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Chasing Life's Rhythms: A Mother's Journey
Lyrics
Oh, my child thirty years today
Reflecting on the passage of thirty years since the birth of the speaker's child.
You came into my life
Acknowledging the significant impact the child had on the speaker's life.
And everything changed
Highlighting the transformative nature of the child's arrival.
If there's one thing I tried to teach you
Expressing a piece of advice to the child, emphasizing not wasting time.
Girl, don't you waste your time
Encouraging the girl to avoid wasting time in her life journey.
Come this September
Anticipating the child's upcoming marriage in September.
You'll be somebody's wife
Projecting the child's future role as someone's wife.
I won't paint a picture
Rejecting the idea of presenting a false or idealized image.
Of what you want to see
Emphasizing the importance of confronting and embracing the challenges in love.
Love is the harder times
Stating that love is often tested during difficult times.
Take it from me
Offering advice based on personal experience about enduring challenging aspects of love.
I would run down the lane
Expressing a desire to escape or run away.
And into the night
Describing a literal or metaphorical act of running down a lane into the night.
Run so fast I swear my feet would fly
Highlighting the intensity of the desire to run away, with a focus on speed.
Run from my babies asleep in their beds
Mentioning the act of running away from responsibilities, particularly children.
Run from my lover and my best friend
Indicating a desire to escape from a lover and best friend.
And back again
Conveying a sense of cyclicality by suggesting a return after running away.
All of this courage
Referring to the speaker's accumulated courage over time.
I've tried so hard to hold on to
Expressing the difficulty of maintaining courage, possibly tied to a specific event.
Ever since that day
Linking the courage to a pivotal moment when the speaker's children left for school.
You and your brother left for school
Recalling the departure of the speaker's children, indicating a significant life event.
They say just over that hill
Referring to a mysterious event over the hill involving fog.
The fog rolled in
Describing the arrival of fog, possibly symbolizing confusion or uncertainty.
Come quick doctor
Calling for a doctor due to a suspected tragedy.
We think somebody's been killed
Describing the urgency of the situation, hinting at a potential loss or injury.
I have been a healer
Stating the speaker's role as a healer, possibly connecting to the call for a doctor.
Of other people's pain
Highlighting the speaker's experience in alleviating others' pain.
I know sometimes you don't like
Acknowledging that personal changes may not always be appreciated.
The ways I've changed
Addressing potential discomfort or disagreement with the speaker's transformations.
But the smell of the world came into my lungs
Describing sensory experiences, symbolizing a connection with the world.
The sound of the gravel when my legs went numb
Depicting a physical sensation, possibly related to a journey or escape.
And my heart nearly burst right out of my chest
Expressing a moment of intense emotion, possibly related to the mentioned changes.
And it felt so good to know I wasn't dead
Conveying the joy of feeling alive and not being emotionally numb.
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