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Mama, they try and break me

The window burns to light the way back home

A light that warms no matter where they’ve go

They’re off to find the hero of the day

But what if they should fall by someone’s wicked way?

Still the window burns, time so slowly turns

Someone there is sighing

Keepers of the flames, do you feel your name?

Did you hear your babies crying?

Mama they try and break me

Still they try and break me

Excuse me while I tend to how I feel

These things return to me that still seem real

Now deservingly this easy chair

But the rocking stopped by wheels of despair

Don’t want your aid but the fist I made

For years can’t hold or feel

No, I’m not all me

So please excuse me while I tend to how I feel

But now the dreams (but the dreams) and waking screams that ever last the night

So build a wall (so build a wall) behind it crawl and hide until it’s light

So can’t you hear your babies crying now?

Still the window burns, time so slowly turns

And someone there is sighing

Keepers of the flames, can’t you hear your name?

Can’t you hear your babies crying?

But now the dreams (but the dreams) and waking screams that ever last the night

So build a wall (so build a wall) behind it crawl and hide until it’s light

So can’t you hear your babies crying now?

Mama they try and break me

Mama they try and break me

Mama they try and break me

Mama they try, mama they try

Mama they try and break me (mama they try and break me)

Mama they try and break me (mama they try and break me)

Mama they try and break me (mama they try and break me)

Mama they try, mama they try