Song For My Mother Lyrics - Singles - Friedman Dean

In the hollow of your arms 

Snuggled up safe and warm 

You used to tell me tales of unicorns and kings 

But how could I comprehend 

All the things you told me then 

Of your maddness and your struggling 

My mind would swim in fantasies 

Like a piece of driftwood on the sea 

I had no touchstone for reality 

You were my reality 

Like a dark and unlit room 

Or the far side of the moon 

Your insanity spoke emptiness and fear 

No matter how I tried 

How I questioned and I pried 

I just could not penetrate that thin veneer 

And I know you tried to comfort me 

To soothe and reassure me 

But then your strength would always fail 

And in it's place a silken veil 

Like a dried and wrinkled prune 

A deflated toy balloon 

I came home and found you strewn across the floor 

And as they lay you on your bed 

I heard you say "If I am dead, 

How come it just keeps on hurtin' more and more" 

And you left me in the early spring 

All they said was "Mommy's resting" 

And how was I to know so young 

It wasn't something I had done 

So please try and understand 

I will love you as I can 

I do not blame you, you're not guilty 

But still theres no way to describe 

The relief I finally found 

Upon learning it was you 

And not me 

That was crazy