A mom leaving her husband and two children, one of them only five, the other only two. The five-year old was close to her, so she was devastated. She waited for weeks for her mom to come back home, wondering what she had done, why hadn't she just been a better daughter? Then when she sees her mom again, the little girl sees a stranger, someone she didn't know, someone she hated. She then blamed herself for her mom changing--as if she had been bad. It took a long time for her to realize that her mom was lieing when she said that she'd come back home, that they'd be a family. Even longer for the little girl to stop blaming herself.The little girl starts growing up, and everytime she sees her mom another part of her dies, every other weekend untill she has had enough and sees her mom hardly at all. You see, back when the little girl found her mom wasn't there one morning she realized that no one--not even family-would be there, only God would. So as she grew up she made a vow to do everything she could to be perfect; to never be like her mom. To never be that weak.To never make her future kids have to wake up one moring to see that their mom has left them and changed into someone they despised.
That's my story, that's what the song means to me. For someone who has a different story, the song holds a different meaning. But whatever the story, or the meaning, its a shame that anyone has to relate to those lyrics.
A mom leaving her husband and two children, one of them only five, the other only two. The five-year old was close to her, so she was devastated. She waited for weeks for her mom to come back home, wondering what she had done, why hadn't she just been a better daughter? Then when she sees her mom again, the little girl sees a stranger, someone she didn't know, someone she hated. She then blamed herself for her mom changing--as if she had been bad. It took a long time for her to realize that her mom was lieing when she said that she'd come back home, that they'd be a family. Even longer for the little girl to stop blaming herself.The little girl starts growing up, and everytime she sees her mom another part of her dies, every other weekend untill she has had enough and sees her mom hardly at all. You see, back when the little girl found her mom wasn't there one morning she realized that no one--not even family-would be there, only God would. So as she grew up she made a vow to do everything she could to be perfect; to never be like her mom. To never be that weak.To never make her future kids have to wake up one moring to see that their mom has left them and changed into someone they despised.
That's my story, that's what the song means to me. For someone who has a different story, the song holds a different meaning. But whatever the story, or the meaning, its a shame that anyone has to relate to those lyrics.