Loud Mom

Pretty, young single mother
 Buddy and bean
 Loving, yes... the brady bunch, not quite
 We would fight
 Well, they would
 I would keep it inside
 Some of the time
 Peacemaker
 Proud
 Pleading
 "don't get too loud, mom
 Just sing quietly to me..."
 Even when she was screaming
 I'd know when we got home
 Like a deaf man laughs, like a blind man smiles
 She would sing to me
 And show me her heart
 Beautiful and strong, she's my mom
 Angering, desperate stranger
 Proud young man
 Which of the two depended on whose eyes
 I was right, i was so sure
 I was so doing just fine
 "then why lie?"
 No answer
 She kept asking
 "don't ask so loud, mom
 Just sing quietly to me"
 Even when i was greedy
 Bleeding myself, holding hurt
 Like a deaf man laughs, like a blind man smiles
 She would sing to me
 Showed me my heart
 Beautiful and strong, she's my mom
 And she's loud
 Iaman, a boy with brass hair and stone eyes
 Arms small but strong
 From holding back
 Holding up
 Holding on too long
 Alone in my room
 My nightlight shines on my idea
 My thoughts cover up my ears
 But sometimes a memory just gets too loud
 Sometimes i wish i had a dad around
 I wish that he were here to see my tears, but...
 Sometimes the greatest ideas come from fears
 And she's here
 And the way that she sees me
 Better than my eyes sometimes
 Like a deaf man laughs, like a blind man smiles
 She still sings to me
 Shows me her heart
 Beautiful and strong, she's my mom