A Song – “Lucy” by the band Skillet

I thought today would be an appropriate day to post this music video.  The first time I heard the song“Lucy”, I thought of how sad it was.  What had happened to this Lucy and what had this person done to her to have so much regret?  One day I was in the car with my son, and the song came on the radio.  I mentioned to him how I found the song to be quite depressing.  That is when he told me that "Lucy" was about a young couple who had chosen to have an abortion.  Immediately, I wanted to weep and tears welled up in my eyes.  After that day, I gladly listen to “Lucy” and sing it to God and my little Grace. 

I found the following YouTube video to be an excellent interpretation of what it’s like to live with the regret of abortion. 

(The first 50 seconds of the video are silent.  I find this very appropriate in considering all the many despairing thoughts going through the mind of a couple who is waiting their turn for an abortion.  Long ago, my boyfriend and I also sat in similar silence, in a waiting room filled with many other people.)

In November of 2010, John Cooper (the lead singer for the band Skillet, who sings this song) said the following:  “..this week is the very first time that I’ve ever told what this song is about, because, uh, it’s very special to me, but I feel like it’s time to talk about it a little bit, so.. listen up while I tell you a story about a young girl and a young guy who found themselves in a hard situation. They didn’t know what to do when they found out that she was pregnant; they were young, they didn’t have any money, they were scared, they didn’t want to tell anybody, they didn’t know what to do, and the only option that they could see was to terminate the pregnancy. So that’s what they decided to do… they went to a clinic, they had the procedure done, and at first they felt relieved that all their problems had gone away. But then something happened that they did not expect… and that’s over the next few weeks, which turned into a few months, they began to feel an intense sadness… and a pain and an agony and a guilt that wouldn’t go away. They didn’t know what to do, so they finally went to see a counselor; they said look — tell us what to do, we just don’t know, and the counselor made a suggestion. The counselor said here’s what you need to do — stop acting like you had a procedure, and act like you had a death in the family. So the couple went home and they made three decisions; number one, they decided to have a funeral service for the baby; number two, they bought a tiny little headstone; and they last decision to make was what to name the baby. After a couple weeks they finally decided they would call her… Lucy.”