Mom Was Wrong

Unraveling Hope: A Reflection on Beliefs and Regrets in 'Mom Was Wrong'
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Lyrics

I don't think you're as worried about me

I doubt your genuine concern for me

As you like to say you are

You claim to care more than you actually do

It's the thought that counts

Emphasizing the importance of intention

That's what you tell yourself

You console yourself with the idea that good intentions matter


And I guess that's how you justify

Justifying questionable actions

All those things you do, things you made me do

Referring to negative influence and manipulation

All the things you left unexplained

Unexplained actions or decisions

But I guess you hoped I'd figure them out

Hoping the person affected understands with time

In my own time

Allowing the affected person to comprehend at their pace


I hope that my mom was wrong all along about there being a heaven

Expressing skepticism about the existence of heaven

But I also somehow hope that she still ends up there

Paradoxical hope that the mother reaches heaven despite skepticism

We all find our own way to pray for the people we don't wanna see suffer

Various ways people pray for those they care about

Even though we already know that no one's listening

Suggesting a belief that prayers may go unheard


I don't think you're as worried about me as I know you would've been

You're not as concerned as you would've been with full knowledge

If you'd known my friends and the full extent of what I lead you to believe

The speaker misled you about their friends and actions

And I know it doesn't matter anymore and I know that

Past actions are irrelevant, acknowledging the futility of repetition

If we did it all again it wouldn't solve anything

Repeating the past wouldn't change anything

All I want to know is if it hurt you less that the truth would

Curiosity about whether the truth would have hurt less


I hope that my mom was wrong all along about there being a heaven

Reiterating skepticism about heaven's existence

But I also somehow hope that she still ends up there

Paradoxical hope that the mother reaches heaven despite skepticism (repeated)

We all find our own way to pray for the people we don't wanna see suffer

Various ways people pray for those they care about (repeated)

Even though we already know that no one's listening

Suggesting a belief that prayers may go unheard (repeated)


It doesn't matter anymore and I know that

Acknowledging the irrelevance of past actions (repeated)

If we did it all again it wouldn't solve anything

Repeating the past wouldn't change anything (repeated)

I hope that my mom was wrong all along about there being a heaven

Reiterating skepticism about heaven's existence (repeated)


But I also somehow hope that she still ends up there

Paradoxical hope that the mother reaches heaven despite skepticism (repeated)

We all find our own way to pray for the people we don't wanna see suffer

Various ways people pray for those they care about (repeated)

Even though we already know that no one's listening

Suggesting a belief that prayers may go unheard (repeated)

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