The Good Mother
She's just a baby
Holding a baby in her arms
Their world will come undone
She doesn't know how to hold him
But she knows in her heart
The world stops for no one
His life's not her biggest mistake, it's
The lives that he'll take, when he wakes
It's just the start, of growing into
An itch in the night, he can't shake it
A habit to break, when he aches to
Make his art, if only she knew
Sure, she had the baby, but she didn't ask for a part
Of the charge
I owe no apology
Lock him up, don't look at me
I am not the reason, he
Is serving all his time
My only crime is apathy
I'm just one of the witnesses
The story of my sentence is
His sentence isn't mine to take the blame
If I compose a synthesis
Of my imposed repentances
Would it be enough to clear my name?
My finger didn't pull the trigger, love
You've ricocheted and battered both of us
Keep on the record
She says she tried, she tried her best
Restore the concord
Before the prosecution rests
The verdict is in and it's vital
It changes her name to a title
From now on, she's known as the woman who rose the gun
She was a child raising a child
Now a statistic in the profiles
Glimpse into the trial of her son
They point their fingers at her
But she wasn't the one
Who dripped bullets
I owe no apology
Lock him up, throw out the key
I am not the reason, he
Is serving all his time
My only crime is honesty
I couldn't play the father, he
Found father in society
He slipped away from me
I couldn't save
My baby from reality
Artillery mentality
The family that taught him to behave
My finger didn't pull the trigger, love
You've ricocheted and battered both of us
Both of us
The jury rose
The ruling goes
The guilty's not the one who failed
The case is closed
But no one knows
He's not the only one they jailed
There is no order in this court
The courtroom choir starts to roar
A heartfelt ballad all for her
We know they'll always blame her
'Cause she's never the one
To deny it
Holding a baby in her arms
Their world will come undone
She doesn't know how to hold him
But she knows in her heart
The world stops for no one
His life's not her biggest mistake, it's
The lives that he'll take, when he wakes
It's just the start, of growing into
An itch in the night, he can't shake it
A habit to break, when he aches to
Make his art, if only she knew
Sure, she had the baby, but she didn't ask for a part
Of the charge
I owe no apology
Lock him up, don't look at me
I am not the reason, he
Is serving all his time
My only crime is apathy
I'm just one of the witnesses
The story of my sentence is
His sentence isn't mine to take the blame
If I compose a synthesis
Of my imposed repentances
Would it be enough to clear my name?
My finger didn't pull the trigger, love
You've ricocheted and battered both of us
Keep on the record
She says she tried, she tried her best
Restore the concord
Before the prosecution rests
The verdict is in and it's vital
It changes her name to a title
From now on, she's known as the woman who rose the gun
She was a child raising a child
Now a statistic in the profiles
Glimpse into the trial of her son
They point their fingers at her
But she wasn't the one
Who dripped bullets
I owe no apology
Lock him up, throw out the key
I am not the reason, he
Is serving all his time
My only crime is honesty
I couldn't play the father, he
Found father in society
He slipped away from me
I couldn't save
My baby from reality
Artillery mentality
The family that taught him to behave
My finger didn't pull the trigger, love
You've ricocheted and battered both of us
Both of us
The jury rose
The ruling goes
The guilty's not the one who failed
The case is closed
But no one knows
He's not the only one they jailed
There is no order in this court
The courtroom choir starts to roar
A heartfelt ballad all for her
We know they'll always blame her
'Cause she's never the one
To deny it
Credits
Writer(s): Aria Nicole Braswell
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