Mother

Lyrics

Mother you brought me here, gave me a body What you have done for me could have nobody else done for me For 9 months you carried me within your own body Counting the days till having somebody to reap All the warmth of your love When I arrived you put me in the centre Orbited me like the Moon bound to the Earth Self-appointed to serve You gave me a name you knew I could carry Watching me grow you hoped I would marry for lovе Have a daughter of my own someday Bеing born under a full moon gave me a blessing Of family and home, two pillars of your core beliefs They made me who I am The fruit of thy womb, the blood of your blood Filled with your strength, made of your love I was born with wings so I could fly, but I was your world, I was your everything I know it broke your heart to see my wings unfurl Knowing you could no longer protect me Had to learn to just trust me Waiting to hear from me, to know I was ok Mother, you made every sacrifice I am sorry to realise that no one was keeping score Mother, oh mother, i shall lay the world at your feet Mother I come from a long line of believers Keepers of knowledge, guardians and healers I know it's not been easy to survive Facing whole centuries of abuse and oppression Being denied all unbridled expression You withdrew and went deep beneath the ground There you've resided, silenced, downtrodden In the million years past you've been nearly forgotten All the same, there are those who remember your name In the deepest of depths, all the way in the centre You gave rise to a realm very few may enter I ask your permission to pass The world is in a state of perpetual chaos People divided by forces who play us Against each other in defence of a lie That says greed isn't greed, just basic survival, and Nothing is gained by quoting the Bible To most, the truth remains obscured I have come to collect you, and Bring you back up with me I have felt you calling me every time I closed my eyes, and Wondered what future awaits us You whispered that you would rise To the Master of the World's surprise He, who thought you buried alive Mother, oh mother, we need you now more than ever before