[Verse 1]
You see the baby on my hip
You see the laundry in my hands
You see the tired in my eyes
But you don't know who I am
I used to laugh so loud
I used to dream out big
Now they call me only one thing
Like that's the whole of it
[Pre-Chorus]
I got a name that still fits
I got a heart with a pulse
I gave you everything I had
And it still ain't all I was
[Chorus]
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
Don't box me in, don't smother
(I'm more than just a mother)
I still bleed, I still break
I still need a little grace
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
[Verse 2]
I miss the girl I was before
The one with fire in her chest
She got buried under schedules
And a house that never rests
They praise the love, they praise the care
Then leave me with the ache
Like giving all my pieces
Was supposed to make me stay
[Pre-Chorus]
I smile so they don't ask
Why my silence gets so loud
But under all this giving
I'm still standing in this crowd
[Chorus]
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
Don't box me in, don't smother
(I'm more than just a mother)
I still bleed, I still break
I still need a little grace
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
[Bridge]
Let me be the woman
Let me be the flame
Let me be the one who lost herself
And found her way again
Let me have a future
Let me have a song
I love my children deeply
But I was here before that all
[Final Chorus]
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
Don't box me in, don't smother
(I'm more than just a mother)
I still bleed, I still break
I still need a little grace
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)
I'm more than just a mother
(I'm more than just a mother)