I Give You to His Heart
Surrendering Love: I Give You to His Heart by Alison Krauss
Lyrics
The wind is blowing down the quiet river
The wind symbolizes a gentle force, and the quiet river represents tranquility.
A shining road to carry you alone
There is a bright path that the speaker envisions for the listener to travel alone.
Baby boy, my love will last forever
The speaker expresses eternal love for a baby boy, suggesting a deep emotional connection.
If you're to live, I must give you up to God
If the baby is to live, the speaker feels compelled to surrender the child to God's care.
I know our God will guide, protect and keep you
The speaker trusts that God will provide guidance, protection, and care for the child.
He'll teach you faith and hold you by the heart
God will impart faith and affectionately hold the child close to His heart.
Though your mother's heart is broken by your leaving
The speaker acknowledges the pain of parting as the child leaves, breaking the mother's heart.
Our Father knows just who he is and who you are
God, as the Father, knows both Himself and the true identity of the child.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
The speaker expresses a desire for life to not always lead to such difficult situations.
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
Life involves the contrast of divine love and potential consequences in the afterlife.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
The child may have a purpose in God's plan and could be a crucial element.
You must live, so I give you to his heart
The speaker emphasizes the necessity for the child to live, leading to the decision to entrust the child to God's heart.
The wind that blowing down the silent river
The repetition of the wind and river imagery reinforces a sense of solitude and separation.
A shining road that leaves me all alone
The bright path now leaves the speaker alone, emphasizing sacrifice and loss.
A life for you, is worth losing you forever
The value of the child's life is acknowledged, even if it means enduring eternal separation.
Some day we'll stand in God's fair land, forever home.
A vision of standing together in God's land suggests a hopeful reunion in the afterlife.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
Reiteration of the wish for life not to lead to difficult outcomes.
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
Life involves the conflict between divine love and potential consequences in the afterlife.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
Reiteration of the idea that the child may play a crucial role in God's plan.
You must live, so I give you to his heart
The repeated emphasis on the child's need to live, prompting the act of giving the child to God's heart.
I wish that life wasn't always ending up this way
Repetition of the wish for life not to lead to difficult outcomes.
With Heaven's love at stake and hell to pay
Life involves the interplay between divine love and potential consequences in the afterlife.
But you in God's loving plan might be the missing part
Reiteration of the idea that the child may have a crucial role in God's plan.
You must live, so I give you to his heart
Reiteration of the emphasis on the child's need to live, leading to the decision to entrust the child to God's heart.
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