Plenty of sunshine
Finding Light Amidst Darkness: Steinar Albrigtsen's Poignant Reflections
Lyrics
Got a lonesome letter
Received a letter expressing loneliness
from my daddy today
Letter is from the speaker's father
His great shoulders
Father is burdened with responsibilities
carried all of our weight
Father carries the weight of the family
He said for the first time
Father feels like an old man for the first time
I feel like an old man
Father is struggling, waiting for difficult times
Treading water
Father feels like he's treading water
waiting for the funeral van
Waiting for a funeral van, anticipating loss
All my friends are gone
Speaker's friends are no longer present
I'm not what I used to be
Speaker undergoes personal change
The house is haunted
House is filled with memories, haunted
with so much memory
Watching the snow fall, a desolate landscape
I'm watching the snow fall
Speaker communicates with the father after a week
and the landscape's bleak
This is what I wrote to him
Expressing the challenges ahead
After a week:
Positive outlook on overcoming obstacles
There's a lot of hills to climb
Gold to mine represents valuable opportunities
before the end of the line
Optimism despite difficulties, emphasizing sunlight
There's a dream or two to find
Reiteration of the abundance of sunshine
the clock is loaded with time
There's a vein of gold to mine
Speaker acknowledges family's love despite distance
that's more then nickels and dimes
Dark night of the soul signifies a tough period
Plenty of sunshine still gets to shine
Shared experience of challenging nights
Plenty of sunshine still gets to shine
Now, you've got a family
Symbolic melting of emotional coldness
who loves you very much
Expectation of joy and purpose returning
Though we may be far apart
Anticipation of rediscovering positive aspects
we're always in touch
It's a dark night of the soul
Assurance that pleasure and purpose will return
you're going through
Belief in finding hidden strengths again
Believe me I go through
Encouragement to face challenges with resilience
the same nights too
One April afternoon
Speaker expresses empathy for the father
the warm sun will start
Symbolic warmth returning with April sun
Melting every cold blue ice-berry
Thawing emotional coldness, restoring feelings
freezing your heart
Pleasure and purpose will
Expectation of joy and purpose returning
return as a friend
Belief in finding hidden strengths again
You'll find some aces up
Reassurance of rediscovering positive aspects
your sleeve once again
There's a lot of hills.
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