mother why

what was it you didn't like,

what made me your black sheep,

remember those midnight beatings,

when you dragged me from my sleep

how could you,

why would you

(chorus)

mother tell me what did I do,

what was the point of your holy war,

I'm still trying to forgive you,

and I'm closer than I was before,

but it's not easy,

what you did to me.

I can't see inside your mind,

why you took pleasure from my pain,

insult and injury your sweet wine,

till the day I fled your domain

how could you,

why would you.

(chorus)

mother tell me what did I do,

what was the point of your holy war,

I'm still trying to forgive you,

and I'm closer than I was before,

but it's not easy,

what you did to me

can't put the bullets back in the gun,

the shots you fired I felt each one,

what strange darkness abides within,

this pointless war you sought to win

how could you,

why would you.

(chorus)

mother tell me what did I do,

what was the point of your holy war,

I'm still trying to forgive you,

and I'm closer than I was before,

but it's not easy,

what you did to me

poison you poured into my heart,

I was broken from the start,

now these scars that you gave to me,

all my life I've had to carry,

how could you,

why would you.

(chorus)

mother tell me what did I do,

what was the point of your holy war,

I'm still trying to forgive you,

and I'm closer than I was before,

but it's not easy,

what you did to me