PROTECTOR

Mom, can I hear the lullaby

Please?

And there I was, tangled up in marigold

We were listening to the reverent children singing, huh, yeah (Sing, sing, sing, sing, sing, sing)

Humming low as the garden river flows

While the August light becomes a golden evening, yeah (Evening)

And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way

Born to be a protector, mm-hmm

Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

I will be your projector, mmm, mm-hmm

An apricot picked right off a giving tree

I gave water to the soil, and now it feeds me, yeah, yeah (Yeah)

And there you are, shaded underneath it all

I feel proud of who I am because you need me, yeah (Yeah)

And I will lead you down that road if you lose your way

Uh, born to be a protector, 'tor, mmm

Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

I will be your projector, mm-hmm

And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

I will be your projector

Projector, projector

I first saw your face in your father's gaze

There's a long line of hands carrying your name

Mmm, lifting you up so you will be raised

Even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

I will be your projector, yeah, yeah

And even though I know someday you're gonna shine on your own

I will be your protector

Born to be a protector

Okay