Scorn Not His Simplicity
Embracing Innocence: Understanding Beyond Appearance
Lyrics
See the child with the golden hair
Introduction to a child with distinctive qualities (golden hair) and inner emptiness.
And eyes that show the emptiness inside
Highlighting the emptiness reflected in the child's eyes.
Do we know
Raising a question about understanding the child's emotions.
Can we understand just how he feels
Asking if we can comprehend the child's feelings.
Or have we really tried?
Challenging whether genuine efforts have been made to understand the child.
See him now as he stands alone
Observing the child standing alone, watching other children play.
And watches children play a children's game
Describing the child's perspective as he observes a children's game.
Simple child he looks almost like the others
Noting the child's apparent simplicity, resembling other children but with differences.
Yet you know he's not the same
Acknowledging the child's uniqueness despite external similarities.
Scorn not his simplicity
Encouraging not to ridicule or belittle the child's simplicity.
But rather try to love him all the more
Emphasizing the need to love the child even more due to his simplicity.
Scorn not his simplicity oh no
Reiterating not to scorn the child's simplicity.
Oh no oh no
Repetition for emphasis and emotional impact.
See him stare not recognizing the kind face
Depicting the child's inability to recognize a familiar face.
That only yesterday he loved the loving face
Highlighting a recent change where the child no longer recognizes a once-loved face.
Of a mother who can't understand
Expressing the mother's inability to understand her own guilt.
What she's been guilty of
Describing the mother's sense of guilt.
How she cried, tears of happiness
Recalling tears of happiness when the child's gender was revealed.
The day the doctor told her it's a boy
Describing a joyful moment from the past.
Now she cries tears of helplessness
Expressing the current helplessness of the mother.
When she thinks of the things he can't enjoy
Reflecting on the child's limitations and what he cannot enjoy.
Scorn not his simplicity
Repeating the plea not to scorn the child's simplicity.
But rather try to love him all the more
Emphasizing the call to love the child more despite his simplicity.
Scorn not his simplicity oh no
Reiterating the request not to scorn the child's simplicity.
Oh no oh no
Repetition for emotional impact.
Only he knows how to
Introducing the idea that only the child understands how to face the future hopefully.
Face the future hopefully
Expressing the child's resilience and optimism in facing the future.
Surrounded by despair
Describing the child as surrounded by despair.
He won't ask for your pity or your sympathy
Emphasizing the child's reluctance to seek pity or sympathy.
But surely you must care
Asserting that caring for the child is essential.
Scorn not his simplicity
Repeating the plea not to scorn the child's simplicity.
But rather try to love him all the more
Emphasizing the need to love the child more despite his simplicity.
Scorn not his simplicity oh no
Reiterating the request not to scorn the child's simplicity.
Oh no oh no
Final repetition for emotional impact and closure.
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