Story Behind The Song
My Parents divorced when I was young. My mom remarried a few years before my father died of a drug overdose. Her new husband was an abusive alcoholic and would often act out. A year after my father died, my mom died in a car accident. This left us to the care of our Step Father- aka hurting drunk. We did not live well, life was hard, food was scarce and us kids made due, till eventually we were all split up: my sisters with their father and my brother with our aunt. I grew up and moved away, now I am asking why. Realizing that life and pain is something we all deal with-I do in my music- and that we all have choices. Even thought my family has been split apart, there is forgiveness and wholeness being made in everyone's life. My sister's family is doing well and have made some great choices. Jesus has made me whole and now I can live with purpose and deal with my pain. Thanks for asking.
dylan cochran
Song Description
This song is an honest approach to dealing with a person's pain and the asking "why". It's a story of a child looking for hope and finally finding it after asking the tough questions- why do people make pour choices and why/how are we affected?
| Song Length |
5:03 |
Genre |
Pop - Easy Listening, Rock - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Heartbreaking, Moving |
Subject |
Loneliness, History, Past |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
Verse1
Why does life have to be so hard I say? It seems my life is always in someone else's
hands.
You see a little boy, who wanted to be loved by someone. His mommy had to stay, buthis Daddy ran away until he died one day.
Pre-chorus
It pulls me down. It pulls me down.
Chorus 1
Daddy why'd you go away...?
Now where're here to stay, to stand and pay for your mistakes.
Verse2
You see, Momma chose the men and they all chose the way we should go. So the beating
never stopped and the hurting souls were lost in the middle.
So they would drink it all, thinking it would make it ok. But she didn't even know, when
her car went off the road to stop her heart, that day.
Pre-chorus
Chorus 2
Momma why'd you go away...?
Now I am here to stay, to stand in the way of broken life (Repeat), 2nd time "... of a broken life, of a hurting life."
Verse 1 reprise.
Why does life have to be so hard I say? It seems my life is always in someone else's
hands...
Chorus2, 2x. Last time dies down and leads into outro
Outro
It's not the way I'm gonna go, it's not the way I'm wanna live.
I will take this heart of stone to smash the past... (repeat).
So that I can live to, stand.
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