Bring Him Home
A Father's Plea for Peace and Joy: Bring Him Home
Lyrics
God on high
Expressing a plea to God who is in a high position.
Hear my prayer
Requesting God to listen to the prayer being offered.
In my need
In a moment of desperation or difficulty.
You have always been there
Acknowledging the consistent presence of God in times of need.
He is young
Referring to the person in question, emphasizing youth.
He's afraid
Indicating fear in the young person mentioned.
Let him rest
Asking for peace and rest for the individual.
Heaven blessed.
Describing the person as blessed by heaven.
Bring him home
A plea to bring the person home.
Bring him home
Repetition for emphasis on the desire to bring the person home.
Bring him home.
Further emphasizing the plea to bring the person home.
He's like the son I might have known
Comparing the person to a hypothetical son, expressing a sense of connection.
If God had granted me a son.
Reflecting on the absence of a son and the longing for one.
The summers die
Referring to the passage of time, symbolized by the dying of summers.
One by one
Highlighting the inevitability of the passage of time.
How soon they fly
Expressing the quick passage of time.
On and on
Continuing to emphasize the relentless flow of time.
And I am old
Personal acknowledgment of old age.
And will be gone.
Recognition of the eventual departure from life.
Bring him peace
Asking for peace for the person in question.
Bring him joy
Expressing a desire for joy in the person's life.
He is young
Reiteration of the youthfulness of the person.
He is only a boy
Emphasizing the person's young age and vulnerability.
You can take
Acknowledging the ability to take and give in life.
You can give
Highlighting the power to influence the person's fate.
Let him be
Expressing a plea to allow the person to be.
Let him live
Requesting the opportunity for the person to live.
If I die, let me die
Acceptance of a potential death but with a strong emphasis on the person's life.
Let him live
Reiteration of the plea for the person's life.
Bring him home
Repetition of the request to bring the person home.
Bring him home
Further emphasis on the desire to bring the person home.
Bring him home.
Concluding the plea to bring the person home.
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