Honey Honey Sweet Bunny
Honey Honey Sweet Bunny is an original song by Carlos Arias about childhood, a mother’s love, and the memories we carry and pass on to the ones who come after us.
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Lyrics
You left the hallway light on,
I was scared to sleep alone.
You sat beside my little bed
and sang until the fear was gone.
The rain was tapping on the glass,
your hand was holding mine.
I didn’t know those little nights
would be the best of times.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
close your eyes and dream.
The world can wait until the morning,
you’ll always have a place with me.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
wherever life may go,
when you can’t find your way back home,
just follow what you know.
I found your voice upon my phone,
a message from last May.
“You don’t have to call me back,
I just called to say…”
I played it in the kitchen
where you used to make my tea.
For one more minute, you were there,
and I was still your little boy.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
close your eyes and dream.
The world can wait until the morning,
you’ll always have a place with me.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
wherever life may go,
when you can’t find your way back home,
just follow what you know.
Tonight my daughter couldn’t sleep.
I left the hallway light.
She asked me for a little song
to make the dark feel right.
I sang the words you gave to me.
She smiled and closed her eyes.
And for a moment, Mom, I swear
you were sitting by my side.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
close your eyes and dream.
The world can wait until the morning,
you’ll always have a place with me.
Honey, honey, sweet bunny,
some things are meant to stay.
A little love, a little song,
that time can’t take away.
She asked, “Daddy, why are you crying?”
I said, “That’s what my mama used to sing.”
About the Song
A father sings his daughter to sleep with the same song his own mother once sang to him. Years ago he was the frightened child, with the hallway light left on and the rain on the glass; later, all he had left of her was an old voicemail. Now he is the one leaving the light on, passing the song down the way it was passed to him.
It’s a small song about how love stays with us: in familiar words, in a tune we half-remember, in the things we hand down without meaning to.
- Poem / Lyrics
- Carlos Arias
- Music & Production
- Generated by Mureka
- Published
Questions
What is Honey Honey Sweet Bunny?
Honey Honey Sweet Bunny is an original song by Carlos Arias about childhood, a mother’s love, grief, and the way love is passed from one generation to the next.
Who wrote Honey Honey Sweet Bunny?
The words were written by Carlos Arias. The music was generated with Mureka.
What is the song about?
A father sings his daughter to sleep with the same lullaby his own mother once sang to him. It is a story about memory, loss, and the small things we hand down to our children.