Feet Asleep

i read that this is a song thao wrote for her mother.

it's a fantastic song!

asterisks are edits to the actual words

talked soft so you'll fall asleep cooked you dinner but you would not eat your sharp mouth forgets when you swore god damn, you wouldn't do it again but i bend back with an eye full of mud and i take it on the chin and then i patch you up

Chorus:

but all these years, my feet asleep move them around that they might breathe and oh, so little time i have, i have gone old this shock this shock and awe

come back to see me i know they have a rainy season come back to see me i know they have a rainy season

you you are mine so i never would mind i work my arms so hard just to give you an airplane ride

Chorus

Talk soft so you fall asleep Cooked you dinner but you would not eat Your sharp mouth forgets when You swore goddamn you wouldn’t do it again And I bend back With an eye full of mud And I take it on the chin And then I patch you up

All these years my feet asleep Move them around that they might breathe Oh so little time I have gone old This shop, this shop And all it owns

Come back to see me I know they have a rainy season Come back to see me I know they have a rainy season You, you are mine So I never would mind I work my arms so hard Just to give you an airplane ride

all their lyrics are posted on their website.

This song is about Thao's relationship with her mother, from the perspective of her mother.