Glass on the Table

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Mom, the hallway feels too long When your words go past our names You see dirt on all our shoes Not the bruises, not the strain We come home with quiet mouths Like we’re carrying hidden rain And the plate still sits there full But nobody says our pain [Pre-Chorus] You ask why we disappear Why we lock the bedroom door You say we’re hard to read But you never look for more We’re right here, right here Just behind the words Trying to be seen Trying to be heard [Chorus] Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now? We’re still your kids somehow We’re still your kids somehow Hold us before we go Hold us before we go Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now? [Verse 2] You talk like love is rules Like a list on the fridge Like a clean white table And a quiet little bridge But we are messy hands We are slammed-door grief We are all the things we hide When you say, “Just believe” [Pre-Chorus] You ask why we won’t come close Why we flinch when you get near It’s not that we don’t want you It’s that hurt got loud in here We’re right here, right here Trying not to fold Trying to be brave Trying to stay gold [Chorus] Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now? We’re still your kids somehow We’re still your kids somehow Hold us before we go Hold us before we go Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now? [Bridge] If you heard the things we don’t say You’d know we’ve been scared for years If you touched the shape of our silence You’d find the salt in our tears We don’t need perfect answers We just need your hand Even when you don’t get it Please try to understand [Final Chorus] Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now? We’re still your kids somehow We’re still your kids somehow Hold us before we go Hold us before we go Mom, do you see us now? Do you see us now?