"Daughter" (Diane) - CBSC #11

This song has the most "story" so far so I'm going to post the lyrics after the story.

Last night I had the best intention to go to bed early. I signed off facebook and thought "hey why read the bible when you can sing it!" They say that John Lennon wrote "A Day In The Life" with a copy of the paper on his piano's music stand. I meant to open the bible and do something similar but before I could this little song popped out.

I love Diane dearly, but I'm not the only one. It makes me sad sometimes when she can't see how wonderful she is and how much God loves her. So I really felt that I "co-wrote" this song. Talking about God and singing about him on the internet is a scary idea because people are mean. But I thought Diane needed to hear it and other people did too.

Needless to say the sudden creative impulse I was blessed with left me awake until 3am when I had to leave my house at 8am. I also had an english final today so that accounts for (what I consider) a lackluster performance. But it's the words that count and I hope this song makes the final cut so someone else can sing it. In no way to I consider myself some sort of prophet or even a piano player. I'm just another pretender sometimes. I probably need this song as much as Diane or you and somebody, really, anyone. At first I was worried about being the "voice of God" thinking maybe this song challenge was over inflating my ego. But it's not, it's just a creative exercise and a nice helping of truth.

In the end I liked the juxtaposition of an imperfect recording and a perfect God. That, and I felt like my landlords were tired of it coming through the vent. It's a good song, but not 50 times in a row.



Lyrics:
You weren't there
When I spoke the planets into motion
When I filled up the oceans
And hovered over the mist

You weren't there
When Satan fell right out of Heaven
When I hurled the great Leviathan
When I was betrayed by a kiss

So don't tell me what I need to know
Don't tell me what I should know

Because I was there
Each time the world had left you crying
With it's cheating and it's lying
And all you needed was a dad

I was there
Every time you felt you
Unwanted and lonely
It always made me sad


So I'll tell you what you need to know


Don't be foolish
I don't know where you heard it
Don't know why you think you're not worth it
I've seen how you're made and you're perfect

I can make the waves stop
I can make a thunderstorm
I can take a some dry flesh
And stick it on dry bones

I can do anything
I can make old new
I can make anything
I chose to make you

You'll always be my little child
Always be my little girl
I'm always gonna hold you tight
But I can't make sure

That you'll never get hurt
That'll never cry
Just know if you do
I'll wipe the tears from your eyes