To be a mom and dad
I.
You’re too young to know
What screens do to you
You just follow
What feels good to you
Just like sugar and fat
If it’s good, it’s not bad for you, right?
Is that right?
II.
Still excitable
In your own little world
All’s remarkable
From the big to the small
You’re so brave and you say
What you feel, what you think
Little kid, will you stay that way?
Chorus.
I’m in no position to teach you, but
I hope you forgive your mom and your dad
How they’re bound to traumatize you
But they’re doing their best
And fixing their own mess
They’ll have hopes for you
you can never fulfill
And you’ll make some moves
That will never appeal to them
It’s really hard
So fantastically hard
To be a mom and dad,
To be a mom and dad.
III.
I apologize
On behalf of my tribe
I know it’s a scam
This world we’re leaving behind
I swear we tried but then we had
To be real, got caught up in the realities.
IV.
If you look hard enough
you will find (you will find)
There’s enough (there’s enough)
In this world to be mystified
Be wondered, and to wonder
All that you’ll become, all that can be done
You’re a little one…
Chorus.
I’m in no position to teach you, but
I hope you forgive your mom and your dad
How they’re bound to traumatize you
But they’re doing their best
And fixing their own mess
They’ll have hopes for you
you can never fulfill
And you’ll make some moves
That will never appeal to them
It’s really hard
So fabulously hard
To be a mom and dad,
To be a mom and dad.
Bridge.
It’s a crazy crazy thing, to be alive (be alive)
But they vowed to it (vowed to it), you’ll survive (you’ll survive)
Put you first, do hard work
Coz they love you kid, they love you kid, they love you kid…
Last chorus.
They’ll have hopes for you
you can never fulfill
And you’ll make some moves
That will never appeal to them
It’s really hard
So freakishly hard
To be a mom and dad,
To be a mom and dad.
