Song Analysis 6 (Daddy You Can let Go by crystal shawanda

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Wind blowin' on my face                                                                                        
Sidewalk flyin' beneath my bike      Metaphor                                                                         
A five year-old's first taste                                                                                   
Of what freedom's really like                                                                                     
He was runnin' right beside me                                                                                     
His hand holdin' on the seat                      imagery                                                                      
I took a deep breath and hollered                                                                                     
As I headed for the street                                                                                           

You can let go now, Daddy                                                                                          
You can let go                                                                                              
Oh, I think I'm ready                                                                                      
To do this on my own                                                                                 
It's still a little bit scary                                                                                           
But I want you to know                                                                                       
I'll be ok now, Daddy                                                                                         
You can let go                                                                                       

I was standin' at the altar                                                                                             
Between the two loves of my life                                                                                   
To one I've been a daughter                                                                                         
To one I soon would be a wife                                                                                          
When the preacher asked,                                                                                               
         Daddy 's eyes filled up with tears                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
He kept holdin' tightly to my arm                                                                                 
‘Till I whispered in his ear                                                                                      

You can let go now, Daddy                                                                                             
You can let go                                                                                                  
Oh, I think I'm ready                                                                                                       
To do this on my own                                                                                              
It still feels a little bit scary                                                                                             
But I want you to know                                                                                       
I'll be ok now, Daddy                                                                                         
You can let go                                                                                            

It was killin' me to see                                                                                                  
The strongest man I ever knew                                                                                        
Wastin' away to nothin'                                                                                           
In that hospital room                                                                                            
‘You know he's only hangin' on for you'                                                                            
That's what the night nurse said        Alliteration                                                                          
My voice and heart were breakin'       Metaphor                                                                             
As I crawled up in his bed, and said                                                                                 

You can let go now, Daddy                                                                                              
You can let go                                                                                                          
Your little girl is ready                                                                                                      
To do this on my own                                                                                                   
It's gonna be a little bit scary                                                                                          
But I want you to know                                                                                                 
I'll be ok now, Daddy                                                                                                   
You can let go                                                                                                     
You can let go                                                                                                         

In the song, " Daddy You Can Let Go," by Crystal Shawanda is expressing the love the father has for a daughter. Every important event in his daughters life he was there for but he was always the one to  let her go, to let her  grow up.

In the first verse, Its explaining the time when the speaker was five and they were learning how to ride a bike. All of us has had this moment of one of your parents pushing you while you pedal. Usually the parent lets go and you don't notice. In this case though, the father doesn't let go and its the daughter who tells him to let go. It tells us either the child is a risk taker and is brave or more like the father is too over protective. He doesn't want to let go of her.

In second verse, his daughter is getting married, he is bringing his daughter to alter to get married. "I was standin' at the altar, Between the two loves of my life, To one I've been a daughter,To one I soon would be a wife."  She is ready to grow up and have a family and in a way the father doesn't want to let go. But he also is proud of her and wants her to grow up and have a family.  She tells him that he can let go and that she is ready for life." You can let go now, Daddy,You can let go... To do this on my own,It still feels a little bit scary, But I want you to know,I'll be ok now, Daddy, You can let go" 

In the third verse, the father is dying, but yet somehow he is holding on for his daughter. He doesn't want to let her go."It was killin' me to see,The strongest man I ever knew,Wastin' away to nothin', In that hospital room, ‘You know he's only hangin' on for you',That's what,the night nurse said " The nurse on duty told the daughter that the only reason he is holding on was because of her. the daughter told him he could let go.  Every single event in the girls life the father was there. Then came to a time when he had to leave his little girl for good and he didn't want to. He was there for her all the time, now he would have to go. It was hard for the daughter because she had to convince her father he could go, that he didn't have to hold on for her anymore. This songs is beautiful. It talks about the love of a parent but also the over protectiveness of a father.