Family
Lyrics
Is family defined by blood? Does family kick you to the mud? Are fathers meant to praise their sons? Is a mother meant to leave behind one? Are mothers meant to praise their sons? Father guilty from losing one A sister and a brother are left With barely beating hearts beating in their chests Family, your family Family, who are we? Blood may be the tying knot Blood may be the tying knot But only I know what I’ve got Does timing always work the way We want it to from day to day Do parents have a built in guide But stray from love and run and hide Oh husband, you lost a loving wife Why do you leave the kids to pain and strife Do fathers know their words are like A sharpened razor edge of a knife Family, my family Family, who are we? Blood may be the tying knot Blood may be the tying knot But only I know what I’ve got The story that’s unfolding A story of a family holding The spirit of a mother passed A father why did you leave so fast Our children, oh our children They will grow and learn to use all of the things they know The only lessons that they were left Change is good, change for the best Family, my family, your family Family, tell me, who are we? Blood may be the tying knot (change for the best) Blood may be the tying knot (I said, change for the best) But only I know what I’ve got (change for the best) Family, family, family, family Family, family, family, family Only I know what I've got Only I know what I've got Only I know what I've got I know what I’ve got Blood may be the tying knot But only I know what I've got Blood may be the tying knot I know what I’ve got
About This Song
Inquisition about the meaning and purpose of family, particularly the Western nuclear blood-related family.
What is the song “Family” by Chad Lewine about?
I wrote this when I was 18. I'm now 36 as I write this and I can say I've just about answered all the questions I posed nearly 20 years earlier.
— Chad Lewine
