When I first heard this song, I started crying and almost had to pull the car over. I realized suddenly who she was singing this to, because I could have written it - to my own mother, especially in this time of my life when I have separated myself from her and her toxic crap. Listen to it again, as an adult woman who was once a little girl, neglected and abused by your mother, not protected and allowed to be abused by someone else. Walking the line between now and then, that's the memories coming back, having to face them is like deep sea diving...I've never heard it put this way and it's so freakin' accurate...hiding behind her eyes, that's going inside (or out of) your head when it's too hard to take, needing mom there to save you...but she never came. I understand this one, because I lived it. Thank you, Deb, for sharing something so personal and difficult. I hope that it will help other survivors to sever the bonds with family still locked in toxic patterns, as well as to recognize that we're not alone.
This song is definitely about being abused as a child. No one came to help her. Now as an adult she does not excuse her mother's behavior and lack of protection. She is finally coming to terms with it.
This song is definitely about being abused as a child. No one came to help her. Now as an adult she does not excuse her mother's behavior and lack of protection. She is finally coming to terms with it.
When I first heard this song, I started crying and almost had to pull the car over. I realized suddenly who she was singing this to, because I could have written it - to my own mother, especially in this time of my life when I have separated myself from her and her toxic crap. Listen to it again, as an adult woman who was once a little girl, neglected and abused by your mother, not protected and allowed to be abused by someone else. Walking the line between now and then, that's the memories coming back, having to face them is like deep sea diving...I've never heard it put this way and it's so freakin' accurate...hiding behind her eyes, that's going inside (or out of) your head when it's too hard to take, needing mom there to save you...but she never came. I understand this one, because I lived it. Thank you, Deb, for sharing something so personal and difficult. I hope that it will help other survivors to sever the bonds with family still locked in toxic patterns, as well as to recognize that we're not alone.
This song is definitely about being abused as a child. No one came to help her. Now as an adult she does not excuse her mother's behavior and lack of protection. She is finally coming to terms with it.
This song is definitely about being abused as a child. No one came to help her. Now as an adult she does not excuse her mother's behavior and lack of protection. She is finally coming to terms with it.