Mom’s House

Lyrics

[Verse 1] You said it was temporary Just a little while Three years in a circle Same door, same lie Late thirties, still a kid there In your mama’s hall I was calling it a future You were never moving at all [Pre-Chorus] You had a little business Or so you let me think But the truth kept leaking through Every crack and sink Same old couch, same old habits Same slow fade And I kept watching love Get shelfed away [Chorus] Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no room (you still can’t grow) Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no move (we keep spinning low) You said forever later But later never came Mom’s house, mom’s rules And I’m not staying the same [Verse 2] No bills on your own name Truck note barely paid Missing teeth, blank excuses Every promise frayed And I hate what I suspect When you flinch and disappear Her pills in the medicine cabinet Your shadow always near You leaned on me for rescue Like a secret wife A surrogate to carry What you wouldn’t face in life [Pre-Chorus] I kept trying to parent What should’ve been a man But I can’t build a future On a child in his hands You wanted my forgiveness Without truth, without change That kind of love Always breaks the same [Chorus] Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no room (you still can’t grow) Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no move (we keep spinning low) You said forever later But later never came Mom’s house, mom’s rules And I’m not staying the same [Bridge] I don’t need your apology I need a clean goodbye No more halfway heartbeats No more “wait and try” If you can’t leave her doorway Then leave me out your story I won’t live in the shadow Of your borrowed glory [Final Chorus] Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no room (you still can’t grow) Mom’s house, mom’s rules Mom’s house, no move (we keep spinning low) You said forever later But later never came Mom’s house, mom’s rules And I’m not staying the same Mom’s house, mom’s rules I’m done with the blame Mom’s house, mom’s rules I’m walking out today