You kiss my head when the neighbours are watching, Then shut the door and you turn to stone. You say I'm cruel when I ask you a question, Then wonder why I leave you alone. You know every weakness I try to keep hidden, You hold them like knives in the back of your hand. I'm sorry for things I was too young to understand, I'm sorry I never became who you planned. Pre-chorus And I hate that I miss you, I hate that I care, I hate that I'm searching For love that wasn't there. Chorus Oh, mother, mother, what did you make me? A mouth full of words that I'm too scared to say. You hold me so close just to push me away, Then ask why I'm different, why I never stay. Oh, mother, mother, I'm tired of trying, Of swallowing anger and calling it fine. You gave me your name, but you don't get to claim Every broken little piece of this heart that remains. Verse 2 You tell me I'm selfish for wanting a childhood, Like growing up hurt is a debt I must pay. You make yourself victim, you make me the villain, Then cry when I finally have nothing to say. And maybe one day I'll stop being so bitter, Stop wishing you'd see me and know what you did. But how do you mourn someone who's still standing there, When the mother you needed was never the one that you had? Bridge · quieter, almost spoken I was little. I was listening. I was learning what love wasn't. You were shouting. I was shrinking. You called that raising a child. And I still look for you In every room I enter. God, I wish I didn't. Final chorus · louder, strained vocals Oh, mother, mother, what did you make me? A house full of ghosts and a heart gone heavy. You taught me that love means you owe someone pain, Then wonder why I never love quite the same. Oh, mother, mother, I wanted you badly, I wanted your arms, not your guilt or your anger. I'm still just a child in the words that I write, Trying to turn off the voice that sounds just like you tonight.
