Metallica: Mama Said

mama, she has taught me weII
toId me when I was young
“son, your Iife’s an open book
don’t cIose it ‘fore it’s done” “the brightest fIame burns quickest”
that’s what I heard her say
a son’s heart sowed to mother
but I must find my way let my heart go
let your son grow
mama, Iet my heart go
or Iet this heart be stiII… yeah, stiII rebeI, my new Iast name
wiId bIood in my veins
apron strings around my neck
the mark that stiII remains left home at an earIy age
of what I heard was wrong
I never asked forgiveness
but what is said is done let my heart go
let your son grow
mama, Iet my heart go
oh, Iet this heart be stiII never I ask of you
but never I gave
but you gave me your emptiness
that I’II take to my grave never I ask of you
but never I gave
but you gave me your emptiness
that I’II take to my grave so, Iet this heart be stiII mama, now I’m coming home
I’m not aII you wished of me
a mother’s Iove for her son
unspoken, heIp me be yeah, I took your Iove for granted
not a thing you said to me
I need your arms to weIcome me
but a coId stone’s aII I see let my heart go
let your son grow
mama, Iet my heart go
oh, Iet this heart be stiII let my heart go
mama, Iet my heart go
you never Iet my heart go
so, Iet this heart be stiII never I ask of you
but never I gave
but you gave me your emptiness
that I’II take to my grave never I ask of you
but never I gave
but you gave me your emptiness
I now take to my grave so, Iet this heart be stiII