Brandi Carlile - The Mother lyrics

Welcome to the end of being
Alone inside your mind
You're tethered to another and you're
Worried all the time
You always knew the melody but
You never heard it rhyme
She's fair and she is quiet, Lord
She doesn't look like me
She made me love the morning
She's a holiday at sea
The New York streets are as busy
As they always used to be
But, I am the mother of Evangeline

The first things that she took from
Me were selfishness and sleep
She broke a thousand heirlooms I
Was never meant to keep
She filled my life with
Color, canceled plans, and trashed my car
But none of that was ever who we are
Outside of my windows are the
Mountains and the snow
I hold you while you're sleeping and
I wish that I could go
All my rowdy friends are
Out accomplishing their dreams
But, I am the mother of Evangeline

And they've still got their morning paper
And their coffee and their time
And they still enjoy their evenings with
The skeptics and the wine
Oh, but all the wonders I have seen
I will see a second time
From inside of the ages through your eyes

You are not an accident where
No one thought it through
The world has stood against us
Made us mean to fight for you
And when we chose your name we knew
That you'd fight the power too
You're nothing short of magical
And beautiful to me
Oh, I'll never hit the big time without you
So they can keep their treasure and
Their ties to the machine
'Cause, I am the mother of Evangeline

They can keep their treasure and
Their ties to the machine
'Cause, I am the mother of Evangeline
Ooh, ooh ooh