Mama

(Intro – soft pads, respiro)

Mm…

I hear you in my heartbeat

Verse 1 (English):

I learned to be strong in silence

to carry weight with a calm face

they see the fire in my eyes now

but they don’t know where it came from

I’ve been fragile, I’ve been fearless

I’ve been lost in between

but every time I almost fall

I feel something pulling me in

I don’t pray like I used to

I don’t cry like before

but when the night gets heavy

I still knock on that door

Pre-Chorus:

There’s a voice in my memory

soft but unbreakable

when the world tries to own me

it reminds me who I am

Chorus (Spanish – ONLY Spanish, emotional, central):

Mama, mírame ahora

todo lo que soy es por ti

cuando el miedo me llama

yo regreso a ti

Mama, no estoy sola

aunque camine sin ti

en mi sangre, en mi sombra

siempre vives en mí

Post-Chorus (ad libs, soft):

Mm…

siempre en mí…

Verse 2 (English):

I don’t belong to easy stories

I was made from deeper scars

I carry warmth from distant places

and thunder from another heart

They call me complicated

but I know where I began

I’m not broken, I’m translated

from a different kind of land

I learned love without softness

I learned pride without gold

I learned how to be a woman

from a story never told

Pre-Chorus 2:

When I doubt my reflection

when I forget my name

there’s a language in my chest

that brings me back again

Chorus (Spanish – repeated, stronger):

Mama, mírame ahora

todo lo que soy es por ti

cuando el miedo me llama

yo regreso a ti

Mama, no estoy sola

aunque camine sin ti

en mi sangre, en mi sombra

siempre vives en mí

Bridge (English – intimate):

I don’t need heaven above me

I carry heaven inside

in the way I stand back up

every time I survive

I don’t say your name out loud

but I breathe it when I’m scared

every woman I’m becoming

started with your prayer

(short instrumental pause – breath, pads)

Final Chorus (Spanish – most emotional):

Mama, si me escuchas

sabe que sigo aquí

con tu fuerza en mis manos

yo aprendí a vivir

Mama, en cada paso

yo te llevo en mí

no te digo adiós

te digo gracias por mí

Outro (English – whispered):

I’m not lost anymore.

I’m home in myself.