Dante's Song
When Dante was a baby, there was a song by Trisha Yearwood that he absolutely loved and I'd sing it for him mixed in with those old ballads when I was rocking him to sleep. I probably rocked him until he was three or four. I liked the song, and I normally don't like much that country music has to offer, because it fit our situation at the time. Without Dante, there wouldn't have been the me that I am today. Without him at that particular time in my life, there may have not been a me today either.
I realized when the song came on the radio unexpectedly that I had answered the final fearful question that hung over my head for so long. I didn't like the answer, but I no longer feared the question.
Dante's Song: How Do I Live Without You, by Trisha Yearwood
How do I
Get through one night without you
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
Your my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby you'd take away everything good in my Life.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?.
Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There would be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I would be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything real in My life
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?...
Please tell me baby..
How do I go on?
If you ever leave
Well baby you would take away everything
Need you with me
Baby don't you know your everything good in My life
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live
How do I live without you
How do I live without you baby.......
How do I live....
The answer is that you go on living. Life finds a way. You make the most beautiful picture you can out of the pieces you're given at any one moment in time. And sometimes when the radio comes on, you just put your sunglasses on, turn your head, and have yourself one hell of a silent cry.
--Virgil
posted by contemplator at Tuesday, August 01, 2006
4 Comments:
Oh sweety, that almost broke my heart. :( I've always loved that song and can only imagine how you feel each time your baby goes back to his dad's.
You are still one of my heroes. Big hugz to you.
Dante has a similar song for me. It goes something along the lines of "Where'd you go? Seems like it's been forever...come back home..." or something like that. They used it in a Rug Rat's movie about Chuckie getting a new mom and reflecting on the loss of his old one. Dante bursts into tears when that song comes on the radio.
I'm always amazed at how powerful music can be sometimes.
And I'm no hero, Jo. You're the one with the wonderwoman avatar. Most deservedly, I think. :D
OMG, that was my song for my dd when she was a toddler. She loved it too. I had to leave her all the time at daycare and go to a job I hated.
Your post was beautiful...
what a beautiful post. it broke my heart.
music really does have so much power in our lives. i agree.
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