[Verse 1:]
I sit and watch you reading with your head low
I wake and watch you breathing with your eyes closed
I sit and watch you
I notice everything you do or don't do
You're so much older and wiser and I

[Verse 2:]
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark
Now she's gonna play and sing and lock you in her heart
Bet you rue the day you kissed a writer in the dark

[Verse 3:]
Cause I-I-I
Wait by the door like I'm just a kid
Use my best colors for your portrait
Lay the tables with the fancy shit
And watch you tolеrate it

[Chorus:]
Cause I am my mother's child
I'll lovе you 'til my breathing stops
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours I stumble on a secret power
I'll find a way to be without you, babe
[Verse 4:]
While you were out building other worlds where was I?
Where's that man who'd throw blankets over my barbed wire?
I made you my temple, my mural, my sky
Now I'm begging for footnotes in the story of your life
Drawing hearts on the bylines
Always taking up too much space, or time
You assume I'm fine, but what would you do if I

[Verse 5:]
Break free and leave us in ruins?
Took this dagger in me and removed it?
Gain the weight of you and lose it
Believe me, I could do it

[Chorus:]
If it's all in my head tell me now ('Cause I am my mother's child)
Tell me I've got it wrong somehow (I'll love you til my breathing stops)
I know my love should be celebrated ('Cause I am my mother's child)
But you tolerate it (I'll love you til my breathing stops)

[Chorus:]
Cause I am my mother's child
I'll love you 'til my breathing stops
I'll love you 'til you call the cops on me
But in our darkest hours I stumble on a secret power
I'll find a way to be without you, babe