Daughter of the Light
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See Granddad wanted a boy, but he got three girls huh
You found yourself trying to bridge these worlds, Ma
That's a childhood guilt that you might've felt huh
But he's a man of his time and in his shell, Ma
But is it normal to see mouths move?
Up and down no sound alongside
You learned to lipread you learned you had to bluff too
Then lit a flame to look up to a light
That would guide you back home on the darkest night
Robin said "a kid's drowning" you cast aside your safety
Swam on out and saved his life
At just eleven years old, something age defied and the
Woman that girl became Worked Kings Cross lanes with the bottom rung
And have never really known of forgotten ones
The hopeless, the homeless and on the run
So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
I think about the path taken and the number of steps
And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
Still singing
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
I'm guided by a bigger force than me
I tried to live my life
As a daughter of the light
But you find out nothing's guaranteed
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
One day all of this will disappear
And I ain't got no use for all this light
If I can't share it with you dear
I look back through a mix of blurred vision
From a childhood lens and a distant rear vision
What the bible says well it seems to have gone missing
When the violence there makes your home feel like prison
I remember that much, I remember your clutches
That held us all together from the start
Broken little family to mend and I'm not pulling punches
It took a bit to pull us all apart
Yep, take it all slowly, get a part time job
Got to pay the bills, got to take the kid to cricket training
Got to try to keep the front, everything will be okay
How long can you keep it up, underneath the poverty line
Somehow you just did it but got us through it over time?
Gotta do it full time?
Nothing to it Overdraft? Every other month and I never got the Pumps
But instead I got the mum who pulled us up out of the dumps
So now it goes
So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
I think about the path taken and the number of steps
And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
Still singing
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
I'm guided by a bigger force than me
I tried to live my life
As a daughter of the light
But you find out nothing's guaranteed
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
One day all of this will disappear
And I ain't got no use for all this light
If I can't share it with you dear
And there's a moment at 6am waking up bleary-eyed
Jetta wants you to read her a book
She taps you on the head and says "wake
Up Namah look!" Dog and Bird with a bit of
Theatre in your just woke up voice
She's wriggling one foot "Grandma more!"
And I smile half asleep at the door
You found yourself trying to bridge these worlds, Ma
That's a childhood guilt that you might've felt huh
But he's a man of his time and in his shell, Ma
But is it normal to see mouths move?
Up and down no sound alongside
You learned to lipread you learned you had to bluff too
Then lit a flame to look up to a light
That would guide you back home on the darkest night
Robin said "a kid's drowning" you cast aside your safety
Swam on out and saved his life
At just eleven years old, something age defied and the
Woman that girl became Worked Kings Cross lanes with the bottom rung
And have never really known of forgotten ones
The hopeless, the homeless and on the run
So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
I think about the path taken and the number of steps
And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
Still singing
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
I'm guided by a bigger force than me
I tried to live my life
As a daughter of the light
But you find out nothing's guaranteed
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
One day all of this will disappear
And I ain't got no use for all this light
If I can't share it with you dear
I look back through a mix of blurred vision
From a childhood lens and a distant rear vision
What the bible says well it seems to have gone missing
When the violence there makes your home feel like prison
I remember that much, I remember your clutches
That held us all together from the start
Broken little family to mend and I'm not pulling punches
It took a bit to pull us all apart
Yep, take it all slowly, get a part time job
Got to pay the bills, got to take the kid to cricket training
Got to try to keep the front, everything will be okay
How long can you keep it up, underneath the poverty line
Somehow you just did it but got us through it over time?
Gotta do it full time?
Nothing to it Overdraft? Every other month and I never got the Pumps
But instead I got the mum who pulled us up out of the dumps
So now it goes
So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
I think about the path taken and the number of steps
And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
Still singing
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
I'm guided by a bigger force than me
I tried to live my life
As a daughter of the light
But you find out nothing's guaranteed
Despite it all I rise
Though I may walk blind
One day all of this will disappear
And I ain't got no use for all this light
If I can't share it with you dear
And there's a moment at 6am waking up bleary-eyed
Jetta wants you to read her a book
She taps you on the head and says "wake
Up Namah look!" Dog and Bird with a bit of
Theatre in your just woke up voice
She's wriggling one foot "Grandma more!"
