Elijah Blake - Father Abraham Lyrics

Plants don't grow without water
I needed a daddy
But I guess a father would do
If Jesus Christ was a potter
Did he sculpt religion? Mm
Did he make himself a Jew?

I was born in June to be loved by you
Is it chance or fate?
Performin' songs with my high school choir
While you cheered me on in the rain

Success has many fathers
But failure is an orphan
Father Abraham had many sons
An offspring non-maternal
Like earth is nature's mother
Male black widow spider crawled into the sun
What a honor to be one
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
What a honor to be one
Honor to be one
What a honor to be one

I had to learn to tie my own shoes, yeah
If I tripped and fell, still had to get up and move
Third grade peach fuzz mustache growin' in
Full beard sophomore year, never learned how to trim
Skin tight, was my best friend
Then you showed up 'round fourteen and started showin' me things
How is it possible if we're not biological?
Closer to me than anyone I call blood ever was

I was born in June to be loved by you
Is it chance or fate?
Performin' songs with my high school choir
While you cheered me on in the rain

Success has many fathers
But failure is a orphan
Father Abraham had many sons
An offspring non-maternal
Like earth is nature's mother
Male black widow spider crawled into the sun
What a honor to be one
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
What a honor to be one
Honor to be one
What a honor to be one