Sean Hayes recently reflected on the effects of parenthood
on the title track of his new album 'Before We Turn To Dust' (September 11),
which was recently added to WFUV's playlist. He said, "For five or six
years, every so often I would pick up my guitar and start singing the line 'You
may spend all your money before you turn to dust/But you will never spend all
your love.' That's as far as I would get with the song. An image of a child
would come to mind but I was not ready to tackle any verses until recently when
my son was born.
Becoming a father, I understood the line from a new
perspective and finally the first verse came: 'My little boy is smiling, soon
he'll be sitting up/Holding his own weight grabbing for you.' I wanted to
remind myself, through song, that no matter how hard or stressful being a
parent and provider would be, I would always have the most important gift to
give: my love."
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