Music Review // Eddie Berman "First of Spring (Keira's Song)"

 

Eddie Berman has crafted a gentle song about his daughter with "First of Spring (Keira's Song)".    The soft acoustics and solemn voice make me think of a cross somewhere between Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson.   This song is quiet enough and not invasive enough that it could be played for the youngest of children.

One of the biggest things that people don't talk about enough in parenting is how sometimes your mind thinks "OMG what if the ceiling comes crashing down on them when they're asleep" and other times it's "Well, I made it this far- as a child to now- to it's no big deal".   Sometimes it's relaxed and sometimes the anxiety is there and I feel like this song also embraces both of those sides of it.  

While the lyrics at one point say that they won't worry, the next line is about how they won't hurry and those are both aspects of parenting that need to be talked about more.   At some point we have to let our children just be less protected because we can't always be there to shelter them and that's part of growing up and all of that.   At the same time, you don't want to rush into that idea of pushing them out of the nest if they're not ready to fly yet.

Whether or not you are a parent, you should be able to relate with this song.   At one point in time, we were all children and so we all have (or had) parents.   As this music video shows the song being played inside while the kids play outside it just goes to show how time keeps moving and we can't always keep a watchful eye over our children, but if we raise them right then hopefully we do not need to.