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Lyrics that make you think of your children ?

127 replies

Worriedagainmum · 07/01/2023 18:49

ok so this is a wedding song really
I choose you
but these lyrics hit the spot

You're my always You're my forever You're my reality

You're my sunshine You're my best times You're my anomaly

And I'd choose you
In a hundred lifetimes I'd choose you
In a hundred worlds I'd find Y ou...

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BasiliskStare · 07/01/2023 18:52

Sounds odd and not all the lyrics ring true but Temptation by New Order - all the family have different coloured eyes.

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Worriedagainmum · 07/01/2023 19:01

Oh Il have to Google that one
as not heard of it before

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Eastereggsboxedupready · 07/01/2023 19:03

Brown Eyed Girl. After 8 dc with blue eyes I had a dd with brown!! It was quite bizarre at the time to see those huge blue eyes turn chocolate!

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Binfire · 07/01/2023 19:15

George Ezra’s ‘Hold my girl’ makes
me think of my DD, I’ve sung it to her many many times.

usernamenotaccepted · 07/01/2023 19:16

'Grow' by Frances. Makes me cry!

Hoolihan · 07/01/2023 19:17

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

patsshopping · 07/01/2023 19:24

Some of the lyrics from "Just Say Yeah" by Jackson Browne make me think of DS1. Some of the lyrics are definitely not suitable for a parent-child relationship, but I feel these ones sum him up for me.

I want to hold you, don't want to mold you
Into someone else
I never could have invented you
Or written you so well

Must have been you I dreamed of
Yeah that was you all right
You were the laughter I was listening to
Standing in the light

DontLoseYourFightKid · 07/01/2023 19:32

I will fight, I will fight for you. I always do, until my heart is black and blue.

Don't give up on me by Andy Grammer ❤️

sunseaandme · 07/01/2023 19:34

Very obvious one but 'you are my sunshine ....' etc etc we all know the song makes me tear up x

mrswhiplington · 07/01/2023 19:35

Abba's "Slipping Through My Fingers". She's singing about her DD growing up and slipping away from her. I first heard it in the film Mama Mia. The line "school bag in hand" makes me cry every time. DD is 21 now and it's all gone so quickly.

Boxofsockss · 07/01/2023 19:41

Tom Odell- Real Loce

All my little plans and schemes
Lost like some forgotten dream
Seems like all I really was doing
Was waiting for you

ScoobyBooby · 07/01/2023 19:42

mrswhiplington · 07/01/2023 19:35

Abba's "Slipping Through My Fingers". She's singing about her DD growing up and slipping away from her. I first heard it in the film Mama Mia. The line "school bag in hand" makes me cry every time. DD is 21 now and it's all gone so quickly.

This also gets me everytime I think of my DDs x

Simonjt · 07/01/2023 19:44

“It’s me, hi, I’m the problem it’s me” often seems fairly apt

lollipoprainbow · 07/01/2023 19:45

Your song

Annabananna1 · 07/01/2023 19:46

Hold my girl

ILikeBigSaladsAndICannotLie · 07/01/2023 19:48

Where topsy meets turvy and they start to spin
like a Tazmanian devil and his closest kin

HmmGrin

Tinkeytonkoldfruit · 07/01/2023 19:51

Only these words by the late great Chris Cornell, written for his daughter who has the same as our DD. The album its on came out around the time our DD was born, it's always been our song for our DD and she loves it too now. All of it is beautiful but these lines get me every time.

Her mother's eyes welled up with tears of joy
Staring at the tiny face
Of a miracle she made
She would say I love you

Tinkeytonkoldfruit · 07/01/2023 19:51

Arggg typo, has the same name as...

AinmÁlainn · 07/01/2023 19:52

Firework by Katy Perry. I'm welling up just thinking about it 💗

You just gotta ignite the light
And let it shine
Just own the night
Like the Fourth of July
'Cause baby, you're a firework
Come on, show 'em what you're worth
Make 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"
As you shoot across the sky
Baby, you're a firework
Come on, let your colors burst
Make 'em go, "Oh, oh, oh"
You're gonna leave 'em all in awe, awe, awe
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It's always been inside of you, you, you
And now it's time to let it through

EnglishGirlApproximately · 07/01/2023 19:52

The Mother by Brandi Carlile made me cry so much when I first heard it and will always make me think of DS and the ups and downs of parenthood.

