This song, “Try” by Ben Sollee, was playing in the delivery room when Hugo decided to come into this world. We had never heard it until our friend Amanda included it in a mix CD she gave us this past weekend, which formed the basis of our delivery playlist, but I can’t think of a better song! (Except maybe “The Things We’ve Handed Down” by Marc Cohn, which was another prenatal favorite!)
Try - Ben Sollee
Try, try, try
Try to move a mountain without a shovel in your hand
Choose, choose, choose
How to choose
When there ain’t no right or wrong
That must be why we’ve invented fate
Sky, sky, sky
Can’t see it all at once
Tell, tell, tell
Theres no telling what history will bring
That must be why we’ve learned to pray
I can’t wait to hold your little hand
Hold your hand, child
Hold your hand
Why, why, why?
Why did Socrates apologize?
Run, run, run
You can’t run from your shadow in the light
That must be why some people crave the dark
I can’t wait to hold your little hand
Hold your hand, child
Hold your little hand
Give, give, give
How to give it all to someone not yet born
That must be how
We’ve learned to love
(Source: Spotify)
