Born into love
They say I'm lucky, and maybe they're right,
You'd give me the sun if you knew how to fight.
You carried your wounds with a smile on your face,
And taught me to find a home in hard days.
But love came tangled, stitched with the blame,
Too many comparisons dressed up as shame.
And I learned real young what children can do,
How to make excuses for someone they love too.
Cause I know your story, I know your scars,
I know you gave me more than you had.
But knowing the reason don't soften the bruise,
It just makes it harder to tell you the truth.
And I love you, I do, I do,
God, I'd go through hell with you.
But there's a side of you I quietly hide,
A side I've forgiven a thousand times.
And maybe that's why I can't say you're wrong,
Cause I've been defending you all along.
But if love wasn't mine before I knew,
I wouldn't wish your storms on someone new.
You'd hold me close, then pull me apart,
Leave little cracks in a growing heart.
A slap, a lecture, a hurtful compare,
Then tell me it's love and I'd find it there.
And maybe it was, in the best way you knew,
But love shouldn't hurt just because it loves you.
Still I swallowed the parts that I couldn't refuse,
Cus children don't leave, they just learn what to lose.
So if another child asked me one day,
"Is she a good mother?" What would I say?
Id tell them you're funny, I'd tell them you're kind,
Id tell them your heart's been broken by life.
Id tell them you tried, I'd tell them it's true,
Then quietly pray they never meet you
Not because I hate you,
Not because I don't
Not because I forgot all the good.
But because I know you.
And maybe the saddest thing I've ever known
Is I'd choose you again...
only becus u were already home
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