[Verse 1]
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Instead you loved drugs
Forty-eight years of begging
Just to hear those three words
I stood there with my hands out
Like a kid at a screen door
You kept choosing the bottle
And I kept asking for more
[Pre-Chorus]
Say it once
Say it plain
Look at me
Call my name
I was there
I was small
I was yours
Through it all
[Chorus]
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
I kept all your silence
Like a stone in my chest
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
Now you’re gone
And I can’t get rest
[Verse 2]
Now your gone and I’m staring
At a room full of dust
That old ache still in my ribs
Like a bruise that never learned trust
I hear your shoes in the hallway
Then it breaks into air
No last chance, no soft answer
Just the shape of you there
[Pre-Chorus]
Say it once
Say it clear
I was here
I was here
Forty-eight years
On my knees
Still that boy
Begging please
[Chorus]
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
I kept all your silence
Like a stone in my chest
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
Now you’re gone
And I can’t get rest
[Bridge]
If love was a door
You left it chained
If love was a home
I slept in rain
I don’t need the reasons
I need the truth
I needed my mother
I needed you
[Final Chorus]
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
I said it for years
And the room never bent
Mom, why couldn’t you love me
Why couldn’t you love me
Now you’re gone
And I’ll never hear it again
[Outro]
I’m still here
I’m still here
With the words
You never gave
I’m still here
I’m still here
Trying to love
What you saved