This song is from the perspective of a man looking back on his childhood, realizing how ignorant he was to the fact that his mother was sleeping with the Church's "Father" to prevent him from molesting the children (including himself).
"Remember how we tried
Just to stay in your good graces
While you were washing all our faces
Whoa, remember how we lied
Just to stay in your good graces
While you were watching all your faces"
^ At first, it shows his ignorance just talking about his care-free childhood, subtly mentioning his Mom's suffering, but he didn't know what was going on--he was too young & childish
"Mama don't love her work
Oh but she do what the Parson say
Just dont tell her oh dont tell her that it is Sunday
And we dont go to bed at night, no
'Cause we don't like the way it feels
But we aint afraid of sunlight, no
Oh, just dont let it sink to low
...
Remember how we lived
Remember how we died
Remember how we hated watching Ma cry "
^ Clearly, Mama isn't happy. For her, Sunday is the day she has to submit to the Parson for the sake of her children. No wonder she doesn't like Sunday. And the children don't want to go to bed at night because they "don't like the way it feels." Chilling.
Then the meaning of the song is given absolutely:
"We were always upset at you for the childhood we missed
But you were sleeping with the father so that he wouldn't sleep with us kids
No, sorry did not know
The pain you was in
When you were raising us kids
No, sorry I did not know
The pain you was in
When you were raising us kids"
Chad is an amazing song writer. This song expresses so much emotion with such a few key lines. Can you imagine a childhood like that? Can you imagine your relationship with your mother once you found out? Can you imagine how sorry you'd be for never appreciating her for all the suffering she's done for your benefit?
This song is from the perspective of a man looking back on his childhood, realizing how ignorant he was to the fact that his mother was sleeping with the Church's "Father" to prevent him from molesting the children (including himself).
"Remember how we tried Just to stay in your good graces While you were washing all our faces Whoa, remember how we lied Just to stay in your good graces While you were watching all your faces"
^ At first, it shows his ignorance just talking about his care-free childhood, subtly mentioning his Mom's suffering, but he didn't know what was going on--he was too young & childish
"Mama don't love her work Oh but she do what the Parson say Just dont tell her oh dont tell her that it is Sunday And we dont go to bed at night, no 'Cause we don't like the way it feels But we aint afraid of sunlight, no Oh, just dont let it sink to low ... Remember how we lived Remember how we died Remember how we hated watching Ma cry "
^ Clearly, Mama isn't happy. For her, Sunday is the day she has to submit to the Parson for the sake of her children. No wonder she doesn't like Sunday. And the children don't want to go to bed at night because they "don't like the way it feels." Chilling.
Then the meaning of the song is given absolutely:
"We were always upset at you for the childhood we missed But you were sleeping with the father so that he wouldn't sleep with us kids
No, sorry did not know The pain you was in When you were raising us kids No, sorry I did not know The pain you was in When you were raising us kids"
Chad is an amazing song writer. This song expresses so much emotion with such a few key lines. Can you imagine a childhood like that? Can you imagine your relationship with your mother once you found out? Can you imagine how sorry you'd be for never appreciating her for all the suffering she's done for your benefit?