chamerion - 妈妈 (māma) Lyrics

妈妈 I picked the daffodils from the university
You told me they remind you of when you were heavy with me
Hand above your stomach as you rode the morning bus
A few thousand remaining for the year you had to trust
I always cry thinking of you so scared and so young
This foreign land coined your words my mother tongue
妈妈 what if I don't fall in love with another
Would you stay in my two-bed apartment like yours did for your sister
I don't want to call you update you every week
Make you watch me age behind your ipad screen
Instead of weaving braids I'll pluck the hairs that have greyed
I'll learn to cook the frog legs that you always seem to crave
妈妈 I have the highest grades in three of my classes
And I can make you proud in ways you would have never imagined
But what if we had a pond and ducks like you did as a kid
We can search the soil for earthworms we can make the century eggs
I think that would put all of my stressors to rest
When I was a child you were the only one who could interpret my incoherencies
But now that I've acquired speech I boast with pretentious complexity
So I swear I'll learn our language
I will sing it fluently
I'll learn to say what I feel
I will say what I mean
妈妈 I want you to understand me