Interpretations of Lyrics. Author: Bella Tilly

Well, Andy came through with the most amazing gift to our home. Hours of Craig's list and a little but of a scary trip to meet a strange man at a storage unit on Garland Road later...Andy has brought music into our home! If you know me, then you know that this new addition has excited me more than just about anything in our new home so far. I Love Music.
I used to think that my mother was crazy for wanting to always have worship music playing throughout the house I grew up in. Yet as an adult living the call that Andy and I have chosen to live, now I can see what just that simple act can do in the environment of our home.
It so happens that Bella loves music does as well. However, due to her limited understanding of what the actual words that make up the lyrics of a song are, she has developed her own interpretation of a few of her favorites that she asks me to play throughout the day. As she hops, jumps, sways and twirls in circles until she inevitably runs into the fireplace or the TV, her tiny hands clapping or lifted high in the air, of course as her loving mother I am in awe of the innocence taking place in my living room in its purest form. However having the sense of humor that I do, I can't help but laugh at the words that come out of her mouth as she tries to mimic the words of the song. Here is just a few of her originals:

"Hosanna in da high-chair" (Hosanna in the Highest)
"Hoeding is da door" (Holy is the Lord)
"Is awe because a Jesus I'm a die" (It's all because of Jesus I'm alive)...umm we might need get this one straightened out soon.
"Jesus, u da my bess fwend, you da is a bee" (Jesus, you are my best friend, you will always be)
"Ebwy day is you I dig fo" (Everyday it's You I live for)
And for her favorite non-worship song by Paul Simon...
"You can be my potty barn, I can be da losta towel" (You can be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal)

Yes, that's our Bella.