Mother

from Television by City Calm Down

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Mother,
Believe me,
Your children,
Are screaming,
Breaking,
Beating,
Brothers in the backseat doing you proud,
Doing your head in no escape from the sound.

An incident in the dumpster truck back yard,
A flying rock cuts open a cheek,
Billy Marshall,
6 years of younger sneers:
“Vengeance, is easy,
Believe me,
It’s what I live and breathe.”

Mother,
I know it wasn’t easy,
Delinquent children,
No escape,
No reprieve,
You never thought you’d find yourself on the borderline.

Mother,
Believe me,
Your children,
Are screaming,
Breaking,
Beating,
Brothers in the backseat doing you proud,
Doing your head in no escape from the sound.

Funny how the juvenile henchmen,
Change tune in their moment of need,
Funny how the culprits are blameless,
They’re innocent,
Incompetent,
They never meant,
To do the things you believe.

Mother,
I know it wasn’t easy,
Delinquent children,
No escape,
No reprieve,
You never thought you’d find yourself on the borderline.

Oh how’d you find the morning spring,
Up all hours chasing peace and quiet?
You smiled despite the screaming chains,
Brothers hostage,
Released for your loose change,
Undermined in shopping aisles,
Trapped in the trenches of a stranger’s gaze,
I never saw a moment’s pain,
You’ll out do us all while your heart’s still beating.

Mother,
I know it wasn’t easy,
Delinquent children,
No escape,
No reprieve,
You never thought you’d find yourself on the borderline.

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from Television, released August 23, 2019

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City Calm Down is a live electronic four piece from Melbourne, Australia.

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