Jeannie's Afraid of the Dark
Jeannie's Light: Confronting Fear and Loss in the Dark
Lyrics
Her two little feet would come rinning into our bedroom almost every night
Jeannie, a child, often enters the parents' bedroom scared at night.
Her soft little face would be wet from her tears
Jeannie's face is wet from tears, indicating her distress.
And her little heart pounding with fright
Jeannie's heart is pounding with fear.
She'd hold out her arm then she'd climb in beside us
She seeks comfort by climbing into bed with her parents.
In a small voice we'd hear her remark
Jeannie expresses her fear and asks to sleep with her parents.
Mommie and daddy can I sleep here with you cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
Jeannie is afraid of the dark and seeks solace with her parents.
One day in the summer we took some flowers to place on some old family grave
The family visits a grave, and Jeannie is concerned about darkness in the ground.
Jeannie said mommie ain't it dark in the ground oh daddy I'd be so afraid
Jeannie expresses fear of darkness in the context of death.
Then she looked up at her daddy and me
Jeannie looks at her parents and shares her fear.
And said somethin' that broke both our hearts
Jeannie's statement deeply affects her parents emotionally.
She said when I die please don't bury me cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark
She requests not to be buried when she dies due to her fear of the dark.
Jeannie was always afraid of the dark and we never could understand why
Jeannie consistently fears the dark, and her parents are puzzled by it.
Cause we looked after Jeannie with the very best of care
The parents provide the best care for Jeannie despite her fear.
Because Jeannie was our only child
Jeannie is the couple's only child.
Perhaps it was death that she was so afraid of
Speculation about Jeannie's fear may be linked to death.
Cause it took her one dark stormy night
Jeannie succumbs to death on a stormy night.
I think we always knew that we'd never see Jeannie grow up
Parents had a premonition that Jeannie wouldn't grow up.
Cause it seemed that she was destined to die
It seemed Jeannie was destined to die prematurely.
But on Jeannie's grave we've placed en eternal flame
An eternal flame is placed on Jeannie's grave.
That glows and never loses its spark
The flame symbolizes enduring love and memories.
And on the darkest night there's always a light
Even in the darkest nights, there's a symbolic light for Jeannie.
Cause Jeannie's afraid of the dark our Jeannie's afraid of the dark
Reiteration that Jeannie was afraid of the dark.
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