Unconditional
Willy Porter Lyrics

There's a woman with a baby sitting next to me
The singer is describing a woman and her baby sitting beside him on a train to NYC.

As we ride the crooked train into New York City
The train ride into NYC is described as being crooked, or perhaps rough.

She hold that child on her bended knee
The woman holds her child on her bent knee.

Whispers something that only he could hear
The woman whispers something to her child that only he can hear.

She says I will always love you no matter what may come
The woman tells her child that she will love him no matter what happens.

I carried you inside myself the two of us are one
The woman reminds her child that she carried him inside herself and they are one.

No matter how you fall down or how it comes undone
The woman reassures her child that she will always love him, even if he makes mistakes or doesn't succeed at something.

To me you will always be shining
The woman sees her child as someone who always shines and is special to her.

And he stares into her brown eyes
The child looks into his mother's brown eyes.

Into the face of unconditional love
The child sees unconditional love on his mother's face.

I see a man laying in the street
The singer sees a man lying in the street.

Left his motorcycle at a high rate of speed
The man was riding his motorcycle at a high speed when he crashed.

In his eyes there's a vacancy
The man's eyes are empty, perhaps indicating that he has died.

But he seems, he seems to be smiling
Despite the man's vacant expression, he appears to be smiling.

Oh maybe he was a Muslim a Christian or a Jew
The singer wonders about the man's religious background, suggesting that it doesn't matter in this moment.

I hope that he was laughing when off that bike he flew
The singer hopes that the man was laughing when he crashed his motorcycle and died.

Maybe he struggled to believe just like me and you
The singer suggests that the man might have had doubts or struggles with faith, just like everyone else.

As the ambulance is too late arriving
The ambulance arrives too late to save the man's life.

And he stares at the sky above
Before he dies, the man looks up at the sky.

Into the face of unconditional love
The man sees unconditional love in the sky above him.

Sometimes I'm impossible sometimes a rage arose
The singer admits to having flaws and experiencing anger.

Sometimes all the dreams are spent, strewn across the floor
The singer sometimes feels like his dreams have been shattered and are lying scattered on the floor.

And I see myself reflected in your eyes
The singer sees himself reflected in someone else's eyes, perhaps a loved one's.

All the tragedy, the hope and the fear
The singer sees tragedy, hope, and fear in his own reflections and experiences.

So in my hour of dying when the light is clear and clean
The singer imagines his final moments of life, when the light is clear and clean - possibly referring to a near-death experience.

If it helps read from the bible don't hook me up to those machines
The singer requests that, if necessary, someone should read from the bible instead of hooking him up to machines at the end of his life.

Just stay by my side as I slide
The singer wants someone to stay with him as he dies.

Into some peace
The singer hopes to find peace in his final moments.

Give me strength over what I'm afraid of
The singer asks for strength to overcome his fears as he faces death.

In the face of unconditional love
The singer seeks unconditional love as he faces his own mortality.

Unconditional Love
The title of the song, emphasizing the power of unconditional love in various situations.