Safe and Sound

There's this song by Sheryl Crow called "Safe and Sound" that not many people have heard. There's an acoustic version, but there's also a different version that sounds much more...I don't know the word. The latter version was used in the credits of the film K-PAX.

The melody of this song has always seemed to resonate with something in my heart. The only word I can use to describe it is de-ja-vue. When I first heard it, it was as if I was in some way deeply connected to the music like I was one with it. Like I had heard it before.

Recently it dawned on me to find this song to download for my MP3 player. I haven't heard the song in at least a year. Re-listening to the version I downloaded (the rare one that's off K-PAX) was an interesting experience because for the first time I thought about the words. And I realized why this song seemed so calming and familiar.

The song, I think, was written in memory of Sheryl Crow's aquaintance the late Owen Wilson. Many people interpret this song as to someone who died. But when I heard it and listened closer to the words...it was as if it was Someone Else:

...Could you not be sad?
Could you not break down?
After all, I won't let go
Till you're safe and sound
...I don't blame you for quitting
I know you really tried
Maybe we could hang on through the night

I don't wanna be lonely...I don't wanna be scared...

And all our friends are waiting there
Till you're safe and sound...

It was if I had a memory awakened. A time when He promised me that He'd never leave me, and I'd never have to be alone. And He would always keep me safe. Safe and sound.