I wrote a song to commemorate my son's birth that has since been lost to the decay of an un-backed-up HDD. I owe it to him to try and fix what I can. At least I remember the ending.

#lyricsonly

there is a familiar feeling crawling in and over me a terror that grasps my heart that what can go wrong will go wrong

that you, like me, will come out blue hanged like Odin with just a little less wisdom and a lot more hypoxia

two summers ago on a night much like this I spent frenzied hours screaming silent curses into the Void that waits for us at the end of all things

and I made the same promises the same threats knowing full well that there was no safety in what was to come

as with her we’re going to have to carve you from your mother’s side too much risk with the usual route

however this goes if this goes at all please remember that I am going to fail at this please remember that I am more terrified than I think I’ve ever been in my life

and

more than anything

please remember that any lack of novelty that comes with having a second child does nothing to diminish the awe that I feel any more than would a second Earth suddenly appearing in the sky