[Intro] You said youâd never be Anything like her But I see the same small tremor When youâre holding back your words [Verse 1] You line up all your coffee cups In a perfect little row Laugh too loud at nothing When you donât wanna let it show You scrub the sink at midnight Like youâre rinsing off the day Say itâs just a habit Then you turn your face away [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre trying not to cry Same tight jaw Same glassy eyes You swear youâre different But I see through the cover When youâre scared of being left Youâre just like your mother [Verse 2] You fold your Sunday dresses Though you never go to church Keep the tags on half your clothes Like youâre saving up some worth You apologize for breathing When the room is getting loud Standing on the edge Of every picture with a crowd [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre trying not to cry Same tight jaw Same glassy eyes You swear youâre different But I see through the cover When youâre scared of being left Youâre just like your mother [Verse 3] She calls you in the evening You rehearse what you will say Practice sounding casual Then you throw the script away You tell her that youâre happy But your fingers tap the chair Counting every silence Like youâre running out of air [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre trying not to cry Same tight jaw Same glassy eyes You swear youâre different But I see through the cover When youâre scared of being left Youâre just like your mother [Verse 4] You say you hate her stories How she stayed when she should run How she packed her pain in boxes Labeled âLaterâ One by one But you keep old text messages Like letters in a drawer Reading every line Till you donât know anymore [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre trying not to cry Same tight jaw Same glassy eyes You swear youâre different But I see through the cover When youâre scared of being left Youâre just like your mother [Verse 5] One day you let it hit you In the mirror In the light See a little girl and woman Standing Sharing the same sight You touch the mark upon your cheek You got from her at birth And finally say her first name Like it also means your worth [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre trying not to cry Same tight jaw Same glassy eyes But maybe different Doesnât mean youâve got to sever All the love you learned from her Youâre just like your mother [Bridge] What if all the things youâre running from Are the things that kept you warm What if all the ways you think youâre weak Are the shape of how youâre strong If I hold your shaking hands Will you let the mirror blur Could you love yourself a little Like you almost loved her [Chorus] Youâre just like your mother When youâre laughing in the rain Same bright spark Through all that pain Youâre not a copy Youâre a chorus made of others But the soft part of your heart Thatâs her (youâre just like your mother)
