Kiss the Ones You Love Goodnight

"August evenings
Bring solemn warnings
To remember...to kiss the ones you love goodnight

You never know what temporal days may bring
Laugh, love, live free and sing
When life is in discord
Praise ye the Lord"
~from Paperthin Hymn by Anberlin

Once again I found an obscure song that inspires me. It inspires me to love and never stop telling the ones I love how important they are to me. The song is inspired by a loss suffered by one of the band members. I found the following explanation on www.songmeanings.net:

Singer Stephen Christian said the song was inspired by the troubles of his guitarist Joseph Milligan. 

"Right at the time the album was being written, the guitarist Joey Milligan, his sister had passed away from cancer, and she was very young. She was only 29 years old, she had a one-and-a-half year old son and it really, really, just affected the band. It felt like a giant weight was placed on our chest the entire time we were recording." 

Christian added that the song conjured up powerful experiences of his own. 

"So, while I was writing that song, the memory of my Grandmother and also the circumstances that were surrounding us in the studio really made it almost a necessity to write a song getting that off our chests and really showing the listener what we were going through. So, out of that was derived the song, 'The Paperthin Hymn.'"

When I get to the end of my life, I don't want to regret that I didn't tell the people I love how important they are to me. This song also tells me that tragedy will happen, but God is faithful to see us through the darkness.

I am so thankful for the modern-day poetry of song that inspires me daily to love with fervor, depth, and purpose.

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