Mother do you know how All of this has changed us I was a fool who Would always defend you Was I wrong to like the others Sisters and brothers abandon Forgive my living Keep me from breathing A house that is standing Is no house at all Mother is it easy Knowing that I will die soon Will you keep me as ashes Placed on the mantel or thrown out Mother do you know now Love is not painless it's poison Forgive my living Keep me from breathing A house that is standing Is no house at all