I have come across websites that give interpretations to certain songs. They post the lyrics and then give a synopsis of what they think the lyric means and intertwine the commentary with their own stories or experience. I have wanted to get back into the habit of posting on my blog more and have decided that instead of reviewing entire songs I will post a line or two from songs that have meant something to me and then share a brief story about what helped me to draw the correlation between the song and my feelings… Here is the first one:
Song: Original of the Species, U2 from the Chicago Vertigo ’05 Concert DVD.
“I’ll give you everything that you want, except the thing that you want; you are the first one of your kind…”
In the concert Bono dedicates the song to a girl named Jordan and then says that it’s dedicated to all our girls… In thinking what the song says I see in it the declaration from a parent to child to not grow up too quickly, and warnings against being untrue to yourself. I have been mindful lately about all of my children and my impact and role as a father. I have longed for a closer relationship with Dorian and that my daughters might be closer physically to me. I want so desperately to be a good parent and feel the kinship that comes from those efforts. My girls always make me feel loved; this morning Jane called me just to talk, and said that she had a picture that she had drawn for me that she was going to mail to me… Anyway… I feel the same as the lyric sings… “I’ll give you everything that you want, except the thing that you want…you are the first one of your kind…” Being a good parent requires that declaration. I think of my kids when I hear those words…
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