(NOTE: this song isn't about my mother, rather it's just a metaphor)
you are bent on mind control
you ignore my mind and soul
you never give me a chance
reject me like a past romance
say i cant see thru my hair
but you're the one who's blinded there
too ignorant to see
in the land of liberty
never followed your dreams
never dared to know extremes
no one else can believe
what you cant perceive
chop it up - nothing left
a victim of a mind theft
rejected for the world i've shaped
by not being brain raped
dear mom: i dont think you understand
i dont live for your demand
you shouldn't have planned
it blows over the land
like a fist full of sand
life isn't so grand
when you try to command
but you'll never understand...
pull the needle : pull the thread
pull on me until i'm dead
i can not be ripped apart
why would you destroy my heart
made my dinner : washed my clothes
changed my diapers : blew my nose
made me well when i was sick
saw thru me just like a brick
never noticed remotely
my individuality
born in the usa
with ridicule everyday
born here on planet earth
where what they see is all it's worth
born here in the milkyway
waiting for a better day...
dear mom: i dont think you understand
i dont live for your demand
you shouldn't have planned
it blows over the land
like a fist full of sand
life isn't so grand
when you try to command
but you'll never understand...
words say more than eyes do
i forgot to say 'i love you'
'cause there's something in the way
pain blocked the words i tried to say