Somebody's Baby

Let's talk about this song.  The one that follows.  If you were there for Forget and Not Slow Down you'll know the deal.

Somebody’s Baby

Jon Foreman

She yells, “If you were homeless sure as hell you’d be drunk, or high trying to get there, or begging for junk, when the people don’t want you, they just throw you money for beer.”

Her name was November, she went by Autumn or Fall.  It was seven long years since the autumn when all of her nightmares grew fingers and all of her dreams grew a tear.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

And she’s somebody’s baby still.

She screams, “Well if you’ve never gone it alone well then go ahead you’d better throw the first stone you got one lonely stoner waiting to bring to her knees.”

She dreams about heaven remembering hell.  There’s a nightmare she visits and knows all too well.  Every now and again when she’s sober she brushes her teeth.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

And she’s somebody’s baby still.

Ah.

Today was her birthday, strangely enough when the cops found her body at the foot of the bluff.  The anonymous caller this morning tipped off the police.  They got her ID from her dental remains, the same fillings in tack the same nicotine stains.  Her birth and her death were both over with no one to grieve.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

She’s somebody’s baby, somebody’s baby girl.

And she’s somebody’s baby still.

She’s somebody’s baby still.

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I don't have as much to say about this song as I did about the Relient K songs.  It's kind of really depressing, but it has this point that pretty much sums up how I feel about humanity.

It's bad, sad, and pathetic, but we still belong to someone.  Even if you disregard the thought of God, everyone has a mother, whether she was ever in the picture or not.  There's love somewhere.

And it'd be a whole lot better if we showed it to more people who need it.

There.  Nice and concise.  Now to live up to it.