Lyric discussion by iwillsayyes 

Cover art for Daughter's Lament lyrics by Carolina Chocolate Drops

SPOILERwell since this song did come from the hunger games soundtrack this is how im going to relate it: "Come in, come in my father dear And spend this hour with me For I have a meal And a very fine meal I fixed it up for thee, thee I fixed it up for thee." katniss and her father always spent time together, and would piknik in the woods and do everything together. "No, I ain't comin' in. No, I ain't comin' in To spend this hour with thee For I have to go down in the mines I'll return this night to thee, thee I'll return this night to thee." but then her father had to go to work at the mines and promised her his return. "Then she got up her arrow and bow Her arrow and her string And she went down to the forest deep And sweetly she did sing, sing And sweetly she did sing" so katniss goes to forest and hunts while she sings the song her father taught her and while there she recieves a suprise. "Up spoke-up spoke a mockingjay Up from a willow tree Saying, "You had a father in the mines Who's gone this day from thee, thee Who's gone this day from thee." then a mockingjay 'told' her that there was an explosion in the mines and her father has passed. "Woe be, woe be mockinjay. Woe be, woe be to thee. I'll send an arrow through your heart For to bring such news to me, me For to bring such news to me." Katniss is saddend and furios by the news so plans to kill the bird that told her the news of events "Up spoke-up spoke that mockingjay, "Don't waste your time with me. Go home and mind that pretty little girl Her father no more to see, see Her father no more to see." then the mockingjay tells her to not seek revenge, but to go help her family that will have tough times now that her father is dead. "And she went home to her house that night That house so cold and mean And she held her sister close to her side And never more did sing, sing And never more did sing " Katniss then goes home and comforts her sister as her mother slips into a deep depression, and becomes the strong on in her family. This is what i picked up from the song...kinda self-explanatory.