Am I your anchor while you walk on through your day?
Or am I the feather on your shoulder while I'm stuck dragging my feet?
I see you countless times throughout my day
Each time in a different face, but always walking away
How does it feel to abandon your own blood?
What a beautiful picture you paint of love to teach your son

Do you remember her face, or just her body?
Is that all that you could retain?
'Cause she's my beautiful mother
She has a heart that breaks, just like me

And eighteen years as I was placed alongside your demons
Built of cowardice, too timid to face them
I'd like to believe that I was your baby in a basket
But I'll settle with your mistake too heavy to forget
And how does it feel to abandon your own blood?
You're the weight of the world, you are the power of God
I don't need you, I don't need you, I need you now

Do you remember her face, or just her body?
Is that all that you could retain?
'Cause she's my beautiful mother
She has a heart that breaks, just like me

But you, I have my doubts
How do you stay alive without a heart to beat?
How do you stand up straight
Without a spine to hold your back in place?
Am I the thorn in your side? (Thorn in your side)
Am I your absence of laurels to rest and hide behind?
You are only a name
You're just a deadbeat to take up space
Do you remember her face, or just her body?
Is that all that you could retain?
'Cause she's my beautiful mother
She has a heart that breaks, just like me

Do you remember her face, or just her body?
Is that all that you could retain?
'Cause she's my beautiful mother
The one that stayed right here, who loved and loves me