Mother Gruesome

lyrics - written fall 2013

It’s a dime they’ve put on my head, Mama

For all the things I went and did

and all the pain I’ve taken to bed, Mama

Tell me, where did life begin?

Was it before all the

nights we spent as grave robbers

in a society of dead men -

with all their whispers in our ears, drawing

on all the fears you find within?

Oh, oh, oh.

It’s a mess we’ve made of love, Mama

driving the nails down our backs

We can’t find our hearts in it, Mama

Stuck with loving what we lack

What do we do with these

lives we’ve tried to lead back

to the stars from which we fell?

- And the lies we told to get there,

taking the pavement straight to hell.

Oh, oh, oh

Shine the light on all my tears, Mama

keep the cradle rocking high

And when the branches give to wind, Mama

help me say my long goodbyes -

Kiss on the cheek for all the

babes I’ve lulled to sleep here,

in this hungry Wonderland.

I cannot rest for fear of dreaming,

all the lines that mark my hands.