And I smile half asleep at the door
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:21.44] See Granddad wanted a boy, but he got three girls huh
[00:24.92] You found yourself trying to bridge these worlds, Ma
[00:27.66] That's a childhood guilt that you might've felt huh
[00:30.16] But he's a man of his time and in his shell, Ma
[00:32.62] But is it normal to see mouths move?
[00:35.19] Up and down no sound alongside
[00:37.42] You learned to lipread you learned you had to bluff too
[00:40.57] Then lit a flame to look up to a light
[00:42.63] That would guide you back home on the darkest night
[00:45.28] Robin said "a kid's drowning" you cast aside your safety
[00:48.64] Swam on out and saved his life
[00:50.79] At just eleven years old, something age defied and the
[00:53.32] Woman that girl became Worked Kings Cross lanes with the bottom rung
[00:57.55] And have never really known of forgotten ones
[01:00.34] The hopeless, the homeless and on the run
[01:03.05] So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
[01:06.08] A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
[01:08.73] I think about the path taken and the number of steps
[01:12.04] And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
[01:14.06] To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
[01:16.35] I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
[01:19.17] But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[01:21.81] You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[01:23.95] Still singing
[01:25.01] Despite it all I rise
[01:27.06] Though I may walk blind
[01:29.06] I'm guided by a bigger force than me
[01:34.64] I tried to live my life
[01:37.18] As a daughter of the light
[01:39.93] But you find out nothing's guaranteed
[01:45.07] Despite it all I rise
[01:47.84] Though I may walk blind
[01:50.58] One day all of this will disappear
[01:55.72] And I ain't got no use for all this light
[01:59.18] If I can't share it with you dear
[02:05.85] I look back through a mix of blurred vision
[02:08.87] From a childhood lens and a distant rear vision
[02:11.43] What the bible says well it seems to have gone missing
[02:13.94] When the violence there makes your home feel like prison
[02:16.65] I remember that much, I remember your clutches
[02:19.57] That held us all together from the start
[02:21.44] Broken little family to mend and I'm not pulling punches
[02:24.66] It took a bit to pull us all apart
[02:26.63] Yep, take it all slowly, get a part time job
[02:29.13] Got to pay the bills, got to take the kid to cricket training
[02:31.94] Got to try to keep the front, everything will be okay
[02:34.64] How long can you keep it up, underneath the poverty line
[02:37.33] Somehow you just did it but got us through it over time?
[02:39.61] Gotta do it full time?
[02:41.13] Nothing to it Overdraft? Every other month and I never got the Pumps
[02:44.94] But instead I got the mum who pulled us up out of the dumps
[02:47.55] So now it goes
[02:48.43] So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
[02:50.13] A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
[02:52.85] I think about the path taken and the number of steps
[02:56.36] And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
[02:58.52] To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
[03:00.95] I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
[03:03.69] But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[03:05.92] You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[03:08.35] Still singing
[03:09.19] Despite it all I rise
[03:10.67] Though I may walk blind
[03:13.64] I'm guided by a bigger force than me
[03:18.79] I tried to live my life
[03:21.55] As a daughter of the light
[03:24.14] But you find out nothing's guaranteed
[03:29.85] Despite it all I rise
[03:32.43] Though I may walk blind
[03:34.81] One day all of this will disappear
[03:40.35] And I ain't got no use for all this light
[03:43.43] If I can't share it with you dear
[03:50.35] And there's a moment at 6am waking up bleary-eyed
[03:54.86] Jetta wants you to read her a book
[03:57.65] She taps you on the head and says "wake
[03:59.43] Up Namah look!" Dog and Bird with a bit of
[04:03.03] Theatre in your just woke up voice
[04:05.52] She's wriggling one foot "Grandma more!"
[04:08.88] And I smile half asleep at the door
[04:12.97]
[00:24.92] You found yourself trying to bridge these worlds, Ma
[00:27.66] That's a childhood guilt that you might've felt huh
[00:30.16] But he's a man of his time and in his shell, Ma
[00:32.62] But is it normal to see mouths move?
[00:35.19] Up and down no sound alongside
[00:37.42] You learned to lipread you learned you had to bluff too
[00:40.57] Then lit a flame to look up to a light
[00:42.63] That would guide you back home on the darkest night
[00:45.28] Robin said "a kid's drowning" you cast aside your safety
[00:48.64] Swam on out and saved his life
[00:50.79] At just eleven years old, something age defied and the
[00:53.32] Woman that girl became Worked Kings Cross lanes with the bottom rung
[00:57.55] And have never really known of forgotten ones
[01:00.34] The hopeless, the homeless and on the run
[01:03.05] So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
[01:06.08] A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
[01:08.73] I think about the path taken and the number of steps
[01:12.04] And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
[01:14.06] To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
[01:16.35] I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
[01:19.17] But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[01:21.81] You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[01:23.95] Still singing
[01:25.01] Despite it all I rise
[01:27.06] Though I may walk blind
[01:29.06] I'm guided by a bigger force than me
[01:34.64] I tried to live my life
[01:37.18] As a daughter of the light
[01:39.93] But you find out nothing's guaranteed
[01:45.07] Despite it all I rise
[01:47.84] Though I may walk blind
[01:50.58] One day all of this will disappear
[01:55.72] And I ain't got no use for all this light
[01:59.18] If I can't share it with you dear
[02:05.85] I look back through a mix of blurred vision
[02:08.87] From a childhood lens and a distant rear vision
[02:11.43] What the bible says well it seems to have gone missing
[02:13.94] When the violence there makes your home feel like prison
[02:16.65] I remember that much, I remember your clutches
[02:19.57] That held us all together from the start
[02:21.44] Broken little family to mend and I'm not pulling punches
[02:24.66] It took a bit to pull us all apart
[02:26.63] Yep, take it all slowly, get a part time job
[02:29.13] Got to pay the bills, got to take the kid to cricket training
[02:31.94] Got to try to keep the front, everything will be okay
[02:34.64] How long can you keep it up, underneath the poverty line
[02:37.33] Somehow you just did it but got us through it over time?
[02:39.61] Gotta do it full time?
[02:41.13] Nothing to it Overdraft? Every other month and I never got the Pumps
[02:44.94] But instead I got the mum who pulled us up out of the dumps
[02:47.55] So now it goes
[02:48.43] So when I see you walking with that gangsta limp
[02:50.13] A 'life lived properly' limp that grandmas get
[02:52.85] I think about the path taken and the number of steps
[02:56.36] And how it's shaping you, whatever come next
[02:58.52] To sing your song, knowing that some things go wrong
[03:00.95] I'm not loving that it's Peter Paul and Mary you want
[03:03.69] But like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[03:05.92] You're like a bridge over trouble, carry on
[03:08.35] Still singing
[03:09.19] Despite it all I rise
[03:10.67] Though I may walk blind
[03:13.64] I'm guided by a bigger force than me
[03:18.79] I tried to live my life
[03:21.55] As a daughter of the light
[03:24.14] But you find out nothing's guaranteed
[03:29.85] Despite it all I rise
[03:32.43] Though I may walk blind
[03:34.81] One day all of this will disappear
[03:40.35] And I ain't got no use for all this light
[03:43.43] If I can't share it with you dear
[03:50.35] And there's a moment at 6am waking up bleary-eyed
[03:54.86] Jetta wants you to read her a book
[03:57.65] She taps you on the head and says "wake
[03:59.43] Up Namah look!" Dog and Bird with a bit of
[04:03.03] Theatre in your just woke up voice
[04:05.52] She's wriggling one foot "Grandma more!"
[04:08.88] And I smile half asleep at the door
[04:12.97]