Mother, can you hold me together  It's so dark and I'm losing my way  I took all of these detours to find love  But when I did, it just faded away    Now what do I do  With the sweet love of mine  Do I give it away and  Hope someday I'll find  Someone half as awake  As the moon and the stars  Mother, teach me to love  With a paper-thin heart    Mother, your words are so healing  You speak of love and of light and of peace  But I've made it my course to avoid you  Just to hide from these feelings of grief    Now what do I do  With the sweet love of mine  Do I give it away and  Hope someday I'll find  Someone half as awake  As the moon and the stars  Mother, teach me to love  With a paper-thin heart    Now what do I do  With the sweet love of mine  Do I give it away and  Hope someday I'll find  Someone half as awake  As the moon and the stars  Mother, teach me to love  With a paper-thin heart    Mother, I know you are with me  You were there when I took my first breath  I can't stop looking back for the answers  I just keep coming up with regret  There are some things I just can't forget