Lyrics I See Everything.lrc La Dispute
[id: oasddlgo]
[ar: La Dispute]
[al: Wildlife]
[ti: I See Everything]
[length: 03:38]
[00:08.24]Like any morning of my junior year I stumble in the classroom late
[00:13.44]But this day I see faces, I feel an air like a funeral, like a wake, as I sit dow
[00:19.91]My teacher speaking, somewhat somberly, but still confident and calm
[00:24.55]Part eulogy, her speech, and part poem, part celebration song
[00:29.28]Her warmth and smile, she passes photocopies out to us of entries from a journal
[00:35.33]Kept so long ago, she starts to read and suddenly it’s 1980
[00:40.96]March 5: The cancer is furious but our son is resilient
[00:46.85]We have all the faith we’ll get through this no matter what the end
[00:51.29]Treatments are violent but he keeps on smiling
[00:55.02]It’s amazing finding joy in the little things
[00:59.66]April 12: Andrew’s appetites improved and we thank God everyday
[01:05.57]But still it’s hard sometimes to see him in that scarecrow frame
[01:10.46]July 9: There’s a suffering when I look in his eyes, he’s been through so much
[01:16.86]We’ve all been through so much but what incredible resolve our little boy shows
[01:23.30]Only 7, standing face to face with death
[01:26.27]He said it’s easy to find people who have suffered worse than him
[01:30.73]”Like Jesus, suffered worse than anyone,” he told me last night, “when God abandoned him.”
[01:37.40]September 20: We’ve been playing in the yard lately
[01:41.87]And spirits are high although his blood counts aren’t
[01:45.75]October 14: He feels tired all the time
[01:49.02]November 30: At the hospital again, it feels like home when we’re here
[01:54.70]December 8: He’s getting worse
[01:58.65]January 19: We buried our son today, our youngest child
[02:09.51]And while his death was ugly we must not let it scare us from God
[02:16.18]Abundant grace has restored him
[02:18.91]A brand new body, and set him free from the torture, finally rid of the cancer
[02:25.26]Before the moment he left he briefly wrested from death, suddenly opened his eyes, said
[02:31.98]”I see everything, I see everything”
[02:36.69]And I will never forget it
[02:39.07]The peace and the comfort you displayed through a pain that I can only imagine
[02:46.30]The loss of a child to the torture of cancer
[02:50.53]Help me
[02:52.11]’Cause I can only imagine how you recovered, kept your faith and held the brightness of life
[02:58.91]Inside the smile of a child you had to bury
[03:03.58]And I will never forget him or your steadfast faith
[03:08.00]No, I will never forget you
[03:10.35]Now six or seven years later, I’m devoid of all faith
[03:14.85]I am empty of comfort and I am weary of waiting
[03:19.15]Though I’ve felt nowhere what you have, I see nothing at all
[03:23.95]Though I’ve felt nowhere what he did, my eyes are closed
[03:27.88]Year of Release: 2011