**Verse 1** I walk through rooms that still remember Every slammed door, every cry Every plan I thought would save us Every answer that ran dry There are pieces in the hallway There are ghosts inside the walls And somehow every broken thing Still sounds like my fault when it falls I thought mothers were supposed to know How to keep the whole house standing How to catch every child Before the ground gave way beneath them But I had two hands and too much fire Too many hearts to shield And now I’m staring at the damage Like love should have been enough to heal **Pre-Chorus** I know I didn’t build the storm But I still count every stone Like if I’d been stronger Maybe none of this would feel like home **Chorus** I’m the mother of the wreckage Standing where the whole thing broke Trying to breathe through all the ashes Trying not to choke Five hearts changed forever And I still wear the blame Like I should have held the sky together Just by calling out their names Mother of the wreckage That’s what I call myself at night The one who should have stopped the falling The one who should have made it right I know that’s not the whole truth But guilt has always loved a crown So I wear it in the ruins While everything comes down **Verse 2** Three were taken from my reaching Two still needed me at home And I learned how grief can split you While you still keep moving on I packed lunches with shaking fingers Answered questions I couldn’t bear Held the ones still in my arms While missing the ones who weren’t there And every angry moment after Every tear that came too fast Made me wonder if the damage Was still spreading from the past Like maybe every fracture Could be traced back to my hands Like maybe I’m the reason Nothing ever goes to plan **Pre-Chorus** But pain does not obey a mother Love does not command the world Still I keep confusing helplessness With failing every boy and girl **Chorus** I’m the mother of the wreckage Standing where the whole thing broke Trying to breathe through all the ashes Trying not to choke Five hearts changed forever And I still wear the blame Like I should have held the sky together Just by calling out their names Mother of the wreckage That’s what I call myself at night The one who should have stopped the falling The one who should have made it right I know that’s not the whole truth But guilt has always loved a crown So I wear it in the ruins While everything comes down **Bridge** Maybe mothers aren’t magicians Maybe love can’t stop a lie Maybe sometimes all you can do Is keep your children in your sight Or keep loving through the distance Or keep showing up when bruised Maybe surviving what was broken Doesn’t mean I’m who broke it too But I’m not there yet Not all the way Some nights I still kneel in the rubble And say my own name Like a confession Like a crime Like the whole world cracked Because I couldn’t hold the line **Breakdown** Five hearts. One day. Too much damage. Too much blame. And one mother Still asking What else She could have done. **Final Chorus** I’m the mother of the wreckage But maybe not the cause Maybe standing in the aftermath Is different from making it fall Five hearts changed forever And I still carry every name But maybe love surviving ruins Isn’t the same thing as shame Mother of the wreckage That title still feels true Because I’m the one still standing here Trying to gather what got through Not fixing every fracture Not pretending we’re okay Just loving through the broken parts That never went away And if I keep showing up Even when I hate what I see Maybe I’m not the wreckage Maybe I’m just The mother Still inside it **Outro** Ash on my hands. Names in my chest. Love in the ruins. And no idea How to rest.
