La Dispute - I See Everything lyrics

Like any morning of my Junior year I stumble in the cla**room Late, but this day I see Faces, I feel An air like a funeral Like a wake As I sit down Teacher speaking Somewhat sombrely But still confident and calm Part eulogy Her speech, and Part poem, part celebration song Her warmth and smile She pa**es photocopies Out to us of entries From a journal Kept so long ago She starts to read And suddenly It's 1980 March 5 The cancer is furious But our son is resilient We have all the faith We'll get through this No matter what the end Treatments are violent but He keeps on smiling It's amazing Finding joy in the little things April 12 Andrew's appetite's improved And we thank God everyday But still it's hard sometimes To see him in that scarecrow frame July 9 There's a suffering When I look in his eyes He's been through so much We've all been through so much, but What incredible resolve Our little boy shows, only 7 Standing face to face with d**h He said it's easy to find people Who have suffered worse than him "Like Jesus suffered worse than anyone" He told me last night "When God abandoned him", and September 20 We've been playing in the yard Lately his spirits are high Although his blood counts aren't October 14 He feels tired all the time November 30 At the hospital again It feels like home when we're here December 8 He's getting worse… January 19 We buried our son today Our youngest child And while his d**h was ugly We must not Let it scare us from God Abundant grace has restored him A brand new body And set him free from the torture Finally rid of the cancer Before the moment he left He briefly wrested from d**h Suddenly opened his eyes Said, "I see everything" "I see everything" And I will never forget it The peace and the comfort You displayed through a pain That I can only imagine The loss of a child To the torture of cancer Help me 'Cause I can only imagine How you recovered Kept your faith And held the brightness of life Inside the smile of a child You had to bury And I will never forget him Or your steadfast faith No I will never forget you Now six or seven years later I'm devoid of all faith I am empty of comfort And I am weary of waiting Though I've felt nowhere what you have I see nothing at all Though I've felt nowhere what he did My eyes are closed