The Manimals - Mother lyrics

They told me stories of my father And I followed where I'm wanted I was soft, and I feared them all Will I ever be a mother? Every girl is bound to wonder Or will you pull me the other way? Sometimes I dream of home But the memory's quickly fading A house with a red door Or was it just my imagination? Written in the constellations I'll stand alone with my creations Isn't that what a mother does? Still I feel as though I made ya You were just a hand grenade, but Soon you could be an atom bomb All of those I've loved Into the past they keep disappearing Dark and twisted ghosts Things I'll never hold while I'm living Sometimes it seems like I can see so far Following a bleeding star I've been tracing all the miles you've flown How you've grown, how you've grown Rage of the world on my shoulders It has made me a soldier I can hear their voices in my veins Burning skies raining on me Scorched earth like Nagasaki I have learned how to scream my name Sometimes I feel so young Why can't I have all we were made for? A woman of the world And a bullet safe in the chamber All of those I've loved Into the past they keep disappearing Dark and twisted ghosts Things I'll never hold while I'm living I was the dragon's daughter My blood's still got that fire I'll turn back just to watch them burn