Bm A Em
i think my mother tried to warn me
Bm A G
or was she the one who planted the seed?
Bm A Em
it's hard to tell sometimes what haunts me
Bm A
she always liked to garden,
Em G
i see her in the garden

Em G
and i can't fall back asleep,
Bm A
i'm scared of not waking up
Em G
i can't go to sleep, ma,
Bm A
the space you are taking up

Bm A Em
the lord protect me, watch over me,
Bm A G
the angels sweeping down
Bm A Em
i hear them i cannot move
Bm A G
my heart drums to the sound

Em G
i do not live in fear
Bm A
it's not what you have worked for i know
Em G
so i sleep in fear
Bm A
the movement of my eyes with no place to go

Em A
curling up, my limbs like muscle memory
F# G
of the time before time i was yours
Em A
the world had yet to find me
F# G
i slept without fear of being born

Em G
mother, if you knew,
Bm A
why did you let it happen to your only daughter, why?
Em G
i know this is an affliction
Bm A
let me go, let me go

G A Bm
i'm sorry but only if you say it first
G A Bm
the less space i take up, the less it hurts
G A
i am too big for your arms now
F# E G
i am too big to be loved by anyone
A
by anyone

G Bm
mother with the grace of the lord,
A Em
let me go
G Bm
with the edge of the sword,
A Em
let me go
G Bm
with the taste of the salt,
A Em
let me go,
G Bm
it doesn't have to be your fault,
A Em
just let me go

Bm A Em
to grow a garden of my own.
Bm A G Em
i see the apparition of death planting tomatoes
Bm A Em
in a field where she knows nothing grows
Bm A G
She knew the whole time, she knows

Em G
i will try to sleep tonight
Bm A
the palms of my hands red and stinging
Em G
i crawl to bed singing,
Bm
"let me go,
A
let me go,
Em
let me go."

G Bm A

let me go