On Children Lyrics
| Song | On Children |
| Artist | Damien Rice |
| Album | On Children (From "Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet" Soundtrack) |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [00:31, 415] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38, 415] | They’re the sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself. |
| [00:45, 415] | They come through you, |
| [00:48, 415] | not from you, |
| [00:51, 415] | though they are with you, yet they belong to themselves. |
| [00:58, 415] | You may give them love but not your thoughts, |
| [01:05, 415] | for they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11, 415] | You may house their bodies not their souls, |
| [01:17, 415] | for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:24, 415] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:34, 415] | Wo~~~~ |
| [01:47, 415] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55, 415] | but seek not to make them like you. |
| [02:01, 415] | For life goes not backwards, |
| [02:08, 415] | nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14, 415] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:21, 415] | as living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28, 415] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite. |
| [02:34, 415] | And he bends you with his might, |
| [02:41, 415] | that his arrows may go swift and far. |
| [02:50, 415] | Wo~~~~ |
| [03:17, 415] | Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:24, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
| [03:31, 415] | Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:37, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
| [00:31, 415] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38, 415] | They' re the sons and daughters of life' s longing for itself. |
| [00:45, 415] | They come through you, |
| [00:48, 415] | not from you, |
| [00:51, 415] | though they are with you, yet they belong to themselves. |
| [00:58, 415] | You may give them love but not your thoughts, |
| [01:05, 415] | for they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11, 415] | You may house their bodies not their souls, |
| [01:17, 415] | for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:24, 415] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:34, 415] | Wo |
| [01:47, 415] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55, 415] | but seek not to make them like you. |
| [02:01, 415] | For life goes not backwards, |
| [02:08, 415] | nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14, 415] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:21, 415] | as living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28, 415] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite. |
| [02:34, 415] | And he bends you with his might, |
| [02:41, 415] | that his arrows may go swift and far. |
| [02:50, 415] | Wo |
| [03:17, 415] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:24, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
| [03:31, 415] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:37, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
| [00:31, 415] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38, 415] | They' re the sons and daughters of life' s longing for itself. |
| [00:45, 415] | They come through you, |
| [00:48, 415] | not from you, |
| [00:51, 415] | though they are with you, yet they belong to themselves. |
| [00:58, 415] | You may give them love but not your thoughts, |
| [01:05, 415] | for they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11, 415] | You may house their bodies not their souls, |
| [01:17, 415] | for their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:24, 415] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:34, 415] | Wo |
| [01:47, 415] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55, 415] | but seek not to make them like you. |
| [02:01, 415] | For life goes not backwards, |
| [02:08, 415] | nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14, 415] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:21, 415] | as living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28, 415] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite. |
| [02:34, 415] | And he bends you with his might, |
| [02:41, 415] | that his arrows may go swift and far. |
| [02:50, 415] | Wo |
| [03:17, 415] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:24, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
| [03:31, 415] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness. |
| [03:37, 415] | For even as he loves the arrow that flies, so he loves also the bow that is stable. |
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