lirik lagu ramón ontiveros - you're getting older, mama
[verse 1]
the clock keeps moving in the kitchen light
your hands shake now when you hold a knife
gray in your hair where the black once stayed
i should be there, but i’m locked away
you still wake up before the sun
still carry bags meant for two, not one
i was supposed to lift that weight
now the door closes, and you wait
[pre~chorus]
every year i miss your face
another wrinkle, another grace
i count the days on concrete walls
while your voice grows tired on the phone calls
[chorus]
you’re getting older, mama
i can hear it in your breath
i was meant to help you live
not watch you age through glass and threats
you shouldn’t be alone at night
shouldn’t pray for strength alone
i should be there fixing leaks
bringing groceries, walking you home
but i’m counting years behind a gate
watching you get older while i wait
[verse 2]
you say you’re fine, you always do
lie like mothers learn to do
say the stairs are “not that bad”
say the nights don’t make you sad
but i know the silence in that house
the empty chair, the empty couch
i know the way the evenings ache
when the tv’s loud just to fill the sp~ce
[pre~chorus]
i missed the birthdays, missed the tears
missed the slow accumulation of years
i missed the moments i should’ve owned
now you carry everything alone
[chorus]
you’re getting older, mama
i can hear it in your breath
i was meant to help you live
not watch you age through glass and threats
you shouldn’t be alone at night
shouldn’t pray for strength alone
i should be there fixing leaks
bringing groceries, walking you home
but i’m counting years behind a gate
watching you get older while i wait
[bridge]
if time could bend, i’d trade my breath
for every hour i left you stressed
i’d take your pain into my chest
just to give you peace, just to let you rest
they say i’ll leave here someday soon
but clocks don’t stop outside this room
what if freedom comes too late
what if love outruns the gate
[chorus]
you’re getting older, mama
i can hear it in your breath
i was meant to help you live
not watch you age through glass and threats
you shouldn’t be alone at night
shouldn’t pray for strength alone
i should be there fixing leaks
bringing groceries, walking you home
but i’m counting years behind a gate
watching you get older while i wait
[outro]
if i make it home and you’re still here
i’ll spend my life making it clear
that every year i lost inside
i loved you quietly, every night
and if i don’t make it back in time
know my heart never left your side
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