Verse 1
I found my old yearbook back when we dated in school And I opened it up and read an autographed section from you It was a long winding letter about how much you were in love But it wasn’t but a few months later that we finally broke up
Chorus
Yeah, the flashbacks are fadin like the pages from those old scenes Along with black and white photos of friends wearing acid washed jeans And the words you wrote around the ad on page 122 Are like forgotten combination lockers lining those long empty halls They don’t mean anything now at all, it’s just words on dusty pages And musty yearbook memories of you
Verse 2
I found several funny pictures of friends with their big hairspray hair And I had forgotten the fashion until I saw what we all used to wear Everything seems weird now so I stuck the book back in a storage bin And maybe in another ten years I’ll pull it back out and look at it again Bridge
Should I keep this old yearbook or just throw it away Half the names and all the phone numbers aren’t good now anyway There’s a lot written in there that’s better left packed up in the past And after it’s gone, no one will ever ask
Saint Patrick’s Hymn is also known as Saint Patrick’s Breastplate, The Deer’s Cry, or The Lorica of Saint Patrick and has been attributed to him. It was also adapted into the hymn I Bind Unto Myself Today (1889) by Cecil Frances Alexander (1818-1895) which is provided below. There have been many different adaptations as the YouTube version at the end illustrates and you’ll find many sources with varying lyrics for it. In addition, it’s often used as a prayer especially the last part which is my favorite beginning with “Christ be with me…”
I bind unto myself today
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.
I bind this day to me forever,
By power of faith, Christ’s Incarnation;
His baptism in Jordan river;
His death on cross for my salvation;
His bursting from the spicèd tomb;
His riding up the heavenly way;
His coming at the day of doom:
I bind unto myself today.
I bind unto myself the power
Of the great love of cherubim;
The sweet “Well done” in judgment hour;
The service of the seraphim;
Confessors’ faith, apostles’ word,
The patriarchs’ prayers, the prophets’ scrolls;
All good deeds done unto the Lord,
And purity of virgin souls.
I bind unto myself today
The virtues of the starlit heaven
The glorious sun’s life-giving ray,
The whiteness of the moon at even,
The flashing of the lightning free,
The whirling wind’s tempestuous shocks,
The stable earth, the deep salt sea,
Around the old eternal rocks.
I bind unto myself today
The power of God to hold and lead,
His eye to watch, his might to stay,
His ear to hearken, to my need;
The wisdom of my God to teach,
His hand to guide, his shield to ward;
The word of God to give me speech,
His heavenly host to be my guard.
Christ be with me,
Christ within me,
Christ behind me,
Christ before me,
Christ beside me,
Christ to win me,
Christ to comfort
And restore me.
Christ beneath me,
Christ above me,
Christ in quiet,
Christ in danger,
Christ in hearts of
All that love me,
Christ in mouth of
Friend and stranger.
I bind unto myself today
The strong Name of the Trinity,
By invocation of the same,
The Three in One, and One in Three.
Of whom all nature hath creation,
Eternal Father, Spirit, Word:
Praise to the Lord of my salvation,
Salvation is of Christ the Lord.
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