Mama Said
(from the album Load)
Mama she has taught me well
Told me when I was young
Son, your life's an open book
Don't close it 'fore it's done
The brigtest flame burns quickest
Is what I heard they say
A son's heart's owned to mother
But I must find my way
*
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama let your heart go
Or let this heart be still
*
Rebel my new last name
Wild blood in my veins
Apron strings around my neck
The mark that still remains
Left home at an early age
Of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
But what I said is done
*
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama let your heart go
Or let this heart be still
*
Never I ask you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still
*
Mama now I'm coming home
I'm not all you wished of me
But a mother's love for her son
Unspoken, Help me be
I took your love for granted
And all the things you said to me
I need your arms to welcome me
But a cold stone's all I see
*
Let my heart go
Let your son grow
Mama let your heart go
Or let this heart be still
*
Let my heart go
Mama let me heart go
You never let me heart go
So let this heart be still
*
Never I ask you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
Never I ask of you
But never I gave
But you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave
So let this heart be still