Red Blanket Prelude

So
I'ma talk about my dad, my father
Well actually, let me start off by saying that
My mom is, the most amazing person I know
I just want to make sure that, you know
My dad is not the one getting all of the love
I'm one of eight siblings
And we're all somehow involved in full time ministry
Which is amazing in itself
And, you know, I attribute that to my mom

And for my dad's 70th birthday party
My mom called me and asked me
To write a song for my dad
And I remember saying to her
Erm, mom, writing songs ain't just that easy
You know, hehe
But, you know
I decided, obviously, I'm gonna sit down and try to do this

And basically, all the songs on this project
I wrote them in an extremely, difficult season in my life
So, it's like every song is kinda laced, with pain
Or, at least written from a painful place
When I sat on my piano, to write this song
It just came rushing into my head
Probably, faster than any song I've ever written

And this one is also laced with pain
'Cause the chorus says
And when times got hard
You taught me how to worship God
And I'm talking about my dad
So I feel the need to explain
I just feel the need to explain one line in the song
So that everyone that listens, isn't totally lost

There's a line in the pre-chorus that says
But you placed inside of me
A storm kit that I have held on to
My own proverbial red blanket
Um, when I first sang the song, to my siblings
They immediately knew, exactly what I was referring to

When I was little, I remember coming downstairs and
You know, in the middle of the night
To use the bathroom
And I remember seeing my dad, in the living room
On his knees, praying
And he always had this red blanket wrapped around him
He called it, his prayer blanket

And I remember him saying to me as a child
That the red, was for the blood of Jesus, he-he
This song is just really, an emotional song for me
I remember, while I was writing it, um
Shedding a couple of tears, as I was singing it, um
So I just decided, man, I gotta record this
So here's Red Blanket, when times got hard