The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep
She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep
She filled my life with color, cancelled plans and trashed my car
But none of that is ever who we are

Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow
I hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go
All my rowdy friends around accomplishing their dreams
But I am the mother of Evangeline

They've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time
They still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and their wine
Oh but all the wonders I have seen I will see a second time
From inside of the ages through your eyes

You were not an accident where no one thought it through
The world has stood against us, made us mean to fight for you
And when we chose your name we knew that you'd fight the power, too

You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me
I would never hit the big time without you
So they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine
Cause I am the mother of Evangeline

FangedFrisbee · 07/01/2023 19:54

EnglishGirlApproximately · 07/01/2023 19:52

The Mother by Brandi Carlile made me cry so much when I first heard it and will always make me think of DS and the ups and downs of parenthood.

The first things that she took from me were selfishness and sleep
She broke a thousand heirlooms I was never meant to keep
She filled my life with color, cancelled plans and trashed my car
But none of that is ever who we are

Outside of my windows are the mountains and the snow
I hold you while you're sleeping and I wish that I could go
All my rowdy friends around accomplishing their dreams
But I am the mother of Evangeline

They've still got their morning paper and their coffee and their time
They still enjoy their evenings with the skeptics and their wine
Oh but all the wonders I have seen I will see a second time
From inside of the ages through your eyes

You were not an accident where no one thought it through
The world has stood against us, made us mean to fight for you
And when we chose your name we knew that you'd fight the power, too

You're nothing short of magical and beautiful to me
I would never hit the big time without you
So they can keep their treasure and their ties to the machine
Cause I am the mother of Evangeline

I named our still born baby girl Evangeline because of this song. I was really struggling with her name and heard it on Apple Music and that was it. She was Evangeline.

OnMyWayToSenility · 07/01/2023 19:54

Duke Dumont : I got u

Always makes me smile and think of my kids and all the lively time I spent with them 😀😀

Wazzzzzuuuuuuup · 07/01/2023 19:55

My youngest dd

I'm in Black Tie tonight
Send a postcard to my Year 11 self in a Year 11 hell
Tell her everything's gonna be alright
No, you won't grow out of it
You will find the clothes that fit

OnMyWayToSenility · 07/01/2023 19:55

Lyrics

sk me what I did with my life
I spent it with you
If I lose my fame and fortune (really don't matter)
As long as I got you, baby
As long as I got you, baby
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
As long as I got you
Ask me what I did with my life
I spent it with you
If I lose my fame and fortune (really don't matter)
As long as I got you, baby
As long as I got you, baby
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
As long as I got you
As the years, they pass us by (years they, years they, years they)
We stay young through each other's eyes (each other's eyes)
And no matter, oh yeah, it's okay
As long as I got you, baby
As long as I got you, baby
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
As long as I got you
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
As long as I got you, baby
(Clap your hands, drop so right)
As long as I got you, baby
As long as I got you
As long as I got you
As long as I got you
As long as I got you
As long as I got you
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FactoidFan · 07/01/2023 20:00

The Way That I Love You by Passenger.
"How many times can I tell you
You're lovely just the way you are
Don't let the world come and change you
Don't let life break your heart
Don't put on their mask, don't wear their disguise
Don't let them dim the light that shines in your eyes
If only you could love yourself the way that I love you
How many times can I say
You don't have to change a thing
Don't let the tide wash you away
Don't let worry ever clip your wings
Discard what is fake, keep what is real
Pursue what you love, embrace how you feel
If only you could love yourself the way that I love you
And if you ever choose a road that leads nowhere
All alone and you can't see right from wrong
And if you ever lose yourself out there
Come on home and I'll sing you this song
So how many times can I tell you
You're lovely just the way you are
Don't let the world come and change you
Don't let life break your heart"

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