The Collection - Mama lyrics

Mama, I know you cannot let go The weight that I have placed upon your scales Is more than they were meant to hold But steady is the hand that leads me home I've never known its plan, but I'm still grasping To the other end of its rope Like you Lately you just speak in words that broke Eventually the shards will break apart Until they start in to make you choke All of us were once baptized in hope Holy water that you gathered from the father Until it started coming out of your throat And you felt it like a bad dream But I watched it like a movie screen Different eyes can see the same thing and not realize what it means Oh, Lord, where did I go wrong? A cut cord? A kettle left too long? But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone Perfume words from alabaster songs And tales of hurt described by fiery tongues But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone Why don't you come back like when I was young? Mama, I know you cannot let go Though we have both been rowing toward the ocean It seems our motions split some time ago Shaky are the hands with which we row The way the rapids turn the land to sand Feels like a steady plan to take us home You felt it like an ending But I watched it like a new scene Different ears can hear the same thing and not agree on what it means Oh, Lord, where did I go wrong? A cut cord? A kettle left too long? But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone Perfume words from alabaster songs And tales of hurt described by fiery tongues But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone