Mama-The Collection

[ti:Mama] [ar:The Collection] [al:Listen To The River] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mama (妈妈) - The Collection [00:15.84]Mama I know you cannot let go [00:20.03] [00:22.89]The weight that I have placed upon your scales [00:25.66]Is more than they were meant to hold [00:28.73] [00:29.92]But steady is the hand that leads me home [00:34.45] [00:37.25]I've never known its plan but I'm still grasping [00:40.33]To the other end of its rope [00:42.70] [00:43.33]Like you [00:48.03] [00:50.18]Like you [00:55.63] [00:58.80]Lately you just speak in words that broke [01:03.01] [01:06.22]Eventually the shards will break apart [01:08.60]Until they start in to make you choke [01:11.44] [01:13.08]All of us were once baptized in hope [01:17.63] [01:19.94]Holy water that you gathered from the father [01:22.60]Until it started coming out of your throat [01:26.19] [01:27.91]And you felt it like a bad dream [01:30.68] [01:31.45]But I watched it like a movie screen [01:34.40] [01:35.03]Different eyes can see the same thing and not realize what it means [01:40.97]Oh lord where did I go wrong [01:44.62]A cut cord [01:46.26]A kettle left too long [01:48.13]But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone [01:52.79] [01:55.24]Perfume words from alabaster songs [01:58.85]And tales of hurt described by fiery tongues [02:02.48]But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone [02:07.44] [02:09.53]Why don't you come back like when I was young [02:14.13] [02:28.22]Mama I know you cannot let go [02:32.43] [02:35.44]Though we have both been rowing toward the ocean [02:37.84]It seems our motions split some time ago [02:41.14] [02:42.64]Shaky are the hands with which we row [02:47.69] [02:49.48]The way the rapids turn the land to sand [02:52.03]Feels like a steady plan to take us home [02:55.52] [02:57.66]You felt it like an ending [02:59.81] [03:01.10]But I watched it like a new scene [03:03.90] [03:04.54]Different ears can hear the same thing and not agree on what it means [03:10.19] [03:10.78]Oh lord where did I go wrong [03:13.70]A cut cord [03:15.59]A kettle left too long [03:17.84]But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone [03:22.39] [03:24.74]Perfume words from alabaster songs [03:28.37]And tales of hurt described by fiery tongues [03:31.82]But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone [03:36.51] [03:39.03]Why don't you come back like when I was young [03:43.65] [03:47.97]Come back like when I was young [03:50.50] [03:55.42]Come back like when I was young [03:57.23]Oh lord where did I go wrong [04:00.31]A cut cord [04:02.23]A kettle left too long [04:04.24]But you won't answer any prayers when I'm alone