there with you.