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I have always loved this song. I never sought it out or added it to my playlists, but anytime I heard it, the lyrics felt familiar, the melody filled me with deep and soul nourishing love. I can’t explain it, it just felt— it felt inexplicably right. 1/6
I’ve had a rough year. Personal struggles. Battles with dark demons. Unreal circumstances that have, at times, left me longing for death. 2/6
Recently, my mom & I were having a heart to heart & she told me that when she was pregnant with me, she chose a couple to adopt me. She was young, single, & raising a toddler. But when she gave birth &the nurse placed me in her arms, she couldn’t fathom anyone else being my mom.
She sang this song to me as a baby. It was our special song. A hundred times a day she rocked me, fed me, and loved me with this song on her lips.
Until recently, I had no idea. I just knew this song had an uncanny ability to right all that’s wrong in the world, if only for 2 minutes and 43 seconds.
Now I know. From infancy, these lyrics, this delicate melody was my mother’s love song to her unexpected fireball of a daughter. It’s no wonder everything else falls away as I listen to Joe Cocker weep-sing.
It is tied to the safety and warmth that stood between me and this dark and scary world— the first and greatest love I ever knew.
Fin.
Fin.
