For a Thousand Mothers
Defying Expectations: A Musical Rebellion Against Conformity
Lyrics
Did you hear mother?
Expressing a question about whether someone heard the speaker's mother.
Saying I'm wrong but I know I'm right.
Asserting a disagreement with the mother's opinion, claiming personal certainty.
Did you hear father?
Posing a question about whether someone heard the speaker's father.
Calling my name into the night.
Describing the father calling the speaker's name in the night.
Saying I'll never be what I am now.
Quoting the mother saying the speaker will never be what they are now.
Telling me I'll never find what I've already found.
Quoting the mother telling the speaker they'll never find what they've already found.
It was they who were wrong,
Asserting that the parents were wrong, and dedicating a song to them.
And for them here's a song.
Indicating the song is for the parents who were wrong.
Did you hear baby
Asking if someone heard a baby coming back to share experiences.
Come back and tell you the things he's seen.
Posing a question about being surprised to be picked up in a limousine at eight.
Did it surprise you
Asking if the listener is surprised by the baby's experiences.
To be picked up at eight in a limousine?
Describing the baby being picked up in a limousine at eight.
Doing the things he's accustomed to do.
Describing the baby doing accustomed things.
Which at one time it seemed like a dream
Recalling that, at one time, these activities seemed like a dream, but now they are true.
Now it's true.
Confirming the reality of the baby's experiences.
And unknowing
Stating that unknowingly, the listener made everything happen in this way.
You made it all happen this way.
Reflecting on the listener's role in the events described.
Did you hear mother
Repeating a statement from earlier about the mother's opinion.
Saying I'm wrong but I know I'm right.
Reiterating the speaker's belief that they are right despite the mother's disagreement.
Did you hear father?
Repeating a question about the father calling the speaker's name.
Calling my name into the night.
Reiterating the father's action of calling the speaker's name into the night.
Saying I'll never be what I am now.
Restating the mother's assertion that the speaker will never be what they are now.
Telling me I'll never find what I've already found.
Repeating the mother's statement that the speaker will never find what they've already found.
It was they who were wrong
Reiterating the claim that it was the parents who were wrong.
And for them here's a song.
Reiterating that the song is dedicated to the parents who were wrong.
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