Mother of God

I woke outside the house that's built like a boat

I knew where I was because it was tight in my throat

Sitting like a trained dog just waiting for the ball

All the chemicals I'm made of, just waiting for your call

Then the door flew open and all the people sat around

- a mosaic of everybody who had ever let me down

I pulled up a chair to the Apostles of my Pain

In some relief, I drank, just to get out of the rain

In both hands, you clasped a silver blade

You were laughing like you loved me, my initials you engraved

I go to speak but only backwards can I talk

When I finally get the floor

The boat house becomes chalk

Oh Mother of GOD

This can't be the only one

Waking up nightly to the same old song

I know we tried

But we used to get along

Now I wake up nightly to the same old jagged song

Oh Mother of GOD

This can't be the only one

Waking up nightly to the same old song

I know I'm just tired

But we used to get along

Now I wake up nightly to the same old jagged song

Mother of God