Damien Jurado Kalama song lyrics

Mother, do you know how

All of this has changed us

I was a fool who would always defend you

Was I wrong, too, like the others

Sisters and brothers abandoned

Forgive my living, keep me from breathing

A house that is standing is no house at all

Mother, is it easy

Knowing that I will die soon

Will you keep me as ashes

Placed on the mantle or thrown out

Mother, do you know now

Love is not painless, it's poison

Forgive my living, keep my from breathing

A house that is standing is no house at all