Calling Your Name

His gaze left a scar on
The back of my eyelids, I can't
Sleep when I'm awake, guess I'll
Sleep when I'm dying, I wanted
To be a mother one day
But not when I have to obey
Child your eyes remind of
His dark, determined, deathly
What did he
What did he want from me
To break me and just walk away free
I'm washing
Washing him off my skin
I'm undoing the war against women
Lay, lay down
Your power and your praise
Say, say now
The things you couldn't say
There's no sacrifice greater than your mothers pain
Hey child
Can you hear
She's still
Calling your name
Calling your name
Calling your name
Hush don't you cry my darling
We can live through all our mistakes
They said I brought it on myself
I had no one else left to blame
I wanted to be free to
Exercise my autonomy
But we live in a world where
Guns have more rights than bodies
What did he
What did he want from me
To break me and just walk away free
I'm washing
Washing him off my skin
I'm undoing the war against women
Lay, lay down
Your power and your praise
Say, say now
The things you couldn't say
There's no sacrifice greater than your mothers pain
Hey child
Can you hear
She's still
Calling your name
Calling your name
Calling your name
He tried to
Tried to break me
He dared to
Dared to forsake me
He tried to
Tried to break me
He dared to
Dared to forsake me
Lay down
Your power and your praise
Say, say now
The things you couldn't say
There's no sacrifice greater than your mothers pain
Hey child
Can you hear
She's still
Calling your name
Calling your name
Calling your name
Calling your name