family tree

Jewel

Mama, I see your face now in the mirror
It s getting clearer
Daddy, all those things I said I wouldn t do
I ve been drawn to cause I looked up to you
And I ve loved you through this tangled legacy
Tracing the twisted roots of our family tree

I stayed strong like you did
I moved on like you did
And I wound up tough as stone like you did
If I don t learn to bend I know I m going to break
Like you did

Lover, I must forgive you
I confused you with what I couldn t see inside of me
Dark things pulling, not evolving
It made a puppet out of me
And you came with your own history
Both caught in the branches of our family tree

I stayed strong like you did
I moved on like you did
And I wound up all alone like you did
If I don t learn to bend, I know I m gonna break just like you did

I love you but I need to look at who we ve been
Take the fruit but choose the seeds I scatter in the wind
That s the job of the kid: To do better than our parents did

So I ll stay strong like you did
And I ll move on like you did
But I won t hide from the truth like you did
I m learning to bend so I won t break
And you can bet I ll teach my child
That love will always find a way just like you did