I Love You, Mom

Mom, I rarely speak of love this true So hear these words — they're long overdue I just grew up I built these walls you see But you still know You mean the world to me (Left home too young — sixteen, maybe less Couldn't talk about my feelings, made a mess Every conversation stuck inside my chest So I roamed the world with no rest Rented rooms and strangers on the road Never learned to share the load Problems with my tongue, problems with my soul Running felt the only way to be whole) Mom, I rarely speak of love this true So hear these words — they're long overdue I just grew up I built these walls you see But you still know You mean the world to me (Now I sit alone when the moonlight falls Staring at the cracks in the walls Know I was wrong — yeah, I dropped the call Wish I had a time machine, that's all Turn the wheels back to that rainy spring Fix the words I couldn't say or sing But that's a fairy tale, just a dream Can't rewind a broken stream) Mom, I rarely speak of love this true So hear these words — they're long overdue I just grew up I built these walls you see But you still know You mean the world to me But you still know You mean the world to me