Something Special
Said I was special in whatever I did
Can you believe it, that he’s only a kid?
Can you imagine all the wonderful things ahead?
And they would tell me that my life would be good
Like I could matter more than anyone else could
And I believed everything that my parents said
If just you could see
You’re something special to me
So many things you could be
When you’re all old and grown
Look how you shine
Go on and be more than mine
You’ll find the answers in time
You’re the most special thing I have known
And then it didn’t go as well as we planned
I almost lost my life by my own hand
Nothing special at all to write home about
I loved a girl while I was trying so hard
Just to be anything, maybe a star
And she would talk to me like she had it figured out
She said
If just you could see
You’re something special to me
Think of the way things will be
When we’re all old and grown
Look how you shine
I’m just so glad that you’re mine
We’ll find the answers in time
You’re the most special thing I have known
But I was more like skeptical
Than anything exceptional
And I told myself to just give up on trying
Like there was nothing else to find
All my best chances long behind
And I realized everyone had just been lying
One September, I met my son
All of a sudden life had only begun
Can you imagine the wonderful things ahead?
And late at night when we’re here in his room
I say the words I can only assume
Were meant for him, but I’ve carried with me instead
If just you could see
You’re something special to me
So many things you could be
When you’re all old and grown
Look how you shine
Go on and be more than mine
You’ll find the answers in time
You’re the most special thing I have known