On Children Lyrics
| Song | On Children |
| Artist | Damien Rice |
| Album | The Prophet (Music from the Motion Picture) |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| [ti:] | |
| [ar:] | |
| [al:] | |
| [00:31.69] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38.13] | They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. |
| [00:44.75] | They come through you but not from you, |
| [00:51.55] | tthought they with you,they belong to themselves. |
| [00:57.61] | You may give them your love but not your thought |
| [01:05.22] | For they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11.52] | You may house their bodies not their soul |
| [01:18.48] | For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:18.79] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:48.17] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55.05] | But seek not to make them like you, |
| [02:01.95] | For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14.62] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:22.11] | As living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28.21] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, |
| [02:35.24] | And He bends you with His might, |
| [02:41.49] | That His arrows may go swift and far. |
| [03:18.07] | Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness |
| [03:24.75] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:28.12] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
| [03:31.03] | Let your bending in the archer’s hand be for gladness |
| [03:37.69] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:40.98] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
| ti: | |
| ar: | |
| al: | |
| [00:31.69] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38.13] | They are the sons and daughters of Life' s longing for itself. |
| [00:44.75] | They come through you but not from you, |
| [00:51.55] | tthought they with you, they belong to themselves. |
| [00:57.61] | You may give them your love but not your thought |
| [01:05.22] | For they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11.52] | You may house their bodies not their soul |
| [01:18.48] | For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:18.79] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:48.17] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55.05] | But seek not to make them like you, |
| [02:01.95] | For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14.62] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:22.11] | As living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28.21] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, |
| [02:35.24] | And He bends you with His might, |
| [02:41.49] | That His arrows may go swift and far. |
| [03:18.07] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness |
| [03:24.75] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:28.12] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
| [03:31.03] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness |
| [03:37.69] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:40.98] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
| ti: | |
| ar: | |
| al: | |
| [00:31.69] | Your children are not your children. |
| [00:38.13] | They are the sons and daughters of Life' s longing for itself. |
| [00:44.75] | They come through you but not from you, |
| [00:51.55] | tthought they with you, they belong to themselves. |
| [00:57.61] | You may give them your love but not your thought |
| [01:05.22] | For they have thoughts of their own. |
| [01:11.52] | You may house their bodies not their soul |
| [01:18.48] | For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, |
| [01:18.79] | Which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams. |
| [01:48.17] | You may strive to be like them, |
| [01:55.05] | But seek not to make them like you, |
| [02:01.95] | For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday. |
| [02:14.62] | You are the bows from which your children |
| [02:22.11] | As living arrows are sent forth. |
| [02:28.21] | The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, |
| [02:35.24] | And He bends you with His might, |
| [02:41.49] | That His arrows may go swift and far. |
| [03:18.07] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness |
| [03:24.75] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:28.12] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
| [03:31.03] | Let your bending in the archer' s hand be for gladness |
| [03:37.69] | For even as He loves the arrow that flies |
| [03:40.98] | So He loves also the bow that is stable |
YouTube Results (More on YouTube)