Story Behind The Song
After the birth of my daughter (1986) I realized that for a short while, I had two hearts in my body, which explained the over emotional state. That when she was born, I had to forfiet one heart.
Having felt that capacity for love, and then going back to normal was a shock.
Song Description
Large sweeping ballad of a mother singing about how life has changed after the birth of a child, realizing that born of two hearts are just one pair of eyes. That life will never be the same, but love will always be constant as it returns.
| Song Length |
3:43 |
Genre |
Folk - Contemporary, Folk - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Floating |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
Exultant, Enchanting |
Subject |
Love for Child, Baby, Children |
| Similar Artists |
Elton John, Billy Joel |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1990 - 1999 |
| |
Lyrics
THE RETURN c.1991 Sally Fingerett
Tossed to the stars and a baby goes sailing
Out on a sea, under quiet night skies
Dark blue and waiting, it?s there she does carry,
Out and away, it?s her heart that will never return.
Born of a love where the gift is the giving
Born of two hearts are just one pair of eyes
Deep blue and wanting, your soul and your reason
Caught unaware, it?s your old life that never returns.
Promise me, promise me, you will outlive me
That?s the natural order, the way it should be
Then break from me and take from me all you can carry
It?s nature, it?s nurture and then it?s your turn
And as I teach you I learn.
Tossed in the air, and your baby goes flying
Into the sun under wide open skies
Bright blue and shining, she?s earth bound and running
There in her eyes, it?s your love that will always return.