Cover art for Lullaby by Lukas Graham
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Lullaby Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I'll give you everything I never had
I hope you know that
But now I have it, I don't need it, it's important that you see it
Money often makes a never-home dad
Is it worth all the times when I'm never here?
Is it worth it when daddy can't dry your tears?
Is it life or just a living? Kids and wife is not a given
I wish I could be a stay-at-home dad

[Pre-Chorus]
And all the dreams I had
I still see them in your eyes

[Chorus]
Now you can hurt me more than I've ever been hurt before
And I've been hurt before
I live, I live, I live
I live like this forever
I still have all the wounds he left but they don't hurt no more
Like they hurt before

I wish, I wish, I wish
I wish that he could have seen you

[Verse 2]
I'm gonna miss the most important things
And I know that
Your first words, a couple steps, at least we got so many left
Your mom's so good, she never make me look bad
'Cause she knows all the times when I'm far from home
In a room full of people but all alone
It gets me thinking when we're smoking and we're drinking
I wish I could be a stay-at-home dad
[Pre-Chorus]
And all the dreams I had
I still see them in your eyes

[Chorus]
Now you can hurt me more than I've ever been hurt before
And I've been hurt before
I live, I live, I live
I live like this forever
I still have all the wounds he left but they don't hurt no more
Like they hurt before

I wish, I wish, I wish
I wish that he could have seen you

[Bridge]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
I wish that he could have seen you

[Chorus]
Now you can hurt me more than I've ever been hurt before
And I've been hurt before
I live, I live, I live
I live like this forever
I still have all the wounds he left but they don't hurt no more
Like they hurt before

I wish, I wish, I wish
I wish that he could have seen you
[Outro]
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

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Genius Annotation

“Lullaby” is a song written by Graham after his first child was born. The song tells the story of how he wishes he could serve a better role as a dad in their life, and do a better job than his own father. He discusses how he enjoys the career he is living out now, but wishes that he could be able to live with his wife and child more. He wants to break the wall between just being a husband and being a husband as well as taking care of his own child.

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Why is Lukas' daughter credited "sample"?
Genius Answer

If you listen closely to the intro or the outro, you’ll hear a sound that seems like a synthesizer. This sound is the foundation of the song.

But this sound is the heartbeat of his daughter when Rillo was 38 weeks in, and therefore Viola is credited on the song.

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