The anguish of cancer
Story behind the song
I wrote this during the period my son was undergoing chemotherapy. It was my only catharsis.
Lyrics
Garrett’s Song
The things that I have learned from life
In only this past year
Could fill a book with words, my friend
And fill a lake with tears.
I’ve looked into the saddest eyes
My own have shown the same.
To see these ravaged children here,
I have cursed God’s Holy Name.
Why? I just don’t know.
Why must these little children suffer so?
Where pray tell is God’s Great Plan?
I only want to understand.
As I watch my darling son endure
These tortures he must face.
I see the scars upon his body,
Wipe the tears off of his face.
To the very God who has angered me,
I pray, please heal my son.
Take this cancer from him, Lord,
Let his trials be done.
Why? I just don’t know.
Why must these little children suffer so?
Where pray tell is God’s Great Plan?
I only need to understand.
We see the other parents here,
They see us too we know.
Without a word we share our pain,
A bond between us grows.
Like reflections in a looking glass,
We know we see ourselves
The anguish shared between us,
The fears we dare not tell.
Why? I just don’t know.
Why must these little children suffer so?
Where pray tell is God’s Great Plan?
I only want to understand.
For some of us this hell on earth
Will someday surely end.
But these children and their parents,
Won’t be the same again.
Yes I have learned from life this year,
But mostly from my son.
To hold your children close to you,
Until your time is done.
Why? I just don’t know.
Why must these little children suffer so?
Where on earth is God’s Great Plan?
I only need to understand.
Please God help me understand.