A Glass of Water
🎵 A Glass of Water | ELEVATION MUSIC
“A Glass of Water” is a tender and deeply human song about caring for aging parents through the smallest acts of love. Through images of bedside water, soft bread, slow walks, repeated questions, familiar songs, and patient conversation, the song honors the quiet reversal of care between generations. Gentle, grateful, and moving, it reminds us that love is often repaid not through grand gestures, but through humble daily tenderness — the smallest care returning the greatest love once given.
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📜 LYRICS:
[Verse 1]
I lower the pillow, I lift the chair
I walk my father through the cooler air
The morning takes a quieter pace these days
A smaller breakfast, a slower prayer he says
[Pre-Chorus]
His hands that held a hammer, held a pen
Now hold the radio when it plays the news
He likes the same three songs he always liked
And nods when I sit down to hear one through
[Chorus]
Tending the light, tending the light
A glass of water by the bedside
A coat that buttons up against the cold
A bread that's soft, a walk that's slow
Tending the light, tending the light
The small returns the greater that was lent
[Verse 2]
I read the paper to my mother twice
She lifts her glasses when she cannot see
We talk about a daughter, now long gone
The names of children she still calls to tea
[Pre-Chorus]
She asks me once again about my work
And nods as if she heard it all before
I do not mind the questions coming twice
The world is smaller now and loves her more
[Chorus]
Tending the light, tending the light
A glass of water by the bedside
A coat that buttons up against the cold
A bread that's soft, a walk that's slow
Tending the light, tending the light
The small returns the greater that was lent
[Bridge]
The hands that carried me across the floor
The voice that read a hundred prayers to bed
Now translate into slower, quieter acts
The bread I break, the words I quietly said
[Final Chorus - softer]
Tending the light, tending the light
A glass of water by the bedside
A coat that buttons up against the cold
A bread that's soft, a walk that's slow
Tending the light, tending the light
A quiet gift to those who gave us light
[Outro]
A glass of water...
A bread that's soft...
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