Lullaby

Mother, there's a memory That recently returned to me You took me to the river You taught me how to swim And when my legs grew tired You sang to me a lullaby To help me catch my breath How did it go again? "The moon is new The water's dark The sun has died But I am here My darling dear Come sit by mother's side The stars are black The air is still The sky is wide But I am here My darling dear Don't worry, dry your eyеs." Mother, it occurred to me Thе lesson of this memory To swim against the current I never learned to float Mother, oh this tragedy My life has made a mess of me With all this wasted energy I could've built a boat "The moon is new The water's dark The sun has died But I am here My darling dear Come sit by mother's side The stars are black The air is still The sky is wide But I am here My darling dear Don't worry, dry your eyes." Mother, all my life you taught me People can't be trusted And we have to fight to stay alive We'll always be the enemy Oh, eye for eye and limb for limb The blood that I've been swimming in Oh, mother, I've grown tired of this Mother, I've grown tired of this There's beauty and there's empathy Some people might've cared for me I hid my heart and stayed inside Instead of moving with the tide Oh, mother, I've grown tired of this Mother, I've grown tired of this Mother, I've grown tired of this Mother, I've grown tired of this Grown tired of this "The moon is new The water's dark The sun has died But I am here My darling dear Come sit by mother's side The stars are black The air is still The sky is wide But I am here My darling dear Don't worry, dry your eyes."