Jon Bellion revealed there would be a track on his third studio album ‘FATHER FIGURE’ titled “my boy” on the Beautiful Mind forum, in response to a thread about fatherhood.
[Chorus]
Stay young
Stay small, my boy
Fit inside these arms forever
'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to
Be (Be)
I sigh
I cry, my boy
Soon you'll see the world is not this room
And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to
See (See)
[Verse]
Lord, it's tough to hold my son and be here in the moment
I need to keep him safe, tell me which direction this world is going
I feel the shame for my lack of faith when you walk the ocean
Eve bit the apple, my faith is weak, and my trust is broken
There's things that I can't keep him from
Like the loneliness you feel in the realizations of growing up
Like a best friend at his mother's bedside when she passes from the leukemia
Like a coach about to die asking you why he's gotta leave his son
I hate the weakness of owning up to the sins of past
I hate the weakness of giving up what I used to have
I hate the weakness of showing my son what makes me sad
He said a present father is worth way more than a perfect dad
[Chorus]
Stay young
Stay small, my boy
Fit inside these arms forever
'Cause the world's not all it's cracked up to
Be (Be)
I sigh
I cry, my boy
Soon you'll see the world is not this room
And I can't keep you from the pain that you'll have to
See (See)
[Post-Chorus]
Stay young
[Outro]
(Yes, Jesus loves me)
(The Bible tells me so)
MY BOY was written by Jon Bellion & Spearfisher.
MY BOY was produced by Jon Bellion & Spearfisher & Pete Nappi & Tenroc.
Jon Bellion released MY BOY on Wed Jun 04 2025.
Total transparency.
I just signed merch for 4 hours and typing about this song is literally too hard for me.
The crowd is piling in for the AUX session, they are chanting lyrics,
And to write about the most vulnerable song literally of my life I just don’t have it in me.
Louis is telling me to wrap...